US Lawmakers Race to Agree on Russia Sanctions Legislation 

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Back at work this week following a holiday recess, U.S. lawmakers are feeling the pressure to agree on legislation sanctioning Russia for its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. While Democratic lawmakers praised the executive actions taken by U.S. President Joe Biden to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin for bombarding the independent Eastern Europe nation, some Republicans said the actions came too late and suggested harsher additional steps. “It is time we dropped the hammer and completely shut down the economy in Russia and that we do more to assist Ukrainian defenses,” Senator Jim Risch, the top Republican on the Senate Foreignmore

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Advocates Urge Protected Status for Ukrainians in US 

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As Russian troops march through Ukraine, Ukrainians in the U.S. are anxious about their future and that of their homeland. Roman Korol, a graduate student at California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, is concerned for his family’s safety here in the U.S. when his visa expires and his extended family in Ukraine. “They’re all in Ukraine. They’re all under fire. They’re all civilians. But that doesn’t stop me from worrying about them every day, every second of this conflict. I’m stressed. I’m checking the news all the time and trying to find ways I can help from abroad,” he toldmore

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