Between the lines: During his meeting with MBS, Trump didn't raise the terrorism lawsuit that 9/11 victims' families filed against Saudi Arabia.
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Scoop: Trump's meeting with MBS got tense over Israel
With the war in Gaza over, Trump had hoped for a breakthrough toward Saudi-Israeli normalization.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Between the lines: During his meeting with MBS, Trump didn't raise the terrorism lawsuit that 9/11 victims' families filed against Saudi Arabia.
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FIFA Defends Stadium Cash While Saudi Sets Execution Records
Fifa said: “funding was deemed necessary for the development of stadiums, and national stadiums in particular.”
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Fifa said: “funding was deemed necessary for the development of stadiums, and national stadiums in particular.”
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Fifa deepens Saudi Arabia ties with $1bn deal to fund global football infrastructure
Under the new deal, discounted loans will go towards the construction of stadiums with priority given to developing nations
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November 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
FIFA Defends Stadium Cash While Saudi Sets Execution Records
Fifa said: “funding was deemed necessary for the development of stadiums, and national stadiums in particular.”
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Fifa said: “funding was deemed necessary for the development of stadiums, and national stadiums in particular.”
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A judge says evidence supports inferring Saudi-linked operatives aided two 9/11 hijackers.
New filings cite Bayoumi’s plane sketch, his 1999 D.C. “casing” video, and his 2000 meetup with the attackers.
The families’ case moves forward.
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New filings cite Bayoumi’s plane sketch, his 1999 D.C. “casing” video, and his 2000 meetup with the attackers.
The families’ case moves forward.
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9/11 families' lawsuit reveals new details linking Saudis to plot
It's the largest and longest-active case in the federal court system with 10,000 or so plaintiffs seeking damages in what's been called a trillion-dollar lawsuit.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:57 AM
A judge says evidence supports inferring Saudi-linked operatives aided two 9/11 hijackers.
New filings cite Bayoumi’s plane sketch, his 1999 D.C. “casing” video, and his 2000 meetup with the attackers.
The families’ case moves forward.
www.axios.com/2025/11/21/9...
New filings cite Bayoumi’s plane sketch, his 1999 D.C. “casing” video, and his 2000 meetup with the attackers.
The families’ case moves forward.
www.axios.com/2025/11/21/9...
Vindman says the 2019 Trump–MBS call he reviewed after Khashoggi’s murder was “shocking.”
He and 36 Democrats, plus Khashoggi’s widow; are demanding the transcript to expose any favors or promises.
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He and 36 Democrats, plus Khashoggi’s widow; are demanding the transcript to expose any favors or promises.
www.reuters.com/world/us/dem...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Vindman says the 2019 Trump–MBS call he reviewed after Khashoggi’s murder was “shocking.”
He and 36 Democrats, plus Khashoggi’s widow; are demanding the transcript to expose any favors or promises.
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He and 36 Democrats, plus Khashoggi’s widow; are demanding the transcript to expose any favors or promises.
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White House visit gave MBS major wins:
F-35s, a new U.S.–Saudi defense pact, and “major non-NATO ally” status.
The pageantry helped rehabilitate the crown prince’s image despite the CIA’s findings on Khashoggi’s killing.
Realpolitik over accountability
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F-35s, a new U.S.–Saudi defense pact, and “major non-NATO ally” status.
The pageantry helped rehabilitate the crown prince’s image despite the CIA’s findings on Khashoggi’s killing.
Realpolitik over accountability
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Opinion | A ‘pariah’ takes the win
The crown prince gets F-35s, new security status and legitimacy in exchange for promised investment.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
White House visit gave MBS major wins:
F-35s, a new U.S.–Saudi defense pact, and “major non-NATO ally” status.
The pageantry helped rehabilitate the crown prince’s image despite the CIA’s findings on Khashoggi’s killing.
Realpolitik over accountability
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
F-35s, a new U.S.–Saudi defense pact, and “major non-NATO ally” status.
The pageantry helped rehabilitate the crown prince’s image despite the CIA’s findings on Khashoggi’s killing.
Realpolitik over accountability
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Behind closed COP talks, Riyadh is pushing to slow or dilute commitments that threaten its fossil-fuel economy
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Saudi Arabia leads attempts to block climate deal, UN chief warns in closed-door talks
António Guterres notes talks could fail as a result of negotiating tactics
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November 22, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Behind closed COP talks, Riyadh is pushing to slow or dilute commitments that threaten its fossil-fuel economy
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Saad Almadi’s release highlights a brutal reality:
criticizing MBS on Twitter landed him in prison.
Saudi Arabia reportedly pressured him to renounce U.S. citizenship to leave.
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criticizing MBS on Twitter landed him in prison.
Saudi Arabia reportedly pressured him to renounce U.S. citizenship to leave.
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U.S. retiree freed after years jailed in Saudi Arabia for critical tweets
"This day would not have been possible without President Donald Trump and the tireless efforts of his administration," the family of Saad Almadi, 75, said in a statement Wednesday.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Saad Almadi’s release highlights a brutal reality:
criticizing MBS on Twitter landed him in prison.
