May 28 Kushner in the Mideast to drum up support for peace plan By Associated Press Kushner, along with Trump's special envoy for international negotiations and the special Iran envoy are in Morocco and will visit Jordan and Israel later this week. Continue reading
May 19 U.S. to roll out economic part of Mideast peace plan By Associated Press The U.S. will roll out the first phase of its Middle East peace plan next month at a conference in Bahrain on the economic benefits that could flow from an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Continue reading
Mar 21 Cummings: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s private emails, texts raise security concerns By Chad Day, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said in a letter to the White House that the use of private email accounts and the messaging application WhatsApp by senior administration officials raises "security and federal records concerns."… Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch 6:00 News Wrap: Somali siege ends with al-Shabab attackers dead In our Friday news wrap, Somali forces battled al-Shabab militants in Mogadishu, killing the attackers to end a siege that left 29 civilians dead. Also, Otto Warmbier's parents rebuked President Trump for not holding North Korean leader Kim Jong Un… Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch 7:57 Reports indicate Trump ordered Kushner’s security clearance, despite concerns President Trump is again facing questions about the security clearance of son-in-law Jared Kushner. Multiple news outlets reported this week that the president ordered John Kelly, then his chief of staff, to grant Kushner’s clearance despite concerns from intelligence officials… Continue watching
Jan 23 House Democrats investigate security clearances in Trump’s White House By Chad Day, Associated Press The review sets up one of the first potential fights between a Democrat-led House committee and a White House bracing for a number of investigations in the wake of last year's midterm elections that eroded GOP control in Washington. Continue reading
Jan 08 Russian lawyer who met Trump Jr. charged in unrelated case By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press A Russian lawyer who became a focal point of the investigation into whether there was collusion between Russians and President Donald Trump's election campaign was charged with obstruction of justice Tuesday in an unrelated case in New York. Continue reading
Jan 04 Watchdog group urges probe of Ivanka Trump’s role in a tax break program By Stephen Braun, Associated Press The complaint from the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington follows an Associated Press investigation last month. Continue reading
Dec 22 Shutdown expected to drag into Christmas as talks continue By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Darlene Superville, Associated Press Trump is demanding $5 billion, but congressional Democrats are refusing to accede in a stalemate that provides a chaotic coda for Republicans in the waning days of their two-year reign controlling government. Continue reading
Dec 16 Kushner-linked firm targets richer areas in program for poor By Jeff Horwitz, Stephen Braun, Associated Press A real estate investment firm co-founded by President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, is betting big on the administration's Opportunity Zone tax breaks but isn't that interested in steering its investors to the poorest, most-downtrodden areas that the… Continue reading