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Iran launched a missile attack on the U.S. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Monday, escalating tensions in the Middle East just two days after the United States bombed three of Iran’s nuclear facilities in a dramatic show of force. Qatari officials said the country’s air defense systems intercepted …

Converting a Qatari-owned Boeing 747 jetliner into a new Air Force One for President Donald Trump would cost over $1 billion and take years to complete — possibly beyond the end of Trump’s current term in January 2029 — according to three aviation experts who spoke to NBC News. Despite …

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced Tuesday he is placing a hold on all political nominees to the Department of Justice, demanding answers on what he called a “deeply unethical” plan for the Trump administration to accept a luxury jet from Qatar as a replacement Air Force One. Schumer’s …

A report that former President Donald Trump is considering accepting a $400 million luxury jet from Qatar — with potential use as Air Force One — prompted awkward laughter, sidesteps, and tongue-in-cheek comments from Republicans on Capitol Hill Monday night. The ABC News exclusive, which revealed that Trump may accept …

In an unprecedented diplomatic gesture, the Qatar royal family is gifting the United States a $400 million luxury Boeing 747-8 aircraft for use by President Donald Trump as a temporary Air Force One — and ultimately, a centerpiece of his presidential library foundation, ABC News has learned. The lavishly outfitted …

Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor Federal authorities issued a new superseding indictment against Sen. Bob Menendez Tuesday, accusing the former head of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee of accepting bribes to benefit both the government of Qatar and a friend who was looking to hook a Qatari investor for …