Sen. Lindsey Graham announced Wednesday that President Donald Trump has approved a Russian sanctions bill designed to pressure Moscow to end its war with Ukraine.

Graham revealed the development in a post on X, describing it as a pivotal shift in the U.S. approach to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. 

"After a very productive meeting today with President Trump on a variety of issues, he greenlit the bipartisan Russia sanctions bill that I have been working on for months with Senator Blumenthal and many others," Graham said. 

"This will be well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent," he added.

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According to the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025, the bipartisan legislation is designed to grant Trump sweeping, almost unprecedented, authority to economically isolate Russia and penalize major global economies that continue to trade with Moscow and finance its war against Ukraine.

Most notably, the bill would require the United States to impose a 500% tariff on all goods imported from any country that continues to purchase Russian oil, petroleum products or uranium. The measure would effectively squeeze Russia financially while deterring foreign governments from undermining U.S. sanctions.

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"This bill will allow President Trump to punish those countries who buy cheap Russian oil fueling Putin’s war machine," Graham said.

"This bill would give President Trump tremendous leverage against countries like China, India and Brazil to incentivize them to stop buying the cheap Russian oil that provides the financing for Putin’s bloodbath against Ukraine," he added.

Graham said voting could take place as early as next week and that he is looking forward to a strong bipartisan vote.

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The move on the Russian sanctions bill follows another sharp escalation in America’s clampdown on Moscow. Earlier on Wednesday, U.S. forces reportedly seized an oil tanker attempting to transport sanctioned Venezuelan oil to Russia.

Graham publicly celebrated the seizure in another post on X, describing it as part of a broader winning streak of U.S. intervention aimed at Venezuela and Cuba. 

In the post, he also took aim at critics such as Sen. Rand Paul, who has opposed the bill, arguing that it would damage America’s trade relations with much of the world.

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.

An ex-girlfriend of Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice made a social media post Wednesday appearing to accuse Rice of domestic abuse. 

Rice's ex-girlfriend, Dacoda Nichole, posted a collection of photos that show damage to a house and bruising on her body and face. She posted a lengthy caption. 

"I’m so tired of keeping quiet I’m so tired of protecting his image. I’ve been through too much in a span of 8 years and I’ve had ENOUGH! I’ve dealt with abuse for years, me and this man decided to break up a couple months ago and since then it’s been nothing but hell," Nichole wrote. 

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Rice and Nichole have two sons, Cassai and Cayden. Nichole went on to detail the allegations, including a home break-in, cheating and "cutting up" her shoes.

"He’s very controlling there’s been times he’s came to my new home broken my door, there’s been times when he would put his hands on me while I was pregnant even had the audacity to lock me outside all night in ten degree weather because he got caught cheating. He’s cut up all my shoes and clothes leaving me with nothing because he’s gotten caught up. And there’s multiple instances of cheating but besides that I’m just tired of him not doing right by my boys. It’s not fair he doesn’t call them. He rather be layed up with hoes," she alleged. 

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"He literally left us in Kansas and I had to beg him to send money so that I could drive to Texas with my kids and all our stuff. We have an agreement because of everything he’s put me through and he still doesn’t follow it. He’s now trying to remove me and my kids from our home for no apparent reason. I’ve known this man for YEARS. 

"He tries to put on this persona like he’s dad of the year. He does the bare minimum and I have to beg for that. I’ve protected his image too long and I’m done doing that. It’s time to protect my peace, protect my children and stand up for myself"

Fox News Digital has reached out to Rice's agents, C.J. Laboy and Alexis Ramos, and the Chiefs for comment. 

Rice was suspended six games this season for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy. The suspension stemmed from his two third-degree felony charges from a March 2024 crash on a Dallas highway.

Rice was the driver of a Lamborghini Urus traveling 119 mph on the North Central Expressway in Dallas when he made "multiple aggressive maneuvers around traffic" before crashing into other vehicles, according to prosecutors. Rice did not check on those vehicles involved in the crash and fled on foot. 

Rice was charged with a collision involving serious bodily injury and racing on a highway causing bodily injury, which he pleaded guilty to. A Dallas County judge sentenced Rice to five years of probation and 30 days in jail and ordered him to pay $115,482 to the victims for out-of-pocket medical expenses. No determination was made regarding when he would serve his jail sentence.

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