How Jared Kushner is mixing U.S. diplomacy with his billion-dollar business

NPR | By Tonya Mosley

Published September 16, 2026 at 12:14 PM EDT

The New Yorker's Dexter Filkins says while Trump's son-in-law is a U.S. special envoy negotiating peace, he's also working on private business deals, raising billions in some of the same countries.

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