PARK CITY, Utah — A searing documentary about the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi made its anticipated debut at the Sundance Film Festival, unveiling a detailed investigation into the Saudi Arabia regime and the companies and governments that do business with it. Bryan Fogel’s “The Dissident” was one...
UN Experts: Jeff Bezos Phone Hack Shows Link to Saudi Prince
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The phone of Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos was hacked after receiving a file sent from an account used by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, United Nations experts said Wednesday. The two experts called for an “immediate investigation” by the United States into...
Saudis Sentence 5 to Death for Jamal Khashoggi's Killing
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced five people to death Monday for the killing of Washington Post columnist and royal family critic Jamal Khashoggi, whose grisly slaying in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul drew international condemnation and cast a cloud of suspicion over Crown Prince Mohammed...
Uber CEO Walks Back Comment on Khashoggi's Slaying
NEW YORK — Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is being criticized for calling the murder of a Washington Post columnist "a mistake" and comparing it to the death of a pedestrian struck by one of the company's autonomous vehicles. Khosrowshahi later said he regretted his comments, made during an interview with Axios on...
A Year Later, Saudi Journalist's Killing Haunts Kingdom
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last year drew renewed scrutiny Tuesday to the kingdom, as his son and a U.N. investigator spoke out ahead of the anniversary of his death. Saudi intelligence officials and a forensic...
Noted Journalist Costa Speaks Tonight at Save Mart Center
How's this for perfect timing? The week after Democrats in the House of Representatives launched an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, one of the nation's top journalists, Robert Costa, is the guest speaker tonight for the President's Lecture Series at Fresno State. Listen to this article: Costa, a...
Robert Costa Returns to Fresno to Talk Trump, Congress, and 2020
By Lisa Boyles fresnostatenews.com Robert Costa, a national political reporter with The Washington Post and moderator for PBS’s “Washington Week,” will return for the President’s Lecture Series at Fresno State, where he will offer insights on President Donald J. Trump, the U.S. Congress, and the 2020 presidential election. The event...
The Biggest Pinocchios of 2018: Trump, Harris, Sanders
It's time for our annual roundup of the biggest Pinocchios of the year. Once again, we face the challenge posed by President Donald Trump, who could easily dominate this list if we're not careful. There has been no serial exaggerator in recent American politics like the president. He not only...
Back by Popular Demand, WaPo’s Robert Costa Returns to Fresno
Acclaimed Washington Post and television journalist Robert Costa likes Fresno. After all, he's delivering a speech at the President’s Lecture Series at Fresno State for the second year in a row. "This is a community that is very engaged in politics, that really cares about policy and our national conversation,"...
Khashoggi Warns in Last Column of Effort to Crush the Free Press
WASHINGTON — The Washington Post has published a new column by missing Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi in which he warns that governments in the Middle East "have been given free rein to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate." The Post published the column Wednesday, more than two weeks...