President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania hosted a lavish black-tie dinner at the White House for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday, No, marking the prince’s first visit to the U.S. since the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which a 2021 U.S. intelligence assessment concluded he approved, a conclusion he denies.

During the event, Trump announced the designation of Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally, a move granting the kingdom enhanced defense, trade, and security cooperation benefits, including priority access to American-made military equipment like F-35 fighter jets.

The dinner, attended by a star-studded guest list including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Apple CEO Tim Cook, golfer Bryson DeChambeau, soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo who plays for Saudi club Al-Nassr, and other global business leaders, was framed by Trump as a celebration of deepening strategic ties and a $1 trillion Saudi investment pledge in the U.S. economy. Other dignitaries in attendance include Jensen Huang (Nvidia), and executives from Chevron, and General Motors. The event also featured top U.S. administration officials including Vice President JD Vance, and members of the royal family.

The presence of Musk, who had a public falling-out with Trump earlier in the year, was seen as a sign of a thaw in their relationship.

In his remarks, Trump praised the crown prince as a “great friend and a man of leadership, vision, courage and strength,” and boasted that “this room is loaded up with the biggest leaders in the world, business, sports.” He announced the non-NATO ally designation, saying, “I’m just telling you now for the first time because I wanted to keep a little secret for tonight.” Trump also highlighted his son Barron’s admiration for Ronaldo, quipping that Barron “respects his father a little bit more now” after meeting the soccer star.

“My son is a big fan of Ronaldo," Trump said. "And Baron got to meet him, and I think he respects his father a little bit more now, just the fact that I introduced you.”

The visit occurred amid significant diplomatic and economic developments. Trump had earlier defended the crown prince in the Oval Office, dismissing the CIA’s assessment of his involvement in Khashoggi’s murder and calling the journalist “extremely controversial.” The Saudi government initially denied knowledge of the killing but later charged agents linked to the prince’s inner circle, while the crown prince himself denied any involvement.

The U.S. designation of Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally and the signing of agreements on civil nuclear energy and F-35 sales represent a major reset in U.S.-Saudi relations, reversing earlier criticism under the Biden administration. The $1 trillion investment pledge, up from a prior $600 billion commitment, is expected to flow into sectors like artificial intelligence, rare materials, and advanced manufacturing.

The event drew sharp criticism from Democrats, with Senator Elizabeth Warren calling it a “serious disgrace” to honor a man the CIA says ordered a journalist’s murder Senator Patty Murray echoed this sentiment, condemning the White House for “rolling out the red carpet for a foreign dictator.”

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act by a vote of 427-1 on Tuesday, with pro-Israel Clay Higgins(R-La) the only 'nay' vote. The legislation, co-authored by Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), and Thomas Massie (R-Ky), mandates the Justice Department to release all unclassified records related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell within 30 days of enactment, in a searchable and downloadable format, while allowing redactions for victim protection and active investigations.

Several of Epstein's survivors were present in the House chamber during the vote as well and appeared to erupt in cheers when the resolution passed.

The Senate swiftly followed, with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer requesting unanimous consent to pass the bill without amendment, which was granted, sending it directly to President Donald Trump for signature.

Trump, who had previously opposed the release and labeled the issue a "hoax," reversed his position on Sunday in a Truth Social post, urging Republicans to support the bill, and confirmed on Monday that he would sign it into law if it reached his desk.

President Trump, speaking in the Oval Office, as he welcomed Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House, said he would sign the bill and defended his reversal, saying, “Some of the people that we mentioned are being looked at very seriously for their relationship to Jeffrey Epstein, but they were with him all the time — I wasn’t. I wasn’t at all,” while also expressing concern that the issue could detract from Republican achievements, including the government shutdown blame on Democrats.

“I do want to say, here’s what I want. We have nothing to do with Epstein," Trump told reporters Monday. "The Democrats do. All of his friends were Democrats. You look at this Reid Hoffman, you look at Larry Summers, Bill Clinton—they went to his island all the time, and many others. They’re all Democrats.”

Trump added: "All I want is for people to recognize a great job that I’ve done on pricing, on affordability, because we brought prices way down, but they go way lower, on energy, on ending eight wars, and another one coming pretty soon, I believe. We’ve done a great job, and I hate to see that deflect from the great job we’ve done. So I’m all for it. You know, we’ve already given 50,000 pages—you do know that.

