As President Donald Trump sours on Russia’s Vladimir Putin, the Pentagon approves Ukrainian weapons requests and Congress moves toward a new sanctions bill.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had approved sending U.S. defensive weapons to Ukraine and was considering additional sanctions on Moscow, underscoring his frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the growing death toll in Russia's war with Ukraine.

U.S. copper prices vaulted to an all-time high after President Trump said Washington will slap imports of the metal with a 50% tax.Front-month futures contracts jumped 13% Tuesday, the largest single-day price surge in records going back to 1968,

Copper futures in New York surged after US President Donald Trump said he planned to implement a 50% tariff on imports, a move that’s likely to spark massive supply-chain ripples through global metal markets.