Several Democratic senators are questioning Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over President Trump’s acceptance of a jet from Qatar, stressing in a letter the national security risks and

House Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday urged Republicans to schedule a vote if President Donald Trump accepts a free Air Force One replacement from Qatar. Watch the full news conference held by House Democrats Wednesday in our video player above.

Democrats are leaning into a corruption argument against President Donald Trump, pointing to his crypto meme coin and plans to accept a luxury jet from Qatar as evidence that the president is potentially violating ethical norms and the US Constitution.

Democrats are planning to fly a banner that reads “Qatar-a-lago” over President Trump’s Florida estate Wednesday after he said he would accept a $400 million jet from the Qatari government.

The president announced that Qatar, a major non-NATO ally to the U.S., offered the luxury plane—known as "a flying palace"—to the Department of Defense (DOD). Trump says the aircraft is worth $400 million and the assertion has prompted fierce bipartisan pushback.

President Donald Trump would plainly like America to be more like the Gulf states he’s touring on the first big foreign trip of his new term.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and a group of Senate Democrats on Thursday moved to block $3.5 billion worth of arms sales to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates as President Trump moves toward the

Qatar’s potential plan to provide a $400 million jumbo jet to the U.S. to use as Air Force One underscores how the tiny Gulf state has managed to diplomatically punch above its weight for years: It has a lot of money and is willing to spend it.