"I'm through talking," says Senator John Cornyn as he exits Senate negotiations aimed at curbing gun violence plaguing the US.
No country has claimed Mayun Island military base but Israeli military intelligence news site says the construction is a "UAE military project" meant to control shipping in strategic Bab al Mandeb strait.
Democrats in Congress immediately cried foul, with the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee suggesting that Steve Linick was fired in part in retaliation for opening an unspecified investigation into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Officials say a decision on invoking a national security waiver in the Arms Export Control Act to bypass congressional review of proposed sales to the Saudis could be made as early as Friday.
Bipartisan group of lawmakers from House and Senate seek to re-assert Congressional war powers.
The US senate voted for ending support to Saudi-led coalition in Yemen and condemning crown prince MBS's role in dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi's killing.
The White House for the second time in three days has called on the Saudi-led military coalition to allow humanitarian aid to Yemen, in a sign of frustration with a Saudi-led blockade.
The meeting comes amid provocative statements and Twitter comments from Trump regarding North Korea’s nuclear programme.
Accusations of war crimes, a spotty human rights record and a humanitarian nightmare in Yemen are just some reasons compelling a small group of US lawmakers to stop Saudi Arabia from buying billions in US arms.
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