Before Trump began his visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, his sons Eric and Donald Jr. had already traveled the Middle East extensively in recent weeks. They were drumming up business for The Trump Organization, which they are running in their father’s stead while he’s in the White House.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) accused President Trump Wednesday of conducting his trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, the first major foreign trip of his

Follow for live updates as Trump continues his Middle East trip in Saudi Arabia and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies on Capitol Hill.

The Trump Organization has entered into real estate deals in all three countries Trump plans to visit this week.

US President Donald Trump didn’t show up empty-handed on the first international trip of his second term. Joining him in Saudi Arabia were almost three dozen CEOs of America’s biggest companies, including Big Tech giants that signed $600 billion worth of deals.

“AI chips should not be bargaining chips for broader trade deals,” says Janet Egan, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). “They underpin US AI dominance, and we have to be really careful to not make short term decisions that might be beneficial for trade in the near term, but cede AI leadership in the longer term.”