Sen. Roger Wicker, the powerful leader of the Armed Services Committee, disparaged President Donald Trump’s plan to accept a Boeing aircraft from Qatar — adding to a bipartisan chorus of lawmakers criticizing the potential gift.

The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved of nearly two dozen of President Trump's DOD nominees already, twice as many as recent administrations.

Trump has extensive business ties with Saudi Arabia, with his company announcing the multimillion dollar Trump Tower Jeddah in December. Trump has also hosted Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournaments and events at his clubs, and an investment fund belonging to his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has taken $2 billion from Saudi’s sovereign wealth fund.

President Donald Trump announced that the Persian Gulf emirate of Qatar was giving the United States a Boeing 747-8 jet to replace the aging Air Force One aircrafts used by the president. But the proposed gift has raised a maelstrom of legal questions from Democrats,

The Trump administration spent more than $21 million transporting migrants to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base as part of a controversial immigration crackdown, according to Pentagon data provided to Congress.

The announcement comes after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledged a $600 billion investment in the U.S. in January during Trump’s first phone call to a foreign leader as president. The White House is floating the idea of renaming the body of water to the “Arabian Gulf,” a move that will please Saudi and the U.S.’s other Arab allies.

The US military has spent more than $21 million on flights to deport migrants from the United States during President Donald Trump's second term, according to figures released Monday.

The Trump administration spent at least $21 million transporting migrants to Guantanamo Bay on military aircraft between January 20 and April 8, according to figures provided to Congress by the U.S. military.

Trump would like the Defense Department to use the plane while he is in office and then have it donated to his presidential library and foundation.

Republicans in Congress are moving with rapid speed to advance President Donald Trump's big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security funding as leaders work to enact many of his campaign promises.