After pardoning Jared Kushner’s father in his first term, Trump picks him as ambassador to France for his second

President-elect Donald Trump says he is nominating Charles Kushner, his son-in-law’s father, to be ambassador to France, marking a reversal of Kushner’s public standing after he served time in prison nearly two decades ago. Kushner, whose son Jared is married to Ivanka Trump, went to jail in 2005 for fraud, tax evasion and witness tampering. […]

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Lee Zeldin, Trump’s pick to helm EPA, says he received bomb threat with ‘pro-Palestinian themed message’

Lee Zeldin, the rising Jewish Republican star tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Environmental Protection Agency, said he and his family were among other incoming officials targeted with bomb threats, in his case, one that came with a pro-Palestinian message. The FBI said Wednesday it was aware of “numerous bomb threats and swatting […]

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