The U.S. is expelling 60 Russian diplomats -- 48 members of the Russian embassy and 12 at the Russian mission at the United Nations. The Russian consulate in Seattle also was ordered to close. It's part of a coordinated western response to the presumed Russian attack on a spy on U.K. soil. "Today President Donald J. Trump ordered the expulsion of dozens of Russian intelligence officers from the United States and the closure of the Russian consulate in Seattle due to its proximity to one of our submarine bases and Boeing. The United States takes this action in conjunction with our NATO allies and partners around the world in response to Russia's use of a military-grade chemical weapon on the soil of the United Kingdom, the latest in its ongoing pattern of destabilizing activities around the world," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement.