WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday the federal government will not be extending its coronavirus social distancing guidelines once they expire Thursday, and his son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, predicted that by July the country will be “really rocking again.” Putting a positive face on the latest grim numbers...
Kushner Oversees Immigration Proposals With Eye on Congress
WASHINGTON — Hastily written executive orders. Declarations by tweet. President Donald Trump's White House hasn't been known for its careful crafting of policy. But Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, has spent months drawing up a long-awaited immigration overhaul plan that the White House began to roll out...
GOP Senators to Be Briefed on Kushner’s Immigration Plan
WASHINGTON — Looking for feedback and support, the White House invited Republican senators Tuesday to discuss a "fairly comprehensive" new immigration plan being spearheaded by senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner. The group was expected to include lawmakers who have been in discussion with Kushner's team about the plan,...
Miller vs. Kushner: Power Players at Odds Over Immigration
WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump rails against an influx of migrants at the border, two of his most influential White House power players are at odds over the future of his immigration policy. Fresh off orchestrating a shake-up at the Department of Homeland Security, an ascendant Stephen Miller is making a...
These Are America’s Friends? CNN’s Zakaria Digs into Saudi Arabia.
"Saudi Arabia's story is intertwined with ours: The closest ally of this strange desert kingdom has been America, the world's most open democracy," says Fareed Zakaria, the CNN global affairs host and Washington Post columnist. "Why?" Zakaria explores the many answers to that question in the one-hour special "Saudi Arabia: Kingdom...
Trump Wants Prison Reform. Can Sen. McConnell Deliver Votes?
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is supporting the first major rewrite of the nation's criminal justice sentencing laws in a generation, but it remains to be seen whether the proposal can pass Congress. Trump said earlier this month that the bill "will make our communities safer and give former inmates...
Kanye West to Visit Trump, Discuss Prison Reform, Violence
WASHINGTON — Rapper Kanye West has been invited to the White House. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says West is scheduled to have lunch with President Donald Trump on Thursday and meet with Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Sanders said on Tuesday they'll talk about manufacturing, prison reform, preventing...
Kim Kardashian Meeting With Trump on Prison Reform
WASHINGTON — Reality television star Kim Kardashian West, who successfully pushed President Donald Trump to grant a pardon for a drug offender earlier this year, returned to the White House on Wednesday for a meeting with senior aides as part of the administration's efforts on criminal justice reform. Kardashian, who...
US Ends Palestinian Refugee Agency Funding
WASHINGTON — The United States is ending its decades of funding for the U.N. agency that helps Palestinian refugees, the State Department announced Friday, a week after slashing bilateral U.S. aid for projects in the West Bank and Gaza. The U.S. supplies nearly 30 percent of the total budget of...
Is Kushner Trying to Strip 2 Million Palestinians of Refugee Status?
According to an Aug. 6 article by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Jared Kushner — President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law — has reportedly pressured Jordan to strip the refugee status of more than 2 million registered Palestinians living in the country. A report in Foreign Policy stated that Kushner raised the issue...