MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “The Senate passed a resolution Thursday [12-13-18] to withdraw U.S. support for Saudi-backed forces at war in Yemen in a rare bipartisan rebuke to President Donald Trump. The resolution, led by Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), invokes the War Powers Act and passed in a 56-41 vote. It’s the first time the Senate has voted to withdraw forces from a war Congress didn’t approve…The resolution picked up momentum in recent weeks following the killing of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Trump’s reluctance to blame Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MBS, further angered senators on both sides of the aisle…The Senate also agreed by unanimous consent to a resolution from Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) to condemn MBS for Khashoggi’s murder, which he offered as an alternative for lawmakers wary of pulling support for the Saudis’ Yemen intervention.”
–Marianne Levine, “Senate defies Trump, rebuking Saudi Arabia after Khashoggi killing,” Politico, December 13, 2018 3:32 pm