Congress Spars Over Emergency Middle East Weapons Sale

Credit: Senior Airman Isaiah Soliz/U.S. Air Force
U.S. President Donald Trump has invoked a rarely used emergency loophole to bypass congressional objections to the sale of $8.1 billion in weapons to Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill are outraged, saying the president overstepped his...

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