Saudi Arabia reportedly pressured him to renounce U.S. citizenship to leave.
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criticizing MBS on Twitter landed him in prison.
Saudi Arabia reportedly pressured him to renounce U.S. citizenship to leave.
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The Greenwash Gala
Melania’s green gown wasn’t just fashion. It helped gloss over MBS’s record, turning a politically loaded visit into a glam PR moment.
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Melania’s green gown wasn’t just fashion. It helped gloss over MBS’s record, turning a politically loaded visit into a glam PR moment.
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Melania Trump Goes Saudi Green
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November 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
The Greenwash Gala
Melania’s green gown wasn’t just fashion. It helped gloss over MBS’s record, turning a politically loaded visit into a glam PR moment.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/s...
Melania’s green gown wasn’t just fashion. It helped gloss over MBS’s record, turning a politically loaded visit into a glam PR moment.
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Deepening military and tech ties without meaningful accountability risks rewarding repression and weakening U.S. leverage for reform.
Strategic alliances shouldn’t come at the cost of basic freedoms.
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Strategic alliances shouldn’t come at the cost of basic freedoms.
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New US-Saudi security deal raises questions
The new U.S.-Saudi Defense agreement and the sale of F-35s to Saudi Arabia raise questions.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Deepening military and tech ties without meaningful accountability risks rewarding repression and weakening U.S. leverage for reform.
Strategic alliances shouldn’t come at the cost of basic freedoms.
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Strategic alliances shouldn’t come at the cost of basic freedoms.
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Saudi Arabia’s influence isn’t just about oil or arms anymore. It’s soft power, media, money and the slow normalization of impunity
The U.S. embracing MBS without accountability shows how easily democracies can be reshaped by power and profit.
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The U.S. embracing MBS without accountability shows how easily democracies can be reshaped by power and profit.
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The Saudification of America is under way | Karen Attiah
Jamal Khashoggi’s plight and murder was a warning sign for the US, of the impending loss of freedom and censorship that would sweep the country
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November 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Saudi Arabia’s influence isn’t just about oil or arms anymore. It’s soft power, media, money and the slow normalization of impunity
The U.S. embracing MBS without accountability shows how easily democracies can be reshaped by power and profit.
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The U.S. embracing MBS without accountability shows how easily democracies can be reshaped by power and profit.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump Dismisses Journalist’s Murder While Praising Saudi Crown Prince
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November 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
MBS returns to the US, gets a hero’s welcome, pledges $1tn, and hears Trump dismiss US intel on Khashoggi.
Reporter asks about Epstein files, gets insulted.
Power, money, and selective memory make quite a trio.
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Reporter asks about Epstein files, gets insulted.
Power, money, and selective memory make quite a trio.
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As it happened: Trump defends Saudi crown prince over killing of journalist as they hold talks in Washington
Trump says Saudi Arabia's de facto leader
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November 19, 2025 at 6:42 AM
MBS returns to the US, gets a hero’s welcome, pledges $1tn, and hears Trump dismiss US intel on Khashoggi.
Reporter asks about Epstein files, gets insulted.
Power, money, and selective memory make quite a trio.
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Reporter asks about Epstein files, gets insulted.
Power, money, and selective memory make quite a trio.
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Human-rights concerns get shoved aside as Washington and Riyadh lock in a deeper, cash-soaked partnership.
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Trump elevates Saudi Arabia to ‘major non-NATO ally’ status
The announcement came hours after the Saudi crown prince announced he would increase his investments in the U.S. to nearly $1 trillion.
www.politico.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Human-rights concerns get shoved aside as Washington and Riyadh lock in a deeper, cash-soaked partnership.
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Warm handshakes, cold ethics
Washington talks values, sells hardware
MBS pledges huge investments, Trump lines up nearly 300 Abrams tanks for Riyadh.
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Washington talks values, sells hardware
MBS pledges huge investments, Trump lines up nearly 300 Abrams tanks for Riyadh.
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Saudi Arabia wants to buy nearly 300 U.S. tanks, White House says
The Abrams tank is used by the U.S. Army and has been adopted overseas, including by Ukraine.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Warm handshakes, cold ethics
Washington talks values, sells hardware
MBS pledges huge investments, Trump lines up nearly 300 Abrams tanks for Riyadh.
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Washington talks values, sells hardware
MBS pledges huge investments, Trump lines up nearly 300 Abrams tanks for Riyadh.
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Given its role in initiating the war in Yemen, selling F-35s to Saudi Arabia would be dangerous
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Trump says the U.S. will sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia
President Trump told reporters Monday the U.S. will sell Saudi Arabia F-35 fighter jets, a day before Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is set to visit the White House.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Given its role in initiating the war in Yemen, selling F-35s to Saudi Arabia would be dangerous
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Saudi Arabia is playing a strategic survival game: a fossil-fuel economy that sees climate action as an existential threat, exploiting UN consensus rules to stall progress while aiming to profit now and go green later.
