2 w. ago Trump once again steps up attacks on TV networks as he threatens to revoke licenses

Trump has suggested on at least 28 occasions over past eight years that a national TV network’s license be revoked – even though it doesn’t work that wayFacing aggressive questioning from Mary Bruce, an ABC News White House correspondent, about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, Donald Trump last week suggested a form of punishment he thought would be appropriate for her “crappy company”: the Federal Communications Commission should revoke ABC’s license, the US president declared.It wasn’t the first time he has done so. As he has sought redress for what he has considered to be unfair reporting about him and his administration, Trump has suggested at least 28 times over the last eight years that a television network should lose its license, according to analysis by the Guardian. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump’s 'shocking' chat with Saudi Prince over Khashoggi murder sparks outrage

Donald Trump is under growing pressure to release a transcript of a conversation with the Saudi crown prince about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. A former national security adviser who reviewed the conversation raised alarms in Congress

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3 w. ago Saudi prince Mohammed is being lavished by Trump. It’s clear why | Mohamad Bazzi

Autocrats like Prince Mohammed are eager to benefit from Trump’s brazen effort to use the presidency to enrich himself and his familyDonald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, appeared together at a US-Saudi investment summit at the Kennedy Center.It’s all part of a rehabilitation tour for Prince Mohammed, years after US intelligence agencies concluded that he had ordered the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and Saudi dissident. In October 2018, Khashoggi was ambushed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by a 15-member hit team, who dismembered his body with a bone saw. For a time, the killing turned Prince Mohammed into an international pariah. But Trump never wavered in his support of the Saudi leader, and during his first term protected the prince from US sanctions and pressure from Congress.Mohamad Bazzi is director of the Center for Near Eastern Studies, and a journalism professor, at New York University Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump shrugged off Khashoggi’s killing. This is a new low | Jodie Ginsberg

Jamal Khashoggi was dismembered in a Saudi consulate. The president says ‘things happen’“Things happen.” Just two words. That’s all it took for Donald Trump to effectively dismiss what is probably the most infamous journalist killing of the last decade – and in so doing plumbed a new low in his contempt for journalists, for journalism – and for the truth.The US president’s dismissal of the murder of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi came in a press conference with the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman – a man whom the CIA found in a 2021 report had orchestrated the kidnap and killing of the Washington Post columnist in 2018. (Prince Mohammed has denied involvement.)Jodie Ginsberg is CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Jamal Khashoggi's agonising 7 minute ordeal captured on chilling audio files

The Mirror's Julia Banim takes a look at the journalist's agonising seven-minute ordeal, captured on chilling audio files

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3 w. ago The spectacle of Trump dismissing a Saudi journalist’s murder in front of MBS should worry us all

Donald Trump eviscerated a White House reporter for asking about the murder of fellow journalist Jamal Khashoggi in front of Mohammed bin Salman. The president’s put down shows press freedom counts for little in the US, writes chief international correspondent Bel Trew

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3 w. ago Jamal Khashoggi's 7 minutes of terror from chilling audio to 'dismembered alive'

As US President Donald Trump rushes to defend Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over questions about the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the Mirror takes a look at the journalist's agonising seven-minute ordeal, captured on chilling audio files

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3 w. ago What happened to Jamal Khashoggi? Trump resurfaces memories of journalist’s brutal murder

President’s claim that Mohammed bin Salman had nothing to do with 2018 killing contradicts US intelligenceDonald Trump on Tuesday said that Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, had nothing to do with the murder of the Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, whose assassination in 2018 left the Saudi leader an international pariah.But Trump’s own intelligence services, as well as a 2019 UN investigation, have painted a very different picture. The assassination took place inside a Saudi consulate in Istanbul, where a 15-person team led by a close associate of Prince Mohammed was said to have drugged, murdered and dismembered Khashoggi in order to hide evidence of the crime. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'Don't embarrass our guest': Moment Trump defends Mohammed bin Salman over killing of Jamal Khashoggi

Donald Trump insisted the Saudi Crown Prince knew nothing about the assassination of a Washington Post journalist after being quizzed at the White House

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3 w. ago Trump shrugs off Khashoggi murder during Saudi prince’s White House visit

US president also claims Mohammed bin Salman ‘knew nothing’ about murder of journalistDonald Trump has shrugged off the Saudi regime’s 2018 murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, saying the journalist was “extremely controversial” and unpopular.The US president made the remarks at the White House on Tuesday while welcoming Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the first time since Khashoggi’s murder and dismemberment in Istanbul by Saudi state operatives. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump rips reporter who asks Saudi prince about 9/11 role and Khashoggi murder: ‘Lot of people didn’t like that gentleman’

President and crown prince were both pressed on 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents and protests of 9/11 victim families

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3 w. ago Donald Trump defends Saudi leader over journalist murder: 'Things happen'

In shocking remarks, Trump said "a lot of people didn't like" Jamal Khasoggi, the US-based journalist who was brutally murdered - and defended Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, who was accused of being behind the killing

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3 w. ago Trump rips reporter who asks Saudi prince about 9/11 role and Khashoggi murder: ‘Lot of people didn’t like him’

President and Crown Prince both pressed on 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents

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3 w. ago Extraordinary moment Trump DEFENDS Saudi crown prince as he's asked 'embarrassing' question about murder of journalist

It marks the first White House visit since Saudi agents killed Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.

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3 w. ago Trump defends Mohammed bin Salman over killing of Jamal Khashoggi, claiming Saudi crown prince ‘knew nothing about it’ and ‘things happen’

President blasts ABC News as fake news during Oval Office meeting with Saudi crown princeTrump says US will sell F-35 stealth jets to Saudis as Prince Mohammed visitsA reminder that Donald Trump’s family has a strong personal interest in Saudi Arabia. In September, London real estate developer Dar Global announced that it plans to launch Trump Plaza in the Red Sea city of Jeddah.It’s Dar Global’s second collaboration with the Trump Organization, the collection of companies controlled by the US president’s children, in the kingdom. Last year, the two companies announced the launch of Trump Tower Jeddah. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump pays Saudi crown prince the highest honor despite assassination of journalist

It marks the first White House visit since Saudi agents killed Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.

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3 w. ago Trump to welcome Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohammed bin Salman to the White House

It is the first visit by MBS to Washington since the 2018 murder of journalist critic Jamal Khashoggi

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4 w. ago Trump’s demands for Mohammed bin Salman and what Saudi crown prince is seeking at first White House visit in over 7 years

The crown prince hasn’t been to the U.S. since the 2018 killing of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi

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