Good evening. I'm Amna Nawaz.

And I'm Jeff Bennett. On the news hour tonight, President Trump sanctions Russia's two biggest

oil companies after efforts to end the war in Ukraine faltered.

Pressure mounts to end the U.S. government shutdown as furloughed federal workers struggled

to make ends meet and

millions of Americans face a spike in health care costs.

And caught up in the immigration crackdown. The mother of a disabled teen mistakenly

arrested by immigration agents speaks out. You just can't be targeting people just

because all you look like that person or because you guys got the same color skin.

Welcome to the news hour. President Trump tonight took a step that he has not yet taken in this second term,

imposing major new sanctions on Russia. The Treasury Department announced the sanctions on Russia's

two largest oil companies accusing Russia of not taking President Trump's pursuit of peace in Ukraine seriously.

Our Nick Schifrin is following this breaking news and joins us now.

Okay, Nick, so what are these sanctions?

So, Jeff, they target Russia's largest oil companies, that is Rosneft and Luke Oil.

And the reason is that that's significant is that oil and gas is Russia's largest single revenue source, basically

the backbone of Russia's economy. So less revenue, presumably means less money to go into the war

machine to attack Ukraine, which is why Ukraine and its allies have been asking the U.S. and

Europe to actually take this step for many years, in fact.

The sanctions will make it harder for banks to do business with Rosnev and Luke Oil,

and harder for insurers to cover any transactions that involve those companies.

And that means fewer Russian energy exports.

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