10 things you need to know today: December 14, 2018

The Senate rebukes Trump with a vote to stop supporting the Saudi war in Yemen, Trump considers making Kushner chief of staff, and more

Jared Kushner in the White House
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1. Senators call for ending support for Saudi war in Yemen

The Senate on Thursday passed a measure seeking to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition's war against rebels in Yemen. The vote marked a rare effort to limit presidential war powers, and a direct rebuke of President Trump's ongoing support of Saudi Arabia's leaders despite intelligence agencies' suspicions that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey. The Senate vote was mostly symbolic, as House Republicans this week essentially killed any chance the legislation would be approved and sent to Trump. The Saudi-led coalition and Houthi rebels on Thursday agreed to a U.N.-brokered truce in a port city that is a major gateway for humanitarian aid, the biggest move toward peace in years.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.