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$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
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November 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Saudi Arabia is playing a strategic survival game: a fossil-fuel economy that sees climate action as an existential threat, exploiting UN consensus rules to stall progress while aiming to profit now and go green later.
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Saudi execution rate is soaring, with foreign nationals, drug offenders, and critics most at risk.
Behind the glossy Vision 2030 image lies a justice system plagued by unfair trials, secrecy, and political repression.
The world needs to pay attention.
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Behind the glossy Vision 2030 image lies a justice system plagued by unfair trials, secrecy, and political repression.
The world needs to pay attention.
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His family say he was a fisherman. The Saudis say he smuggled drugs. He was one of hundreds executed this year | CNN
Egyptian fisherman Mohamed Saad is one of hundreds of people executed this year in Saudi Arabia, most accused of non-lethal drug crimes. Campaigners worry US ties are giving the kingdom free rein.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Saudi execution rate is soaring, with foreign nationals, drug offenders, and critics most at risk.
Behind the glossy Vision 2030 image lies a justice system plagued by unfair trials, secrecy, and political repression.
The world needs to pay attention.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/m...
Behind the glossy Vision 2030 image lies a justice system plagued by unfair trials, secrecy, and political repression.
The world needs to pay attention.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/m...
The Saudi-U.S. dynamic still echoes the old security-for-oil model, and the absence of MBS’s reform agenda on this trip makes the “reform” narrative look more like branding than reality
The U.S. gains nothing by legitimizing the crown prince’s repressions
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The U.S. gains nothing by legitimizing the crown prince’s repressions
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Opinion | MBS comes to Washington. Regrettably.
The U.S. gains nothing by legitimizing the crown prince’s repressions.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The Saudi-U.S. dynamic still echoes the old security-for-oil model, and the absence of MBS’s reform agenda on this trip makes the “reform” narrative look more like branding than reality
The U.S. gains nothing by legitimizing the crown prince’s repressions
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The U.S. gains nothing by legitimizing the crown prince’s repressions
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Once again, the U.S. has shown that it prefers money, weapons, and political deals over the values it claims to champion.
For those of us on the ground, it’s clear: profit and power keep winning, while human rights and justice are treated as optional.
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For those of us on the ground, it’s clear: profit and power keep winning, while human rights and justice are treated as optional.
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Saudi Prince to Meet With Trump in US After Weeks of Tense Talks
The visit to Washington will be a culmination of weeks of tense talks on security, technology and Israel between Saudi and American officials.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Once again, the U.S. has shown that it prefers money, weapons, and political deals over the values it claims to champion.
For those of us on the ground, it’s clear: profit and power keep winning, while human rights and justice are treated as optional.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
For those of us on the ground, it’s clear: profit and power keep winning, while human rights and justice are treated as optional.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Saudi Arabia is cranking up executions for drug offenses, even as the UN warns the trials are a mess and many victims are foreign workers with barely any legal defense.
A kingdom shouting “reform” while handing out death sentences like traffic tickets.
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A kingdom shouting “reform” while handing out death sentences like traffic tickets.
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Fact Check Team: Criticism mounts over Saudi Arabia's fatal penalty for drug trafficking
Saudi Arabia is executing people at one of the highest rates the country has seen in decades.
komonews.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Saudi Arabia is cranking up executions for drug offenses, even as the UN warns the trials are a mess and many victims are foreign workers with barely any legal defense.
A kingdom shouting “reform” while handing out death sentences like traffic tickets.
komonews.com/news/nation-...
A kingdom shouting “reform” while handing out death sentences like traffic tickets.
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Detained Over 14 Tweets: The U.S.–Saudi Alliance That Can’t Protect Its Own Citizen
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Son of Detained US-Saudi Citizen Wants Answers Ahead of Trump-MBS Meeting
Dual U.S.-Saudi citizen Saad Almadi has been detained in Saudi Arabia for four years due to 14 rather innocent social media posts that led to terrorism charges.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Detained Over 14 Tweets: The U.S.–Saudi Alliance That Can’t Protect Its Own Citizen
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Trump isn't just cozy with the Saudis, he's getting paid. Forbes reports tens of millions in licensing and real estate deals flowing into his businesses from Saudi-linked investors
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Here’s Everything We Know About Trump’s Financial Ties To Saudi Arabia
Donald Trump has had business dealings with the Saudis for decades. The big money arrived after he became president.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Trump isn't just cozy with the Saudis, he's getting paid. Forbes reports tens of millions in licensing and real estate deals flowing into his businesses from Saudi-linked investors
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F-35s to Riyadh Could Push Yemen Toward a Civilian Catastrophe That Looks a Lot Like Genocide Risk, while US senators are concerned about Israel in this case who is the region's genocider.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
U.S. Officials Raise Concerns About Saudi Arabia’s Bid for F-35 Jets
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November 15, 2025 at 7:54 AM
F-35s to Riyadh Could Push Yemen Toward a Civilian Catastrophe That Looks a Lot Like Genocide Risk, while US senators are concerned about Israel in this case who is the region's genocider.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...