Jeffries and Kushner in NYC: Quiet bid for cross-aisle cooperation
TL;DR
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries met privately with Jared Kushner in Manhattan to discuss potential bipartisan cooperation between Democrats and the Trump administration, including housing and immigration; the specifics were not disclosed; the encounter—first reported by The New York Times—occurs as the 2026 midterm campaign heats up and Jeffries’ ambition to become speaker looms, with past collaboration on criminal justice reform (the First Step Act) cited as common ground.
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