Pressure Grows for Congressional Action on US-Saudi Relationship  

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The Biden administration and U.S. lawmakers are pushing this week for longtime ally Saudi Arabia to face consequences for agreeing to reduce oil production. OPEC+, which includes Saudi Arabia, the 12 other members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and 10 other oil-exporting nations, announced last week that it would cut its oil production target by 2 million barrels a day, despite U.S. objections. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said the decision was unanimous and based on economic considerations. Some members of Congress are calling for an end to arms sales to Saudi Arabia. U.S. President Joemore

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Here’s What to Expect From Final January 6 Panel Hearing

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The congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol is set to hold what will likely be its final public hearing on Thursday, with members pledging new revelations about former President Donald Trump’s role in the events that led up to the attack. The televised hearing, House of Representatives committee members say, will be sweeping and thematic, offering a broad overview of the panel’s findings to date while airing recently unearthed evidence tying Trump and his associates to the far-right groups that plotted the riot. “We’re going to be going through really some of what we’vemore

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