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President Donald Trump has been reluctant to disrupt US weapons sales to Saudi Arabia over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, because, he says, "I'd rather keep the million jobs." Defense expert William D. Hartung at the Center for International Policy tells host Marco Werman why far fewer American jobs are at stake. And, we get a reality check on how significant Saudi Arabia is as a customer of the US...

With the prince now implicated in Khashoggi's death, Trump’s gamble on him and the Saudi regime may have backfired...

It may not surprise you to hear that Lourenco Goncalves is a Trump fan.

America finds itself saddled with a crucial ally in the Middle East who just sawed up a green card-holding US resident into pieces, reportedly while alive...

Saudi Arabia spent almost $27 million on U.S. lobbying in 2017, nearly triple the amount during former President Obama's last year in office, according to figures compiled by a Washington-based think tank. Lobbying expenditures jumped from the $10 million spent in 2016, the left-leaning Center for International Policy (CIP) found in an analysis of government data this month.

As news of the killing of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi spreads, we want to take a closer look at Saudi–American relations. On today’s episode, Allen speaks with foreign affairs specialist William Hartung about the Saudis and the Trump administration’s response to the Khashoggi affair...

On Aug. 25, 2017, a laser-guided bomb fired from a Saudi military jet destroyed an apartment building in Sanaa, Yemen’s capital city....

With his demand that the Pentagon create a new military service — a Space Force to assure “American dominance in space” — President Donald Trump has injected urgency into a long-meandering debate over the best way to protect U.S. interests in space, both military and commercial...

Growing condemnation of Saudi Arabia stemming from its alleged killing of a journalist could see Congress exercise its authority over foreign military sales to cut off billions of dollars in military...

The United States and Saudi Arabia have had a mutually dependent relationship for seven decades based on a central bargain: the kingdom would pump oil and the superpower would provide security...

The disappearance of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi brought to the forefront an open secret in Washington: Saudi Arabia is spending heavily to influence the nation’s capital...

It’s a cold financial calculation: Saudi money for U.S.-made weaponry results in American jobs. This is President Donald Trump’s rationale in dismissing calls in Congress to halt future arms sales to Saudi Arabia following the mysterious disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist and American resident...