Russia isn’t taking new U.S. sanctions lightly after an announcement by the U.S. this week sent its currency value plummeting. Meanwhile Sen. Orrin Hatch says he knows why Democrats are resisting President Donald Trump’s latest Supreme Court nominee, and Utah continues to burn.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Friday his country would consider it a “declaration of economic war" if U.S. sanctions target Russian banks. The U.S. has lodged economic penalties on the country because of its involvement in poisoning a former intelligence officer and his daughter in Britain. [Reuters]
Topping the news: Sen.