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Article snippet: Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: • President Trump signed legislation imposing new sanctions on Russia, but he asserted that the bill, which also includes sanctions on Iran and North Korea, was “significantly flawed,” raising questions about how he would enforce it. Vice President Mike Pence, speaking in Montenegro, committed American support to eight Balkan nations and warned against Russian encroachment in the region. Russia, he said, is an “unpredictable country that casts a shadow from the east.” Separately, Mr. Trump voiced support for legislation that would overhaul decades of immigration policy — replacing a system that favors an immigrant’s family ties with one that favors skills and employability. And the White House admitted that Mr. Trump had not, as he claimed, received phone calls full of praise from the head of the Boy Scouts or the president of Mexico. _____ • The Vatican has accused American Catholic ultraconservatives of making an alliance of “hate” with evangelical Christians to back President Trump. Two close associates of Pope Francis, writing in a Vatican-vetted journal, said the U.S. church was out of step with mainstream Catholicism and risked corrupting the faith by trying to inject “religious influence in the political sphere.” Critics already alienated by the pope’s policies have called the article anti-American. Evangelical Christians are among the conservative groups that the Trump administration has made a special effort to... Link to the full article to read more