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WASHINGTON D.C. (AFP) — Two key US Republican senators said Tuesday that they have “zero” doubt that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince was complicit in the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, contradicting President Donald Trump’s more neutral position. “I have zero question in my mind that the crown prince directed the murder and was kept appraised of the situation all the way through it,” Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Bob Corker told reporters after the […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – President Donald Trump hit back at critics within his own party Wednesday, painting them as outliers in what is otherwise a “love fest” between him and Republican lawmakers. A day after Republican senators Jeff Flake and Bob Corker described Trump as having a “flagrant disregard” for truth and decency and of “debasing” the nation, the combative president shot back. Trying to forestall a broader party backlash, Trump […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A senator from Donald Trump’s Republican Party unleashed a powerful attack on the US leader Tuesday as he announced he would not seek re-election for fear of being “complicit” with a “reckless” presidency. Jeff Flake, of Arizona, assailed Trump in a bombshell 17-minute speech on the Senate floor, hours after the president made what was meant to be a bridge-building trip to the Capitol to […]
