GOP chair objects to request to remember slain Saudi journalist during MBS visit: ‘Inappropriate’ time 

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-Idaho) on Wednesday objected to what he called an “inappropriate” request by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) to commemorate slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a resident of Virginia, during Saud Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Washington. Kaine stood up on the Senate floor late Wednesday afternoon to…