Congress pushes POTUS to take a harder line, but the crown prince is a key ally.
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President Donald Trump has demanded answers from Saudi Arabia after the suspected murder of a US-based Saudi critic in Turkey, but ultimately seemed unwilling to block arms sales to the country.
Saudi Arabia is widely suspected of having murdered Jamal Khashoggi in its Istanbul consulate on October 2.
US Senators and global authorities have expressed outrage at the critics disappearance, with one saying the US should consider halting arms sales.
Trump on Wednesday said he didn't want to block arms sales, which he's often touted as a big achievement.
Saudi Arabia stands accused of using US...
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President Donald Trump, meanwhile, expresses reservations about withholding American arms sales to the kingdom over the writer.
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In a television interview, the president he wants to “find out what happened” before deciding on actions to take.
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Over the course of a few hours on Monday, Stone posted, deleted, edited, reposted and re-deleted a photo of the judge and an online rant. Read more ...
The effort flies in the face of objections from national security and ethics officials. Read more ...
She had missed a round of oral arguments in January, the first time she had been absent from them since her appointment to the court in 1993. Read more ...
We'll “see you in court.” So said California Governor Gavin Newsom hours after President Donald Trump signed a proclamation of emergency to redirect funds to a southern border... Read more ...
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that there was “no rush” to denuclearize North Korea, whose leader, Kim Jong Un, he's meeting with next week. “I have no pressing time... Read more ...
The rapper 21 Savage has weighed in on the memes mocking his British nationality, and told The New York Times he thought some of them were funny. Twitter users cracked jokes... Read more ...
Last time, he was the underdog, notes NPR. This time, he'll be one of the favorites. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday told Vermont Public Radio that he is entering the 2020 race for... Read more ...
Sen. Bernie Sanders announced on Tuesday that he's running for president in 2020. At age 77, if Sanders were to win he would be the oldest president by seven years - a record... Read more ...
President Donald Trump denied asking then-acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker about putting a sympathetic U.S. attorney in charge of an investigation into pre-election... Read more ...
Former White House legislative affairs director Marc Short will return to the Trump administration as Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff, a White House official said... Read more ...