Republicans join Democrats to rebuke Trump’s ’emergency’ $8B arms sale to Saudis, Emiratis

CIL868/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Congress is moving ahead with legislation to block $8 billion of arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates after the Trump administration declared an “emergency” to bypass Congress and move ahead with the controversial sale over lawmakers’ objections given the two countries’ human rights records. Assistant Secretary of State for …

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