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Legal teams for the U.S. and Qatari governments are still working out the details of an agreement for Doha to transfer a luxury Boeing 747-8 jet that President Trump hopes to use as Air Force One, ...
The Constitution bars federal officials from accepting gifts from foreign states without the consent of Congress.
The prospect of the plane has drawn security and ethical concerns from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, as well as ...
The Defense Department says it has accepted a Boeing jet​ from Qatar that will be retrofitted and used to transport President ...
Critics argue that accepting the gift from Qatar could create foreign influence and compromise U.S. decision-making in ...
The gift is expected to be announced when Trump visits Qatar as part of a trip that also includes stops in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Gavin Newsom defies Senate vote: 'Illegal ...
The United States has accepted a 747 jetliner as a gift from the government of Qatar, and the Air Force has now been asked to figure out a way to rapidly upgrade it so it can be put into use as a new ...
During a Senate hearing, Air Force Secretary Meink acknowledged that the Qatari aircraft would need "significant ...
Donald Trump’s administration specifically sought out the luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from Qatar’s government to replace Air Force One, despite the president’s insistence that the plane was a gift, ...
President Donald Trump has officially accepted Qatar’s Boeing 747 jet gift to be refitted as Air Force One, the Pentagon revealed. "The Secretary of Defense has accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar ...
Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said in a Sunday interview that the pending transfer of a Qatari luxury jet "detracts from" what he saw as ...
Qatar dismissed concerns about its offer to give Trump a plane, a day after a bill was introduced in the Senate to prevent a foreign aircraft operating as Air Force One.