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Biden walks a political and diplomatic tightrope in Saudi Arabia US President Joe Biden speaks at a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. (CNN)President Joe Biden has set himself an extreme test of statesmanship and political dexterity, not to mention the core principles of his own foreign policy, with a trip to Saudi Arabia that is causing soul searching over US ties with a vital but brutal Middle East ally. Biden arrives Friday balancing national interests and US values. His desire for his hosts to pump more oil to ease gas prices and inflation in the US is colliding with his previous condemnation of the ruthless rule of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. If the President leaves without securing a significant injection of crude into the global market, he risks more political damage at home, where Americans are taking out their frustrations with high gas prices on him. But if he succeeds, he will further anger

  Indiana doctor who performed abortion for 10-year-old reported procedure, records show; AG looking into OB-GYN s INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana doctor who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio did report the procedure with a form filed with the Indiana Department of Health and the Department of Child Services, records show. The records, obtained by The Indianapolis Star, part of the USA TODAY Network through a public records request, show that Dr. Caitlin Bernard reported the abortion before the state's reporting deadline and that she disclosed the child had suffered abuse — after the state's attorney general called into question whether Bernard had properly reported the disturbing case. Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita claimed Bernard had “a history of failing to report” in his roughly 2-minute appearance on “Jesse Watters Primetime" on Fox News.  Rokita did not provide any evidence to back up his claims, nor did he immediately respond to a request