The Security Briefing: Riyadh reproach

Lawmakers in Congress are threatening to hold up arms sales to Saudi Arabia over OPEC+’s decision to slash global oil production.
Biden in Saudi Arabia
(L to R) Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa, US President Joe Biden, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pose together for the family photo during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit (GCC+3) at a hotel in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022. - MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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