Donald Trump bypasses Congress on Saudi, UAE arms sales | Financial Times:
The Trump administration has formally notified US lawmakers that it is invoking an emergency provision to go ahead with multibillion-dollar arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates without congressional approval.
The emergency provision, part of the Arms Export Control act, would allow the US to proceed with sales of planned precision bombs to those two countries, without fear of Congress blocking the measure.
However, the move is likely to inflame tensions between President Donald Trump and Congress, where members of both parties have criticised the president for not taking a harsher stance on Saudi Arabia in the wake of the killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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