2 U.S. companies get authorization to share nuclear information with Saudi

The Trump administration granted two authorizations to U.S. companies to share sensitive nuclear power information with Saudi Arabia after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October, a U.S. senator said on Tuesday.

Senator Tim Kaine called the approvals "shocking." The Department of Energy granted the first part 810 authorization on Oct. 18, 16 days after Khashoggi died in a Saudi consulate in Turkey. The second occurred on Feb. 18.

(With inputs from agencies.)