Saudi $$, Trump Arm-Twisting Fail to Stop Bill to End US Military Support for Saudis’ Yemen War

For some U.S. senators, Saudi campaign funding appears to be more important than preventing the imminent and needless deaths of millions of innocent Yemenis.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Donald Trump holds a sword and sways with traditional dancers during a welcome ceremony at Murabba Palace, in Riyadh, May 20, 2017. (AP/Evan Vucci)

WASHINGTON -- At least five of the 37 Republican senators who voted against ending U.S. military support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen received campaign contributions from lobbying groups working on behalf of the Saudi monarchy in 2016 and 2017, according to a recent report published by the Center for International Policy (CIP). The report,

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Saudi Arabia Using Law Firm Tied to Trump to Lobby U.S. for Nuclear Deal

Saudi Arabia has elicited the help King & Spalding, an influential law firm tied to the Trump administration, in a bid to secure US support for a nuclear program.

Ken Klippenstein
By Ken Klippenstein
U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for Israe from Saudi Arabial, the next stop in his international tour, at King Khalid International Airport, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Riyadh. (AP/Evan Vucci)

A law firm that reportedly has advised President Trump’s real estate empire registered last month to lobby the Trump administration as part of Saudi Arabia’s bid for U.S. approval for a civilian nuclear power program, federal documents show. King & Spalding, an international law firm headquartered in Atlanta that reportedly has worked for

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Foreign Agents Registration Act Marked by History of Politicization, Selective Enforcement

The singling out of RT for treatment as a foreign agent — while entities such as Al Jazeera and AIPAC are ignored — reflects a history of selective enforcement and the politicization of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb

Though it garnered renewed interest thanks to Robert Mueller’s investigation of the Trump administration and the rise of “Russiagate” hysteria, the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) of 1938 has been irregularly enforced over the course of its 79-year history. Despite nearly eight decades on the books, the law has resulted in only a handful of

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Could Russia Use The Israel Lobby’s Tactics To Skirt FARA Order?

Russia could use then tactics employed bt the Israeli Lobby to skirt Justice Department orders for RT to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Grant F. Smith
By Grant F. Smith
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to members of the audience before speaking at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington, Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Department of Justice has ordered Russia’s U.S.-based RT news network to begin registering as Russian foreign agents under the 1938 Foreign Agents Registration Act. The law requires US-based agents of foreign principals to disclose financial information and activities in regular public filings overseen by a designated DOJ office. Over the

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US Vets Exploited By Saudi Arabia Into Lobbying Against 9/11 Bill

New proof has emerged that Saudi Arabia paid at least one US lobbying group to bring military veterans to Washington to lobby for changes to JASTA.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir meet at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, March 23, 2017. (AP/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

WASHINGTON DC - While many consider the pro-Israel lobby to be the most powerful foreign influence bloc in U.S. politics, others have long argued that the lobbying power of Saudi Arabia is more powerful and the key driver of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and beyond. However, those who have asserted the Saudis’ influence in Washington DC is

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Senator Shaheen Pushes For DOJ Investigation Of RT America

Shaheen argues RT employees are violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act, however, the act targets lobbyists and people engaging in “political activities,” but provides exemptions for news organizations.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D – NH) is pushing a bill that would seek a Justice Department investigation of whether television station RT America is “coordinating with the Russian government,” saying there is reason to believe that there are financial ties between the channel and the Russian government, and that “the American public has a right to know if

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