MEDIA/MILITARY/SAUDI ARABIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “In a historic bipartisan rebuke of the president and a marked shift in the long-standing U.S. alliance with Saudi Arabia, the Senate voted Thursday [12-13-18] to try to force the Trump administration to end its military support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Although the measure will stall in the House for now, the Senate’s 56-41 vote carried extraordinary significance – marking the first time the Senate has invoked Congress’ war powers to challenge U.S. military involvement abroad. The step was both a condemnation of Saudi Arabia’s execution of the Yemen war – which has killed thousands of civilians and created a humanitarian catastrophe – and of the kingdom’s role in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi…Senators unanimously approved a separate, nonbinding resolution naming Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, as responsible for Khashoggi’s death. The Washington Post columnist was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 by a team of Saudi operatives, many of whom have been tied to the crown prince.”
–Deirdre Shesgreen, “In rebuke to Trump, Senate votes to halt US support for Saudi-led war in Yemen, names crown prince as responsible for Khashoggi death,” USA Today, December 13, 2018 6:49 pm