6/3-5 Weekend News & Open Thread
Sucking Up to Murderers’: Biden Plans to Visit Saudi Arabia in Push for Oil Two and a half years removed from his campaign trail vow to make Saudi Arabia’s leaders “pay the price” for their role in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, U.S. President Joe Biden is reportedly planning to visit Riyadh in the coming days as part of the White House’s effort to shore up ties with the oil-rich kingdom as Russia’s war on Ukraine roils global energy markets. According to the Washington Post, for which Khashoggi worked as a columnist, Biden administration officials have come to view … Continue reading →