US President Donald Trump’s reluctance to hold Saudi leadership accountable for the brutal murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi stemmed from a partly aspirational $110 billion arms deal between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia that was inflated at the direction of Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner, according to two ...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Pentagon chief Jim Mattis will brief US senators Wednesday on developments related to Saudi Arabia, amid mounting bipartisan concern about the kingdom, a senior Republican lawmaker said Monday. President Donald Trump’s emphatic support of Riyadh in recent weeks has rankled some Republicans. And the ...
