MNNA designations come with benefits in defense trade and security cooperation. Other countries with this status include Israel and Brazil.

The president is to appear at midday at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum with the crown prince, according to a schedule released by the White House.

Saudi Arabia is strengthening its ties with American AI companies — announcing a flurry of new joint ventures worth billions of dollars. The country seeks to make its mark in the AI industry as its de facto leader,

David Sanger, a White House and national security correspondent, describes how the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, a pariah after the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, has become a dealmaker in Washington.

CEOs from Chevron, Qualcomm, Cisco, General Dynamics and Pfizer will attend the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center in Washington.

Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was in Washington this week discussing billions of dollars in weapons deals with the US. But his air force is still struggling to pay off a bill for a tiny fraction of that amount from years ago.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is to visit the White House on Tuesday for the first time since 2018, when the killing of a journalist by Saudi agents made him a pariah.

Trump and bin Salman signed a strategic defense agreement, strengthening an 80-year partnership, easing U.S. defense firms' operations in Saudi Arabia, securing burden-sharing funds and affirming Riyadh's reliance on Washington as its key strategic ally.