Mohammed bin Salman

For more than two years, the United States has had no ambassador in Saudi Arabia. During that hiatus, a once robust and cooperative Saudi-American relationship withered.

Beijing is replacing Washington as the player with the contacts and the power to broker deals between rivals in the region.

A Saudi-Houthi deal is still up in the air.

U.S. officials shouldn't brush off the Saudi entreaties to Beijing as nothingburgers.

Since the ascent of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in 2016, the walls separating westerners and Saudis have been coming down.

Riyadh is hoping to obtain from the United States security guarantees and assistance developing a civilian nuclear-energy program.

"It's time we get real leadership back in the White House. Someone who actually cares about you and puts you first," the GOP lawmaker said.

A report from the Washington Post detailed how Trump and his son-in-law used their past positions to set themselves up to profit from ties with Saudi Arabia.

A wealth fund headed by Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman funds the tournament. Donald Trump has hosted several LIV Golf events at his resorts.

Even if the business deals weren't illegal, there could be political fallout for the former president.

Many in America's foreign policy community—and even some in the Biden administration—are concerned by Biden's new course.

Rumors on social media suggested the Saudi National team was offered luxury cars for their stunning win over Argentina.

The Justice Department has said bin Salman's position as prime minister of Saudi Arabia makes him immune to a lawsuit.

"We are a sovereign country and we do not take orders from anyone," Mohammed al-Sabban, former senior adviser to the Saudi energy minister, told Newsweek.

"Trump would be wise to stay out of the way," Austin Carson, an associate professor of political science at the University of Chicago, told Newsweek.

Last week's promotion of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman to the role of prime minister makes it more likely that this track record of stable succession will continue.

A Saudi woman's 34-year prison sentence for using Twitter is the beginning "of a larger wave and more brutal crackdowns," Abdullah Alaoudh told Newsweek.

Newsweek Fact Check looks at the claims, rumors and potential fallout surrounding the Mar-a-Lago search warrant.

Danah al-Mayouf was one of the women Ibrahim Alhussayen allegedly targeted online.

The Dark Brandon memes, which combine the slogan "Let's Go Brandon" with the look of the DarkMAGA meme, have been gaining popularity in the past months.

The president was widely criticized for greeting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with a fist bump.

"The fist bump between President Biden and Mohammed bin Salman was worse than a handshake," Jamal Khashoggi's former employer said.

Prince Turki Al-Faisal pointed to the president's energy policies, and his shift back to relying on fossil fuels.

President Biden met with the crown prince of Saudi Arabia Friday.

Many countries in the West, including the U.S., want Saudi Arabia to pump out more oil to help mitigate the growing global energy crisis.

The continued restrictions on Raif Badawi and Waleed abu al-Khair seriously undercut the Saudi government's narrative of transformative change under the auspices of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030.

A former Saudi official told Newsweek that the kingdom is "capable of finding a way to supply America with the oil they need, but there will be an exchange for that."

Biden had pledged to make the Saudi Crown Prince a "pariah." Now, he's preparing to meet him, hoping to bring surging gas prices down.

The clip was broadcast on a television channel owned by Saudi Arabia's government.

The misidentified man reportedly shares the same name as one of Khashoggi's suspected killers, Khalid Aedh al-Otaibi.