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President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, July 8, 2022, in Washington. Biden’s visit to the Middle East this week includes meeting with Saudi Arabia's King Salman and crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto leader of the oil-rich kingdom who U.S. intelligence officials determined approved the killing of a U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Delicate mission: Biden heads to Mideast, Saudi Arabia as global energy prices soar

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Muslim worshipers offer Eid al-Adha prayers next to the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Saturday, July 9, 2022. The major Muslim holiday, at the end of the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, is observed around the world by believers and commemorates prophet Abraham's pledge to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Millions of Muslims commemorate Eid al-Adha amid high prices

By Amr Nabil and Isabel Debre - Associated Press

In this photo taken with low shutter speed, Muslim pilgrims pray as others circumambulate around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. Muslim pilgrims are converging on Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca for the largest hajj since the coronavirus pandemic severely curtailed access to one of Islam's five pillars. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

A hajj closer to normal: 1 million Muslims begin pilgrimage

By Amr Nabil and Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Thousands of Muslim pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, in the Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. Saudi Arabia is expected to receive one million Muslims to attend Hajj pilgrimage, which will begin on July 7, after two years of limiting the numbers because coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Saudi Arabia expecting 1 million in largest hajj since virus

By Amr Nabil - Associated Press

In this photo released by Saudi Royal Palace, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, speaks during the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 14, 2021. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP, File)

History As It Happens: Biden, MBS, and the impossible divorce

By Martin Di Caro

In this May 11, 2021 file photo Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

White House muddles message over Biden’s Saudi Arabia trip, crown prince meeting

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A young Seattle Sounders supporter holds a rainbow flag before an MLS soccer match between the Sounders and the Vancouver Whitecaps, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Seattle during Pride Month. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Saudi Arabia seizes rainbow toys it says promote homosexuality as Biden visit looms

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during a bill signing ceremony, June 13, 2022, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Biden will make his first trip to the Middle East next month with visits to Israel, the West Bank and Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

White House confirms Biden will travel to Saudi Arabia

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 15, 2014, file photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

Top Dems excuse Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia despite Khashoggi killing, say ‘circumstances’ change

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Bryson DeChambeau hits from the 18th tee during the second round of the Memorial golf tournament Friday, June 3, 2022, in Dublin, Ohio. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) **FILE**

Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed to join LIV Golf tour

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

Phil Mickelson attends a press conference at the Centurion Club, Hertfordshire, England, ahead of the LIV Golf Invitational Series, Wednesday June 8, 2022. (Steven Paston/PA via AP)

Saudi-funded golf series puts new scrutiny on Mickelson

By Rob Harris - Associated Press

Phil Mickelson hits his tee shot on the fifth hole of the South Course at Torrey Pines during the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament, Jan. 26, 2022, in San Diego. Phil Mickelson, the chief recruiter for a Saudi-funded rival league to the PGA Tour, was the last big name to join the 48-man field for the LIV Golf Invitational that starts Friday outside London. It will be Mickelson's first time playing since Feb. 6 at the Saudi International. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)

Mickelson signs deal with Saudi-backed tour, will play inaugural event

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

America's Mideast Allies Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

America needs its Gulf allies

By Sam Buchan and Jacob Olidort

Dustin Johnson tosses his towel to his caddie on the 10th hole during the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Southern Hills Country Club, Friday, May 20, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Matt York) ** FILE**

Dustin Johnson loses sponsor after decision to play in Saudi-backed event

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 14, 2020 file photo, people crowd a street a few hours ahead of curfew in Cairo, Egypt. The world’s economy is forecast to grow around 3.6% this year, but Arab oil exporters are seeing a windfall from high energy prices that will buoy their economies and replenish their financial reserves this year and next. A report released Wednesday, April 27, 2022, by the International Monetary Fund says those hard-hit in the Mideast are oil importers and countries like Egypt that also rely heavily on food imports from the Black Sea region, where Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has impacted exports like sunflower oil, barley and wheat worldwide. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

IMF sees bumper year for Arab oil producers, risk for others

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

Bubba Watson reacts to his tee shot on the fourth hole during the third round at the Masters golf tournament on Saturday, April 9, 2022, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Report: Bubba Watson, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter could join Greg Norman-led Saudi golf league

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

FILE - Yemen's President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi walks next of his Tunisian counterpart Beji Caid Essebsi, not in photo, upon his arrival at Tunis-Carthage international airport to attend the Arab Summit, in Tunis, Tunisia, March 30, 2019. Yemen’s exiled president stepped aside and transferred his powers to a presidential council on Thursday, April 7, 2022, as international and regional efforts to end the country’s long-running civil war gained momentum with a two-month truce.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Yemen’s president steps aside amid efforts to end war

By Ahmed Al-Haj and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

People hold posters of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Oct. 2, 2020, marking the two-year anniversary of his death. In a surprise development, the prosecutor in the case against 26 Saudi nationals charged in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi requested Thursday March 31, 2022, that their trial in absentia be suspended and the case be transferred to Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)

Turkey suspends trial of Saudi suspects in Khashoggi killing

By Ayse Wieting and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Joe Biden drilling for oil Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Biden has no choice but to drill for domestic oil

By Ron Bauer

People hold posters of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Oct. 2, 2020, marking the two-year anniversary of his death. In a surprise development, the prosecutor in the case against 26 Saudi nationals charged in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi requested Thursday March 31, 2022, that their trial in absentia be suspended and the case be transferred to Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)

Turkey to OK Khashoggi murder trial’s move to Saudi Arabia

By Suzan Fraser