Mohammad bin Salman

US moves to shield Saudi crown prince in killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi

The US military long has safeguarded Saudi Arabia from external enemies, in exchange for Saudi Arabia keeping global oil markets afloat.

Biden's Saudi bunk, Pelosi's inflation dodge and more

President Biden said his infamous trip to Saudi Arabia in July was not "essentially for oil."

Jean-Pierre slams Saudi prince MBS for 'ridiculous' mockery of Biden

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre couldn't let it go.

White House wants to dodge Biden-Putin encounter at G-20: report

​The White House is taking great pains to ensure that President Biden keeps his distance from Vladimir Putin at next month's G-20 summit to avoid a potential showdown between the...

Please, in 2024 could we elect a president who isn’t either out to lunch or addicted to chaos

Two recently published blockbuster accounts of Trump’s presidency talked about why people should dread a second Trump term without taking into account the role of the media. 

Saudi mom gets 34-year sentence for Twitter posts backing women's rights activist

Salma al-Shehab, 34, a doctoral candidate at the University of Leeds in the UK, was first detained in January 2021.

How Twitter employees ratted out user identities to Saudi Arabia

How Twitter employees ratted out dissidents’ identities to Saudi Arabia and aides to controversial crown prince Mohammed bin Salman.

'Ludicrous': White House bristles at notion Saudis purposely exposed Biden to COVID

White House spokesman John Kirby slammed the idea that Saudi Arabia's government could have purposely exposed President Biden to COVID-19.

Inside the stunning $1 trillion mirrored 'landscraper' of Saudi Arabia

New images of The Line, a trillion-dollar mega-development, have emerged to show a stunning sci-fi array of miles-long towers filled with greenery and amenities. It will rise higher than New...

Biden signs order vs. countries that detain Americans — but Saudis get pass

President Biden's order allows for sanctions against foreign authorities and will establish a new system in which a country is labeled with a "D" for detention if they are risky...

Every one of the Uvalde cop cowards should be fired – they've shamed their badges and their country

They were thinking of themselves, not the kids being slaughtered. And for that, every single one of them should be fired today.

Oil spikes to $100 per barrel as Biden fails to win Saudi pledge to boost output

The price of oil surged to more than $100 a barrel on Monday after President Joe Biden left Saudi Arabia over the weekend without winning a commitment from the kingdom...

Sen. Paul blasts Biden for 'begging and bowing down' to Saudis to ramp up oil production

Sen. Rand Paul accused the Biden administration of taking actions to deliberately reduce the supply of oil, causing prices to skyrocket this summer to more than $5 a gallon.

Biden: Saudi minister lied about not hearing him confront MBS on Khashoggi's killing

​President Biden accused Saudi Arabia's foreign minister of lying when he contradicted the president's claim that had raised the killing of Khashoggi with Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.

MBS hit back at Biden for past US atrocities in closed-door meeting: report

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman reportedly scolded Biden for America's past treatment of Iraqi prisoners during their private meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Biden (reluctantly) faces reality in Saudi sitdown

In foreign affairs, even presidents have to take what they can get; Biden seems to finally be learning that, even if his various gaffes on the trip (talk of “honoring”...

Biden slams reporter's 'silly question' on Saudi prince killing more dissidents

Biden dismissed a question on whether his relationship with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman would give Riyadh's ruler the green light to assassinate.

Handy man: Biden presses flesh in Israel, despite call for fist bumps before meet with killer Saudi prince

The president shook hands with at least a dozen people at an event in Jerusalem where he received Israel's Medal of Honor.

Biden eschews handshakes for fist bumps in Israel -- then switches back to handshakes

Biden offered fist bumps to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Yair Lapid and other dignitaries during an arrival ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.

Biden won't hold press conference after MBS meeting in Saudi Arabia

"We don't have a press conference for Saudi," press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed ahead of Biden's visit.