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Fast Forward Kushner Led Foxconn Talks That Led To New Factory Plans
Jared Kushner led the administration’s engagement with Chinese high-tech manufacturing firm Foxconn over the company’s $10 billion investment in Wisconsin, the White House said Wednesday. The investment, which consists of a display panel factory, is the company’s first foray in manufacturing in the U.S. “This is a great day for American workers and manufacturing,” President…
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Opinion Hate Jared Kushner? Blame Millennials, Not Jews.
It’s official: Jared Kushner is the least popular member of the first family — by far. This may or may not have something to do with his being an Orthodox Jew, as the Forward’s editor-in-chief, Jane Eisner argued in her July 25 op-ed. But is Kushner’s religion really the guy’s most salient feature, even in…
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Fast Forward Don’t Blame Jared — It’s All His Assistant’s Fault
Is President Trump’s son-in-law and top adviser trying to scapegoat an unnamed assistant? In his written testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee Friday, Kushner had a lengthy explanation about omitting his meeting with Russian officials from White House disclosure forms. Kushner’s defense line, in short, was: “It wasn’t me, it was my assistant.” Kushner claims…
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Fast Forward Evangelicals Say ‘Just Like God’ To Give Us Jared And Ivanka
Jared Kushner received an assist from some unexpected friends amid the scandal over his connections to Russia – a bevy of evangelical Christian leaders. “It’s just like God to use a young Jewish couple to help Christians in the United States, defend their rights, and secure their religious freedom for now, and for subsequent generations,”…
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Opinion The Unbearable Privilege Of Being Jared Kushner
Oh, it must be such a privilege to be Jared Kushner. You only have to read Kushner’s lengthy 11-page statement that he so smartly issued yesterday morning, before appearing at a closed-door meeting of the Senate Intelligence Committee, for proof of the elevated plane on which the secretive senior adviser to the president operates. The…
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Fast Forward Is Jared Kushner Setting Up ‘Chump’ Defense In Russia Scandal?
Is Jared Kushner’s best defense in the ever-expanding Russia scandal to portray himself as a hapless neophyte? Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University law school, said Kushner added little new with his appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee — but sought to make the best of a bad situation. “At best, these meetings…
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Food Ivanka Posts Cute Breakfast Pic Of Kids — As Jared Heads To Congress
Ivanka Trump’s husband may have spent the morning appearing in Congress to answer questions, but it was just another perfectly blissful day in the Kushner house. Or so it appeared in an image Ivanka posted on Instagram Monday morning of baby Theo in his highchair, donning sunglasses and smeared in what appears to be yogurt….
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Fast Forward Did Jared Throw Don Jr. Under The Bus?
The tightening Russian investigation is quickly evolving into a potential Trump family feud. Analyzing Jared Kushner’s written testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee, The Washington Post’s Greg Sargent noted how Kushner, “with scalpel-like precision,” sought to shift his responsibility for a controversial meeting with a Russian lawyer to his brother-in-law Donald Trump Jr. — and…
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