"Unfortunately, like with the Kennedy situation, with the Martin Luther King situation, not to put Jeffrey Epstein in the same category, but no matter what we give, it’s never enough. You know, with Kennedy, we gave everything and it wasn’t enough. With Martin Luther King, we gave everything and it’s never enough. We’ve already given, I believe, the number is 50,000 pages—50,000 pages. And it’s just a Russia, Russia, Russia hoax as it pertains to the Republicans now.

"I believe that many of the people that were—some of the people that were mentioned are being looked at very seriously for their relationship to Jeffrey Epstein, but they were with him all the time. I wasn’t. I wasn’t at all. And we’ll see what happens. What I just don’t want Epstein to do is detract from the great success of the Republican Party, including the fact that the Democrats are totally blamed for the shutdown. You know, they cost our country hundreds of billions of dollars with that and a lot of inconvenience. So I’m for… They can do whatever they want. We’ll give them everything.

“Let the Senate look at it, let anybody look at it, but don’t talk about it too much because honestly I don’t want to take it away from us. It’s really a Democrat problem. The Democrats were Epstein’s friends.”

The House vote was a bipartisan victory, with all Democrats and a majority of Republicans supporting the bill after a discharge petition forced the vote despite leadership opposition. Epstein survivors were present in the House gallery during the vote, embracing each other as cheers erupted.

Rep. Thomas Massie emphasized that the Senate should not delay or amend the bill, warning that any changes would undermine the effort to achieve transparency, though he acknowledged the need for victim protection  He stated, “If you do anything that prevents any disclosure, you are not for the people... Do not muck it up in the Senate.”

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., praised the vote as a triumph for survivors and declared she would read the names of individuals named in the files if they are fully released, saying, “Americans are done being lied to. These survivors deserve full transparency. Every document, every truth, every name... And if those names reach me, I will read them on the House floor” 

The bill was introduced in July 2025 by Khanna and Massie, with Massie leading a discharge petition that gathered 218 signatures, forcing a floor vote.

The Justice Department has already released tens of thousands of documents to the House Oversight Committee, including emails from Epstein to Maxwell and journalist Michael Wolff.

Trump had directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Epstein’s ties to prominent Democrats and financial institutions, and the DOJ previously concluded Epstein had committed suicide and compiled no “client list.”

Google has launched Gemini 3, its most advanced AI model to date, with CEO Sundar Pichai declaring it "the best model in the world for multimodal understanding." The announcement was made Tuesday, via a post on X, where Pichai highlighted the model's enhanced agentic and coding capabilities, stating it can "bring any idea to life" by quickly grasping context and intent with less prompting.

Gemini 3 is described as the company's most intelligent model yet, combining state-of-the-art reasoning, multimodal understanding, and a 1 million-token context window. It excels at interpreting complex information, such as translating handwritten recipes across languages, generating interactive learning materials, and analyzing sports performance videos.

The model achieves top scores on major benchmarks, including a groundbreaking 1501 Elo on the LMArena Leaderboard, 37.5% on Humanity’s Last Exam, 91.9% on GPQA Diamond, and 87.6% on Video-MMMU. It also leads the WebDev Arena leaderboard and shows strong performance in coding-agent tests.

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis emphasized that Gemini 3 represents a significant step toward artificial general intelligence (AGI), with the model capable of solving complex problems in science and mathematics reliably. The model is also designed to act as a "true thought partner," offering genuine insight rather than clichéd responses.

A specialized reasoning mode, Gemini 3 Deep Think, is currently in preview for safety testers and will eventually be available to Google AI Ultra subscribers. This mode is intended for tackling highly complex analytical tasks with enhanced tool-use abilities.

For developers, Google introduced Google Antigravity, a new agentic development platform enabling AI agents to autonomously plan and execute workflows across code editors, terminals, and browsers.

The launch comes as Google seeks to strengthen its position in the competitive AI landscape, following the release of rival models like xAI's Grok 4.1, OpenAI’s GPT-5.

Gemini 3 Pro is being released in preview across Google's ecosystem and products, including the Gemini app, AI Mode in Search, and developer platforms like AI Studio and Vertex AI, with full availability starting today.