Jared Kushner

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Pushing for return to trilateral U.S.-Russia-Ukraine negotiating track after Kyiv talks

Witkoff and Kushner wrapped up Kyiv talks on Sept 7, reporting 'substantive progress' and movement on scheduling new trilateral talks, but the 72-hour capital pause expired Sept 8. Russia immediately resumed strikes on Kyiv with a complex barrage of ballistic, cruise, anti-ship missiles and drones, killing at least five and damaging a TV station.

Updated 21 hours ago

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Part of the envoy team in Kyiv

President Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on Sunday for their first official visit to Ukraine. The trip came a day after a three-hour meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, part of a renewed push to end a war now in its fifth year.

Updated 5 days ago

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Met Qatar PM July 1 in Doha with Witkoff; indirect talks concluded July 2 with 'positive progress' on frozen assets and violations channel

The 60-day ceasefire window set by the June memorandum expired August 17 with no extension. A White House official called the talks 'static,' and Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran has not decided to resume negotiations with Washington. Trump responded by confirming a secret US backchannel to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps and threatening to bomb Oman if it interferes with US efforts in the strait.

Updated Aug 17

Money Moves

Minority owner of EA (about 1.1%)

Electronic Arts has been a public company since 1989. On August 4, 2026, that ended. A group led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund bought the maker of Madden, The Sims, and Battlefield for about $55 billion and took it private.

Updated Aug 4

Rule Changes

Key intermediary in Iran and Gaza negotiations

Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Washington this week with a single message: any deal with Iran must go beyond uranium. After three hours in the Oval Office on February 11, President Trump emerged saying 'nothing definitive' was reached—but negotiations would continue.

Updated May 27

Rule Changes

Key figure in Gaza reconstruction and investment strategy

The United Nations has been the primary venue for international conflict resolution since 1945. On January 22, 2026, President Trump launched an alternative: the Board of Peace, a body he chairs for life where permanent membership costs $1 billion and he holds sole veto power.

Updated May 22

Rule Changes

Appointed to oversee Gaza reconstruction

Hamas governed Gaza since June 2007, but on January 15, 2026, a 15-member committee of Palestinian technocrats met in Cairo—none affiliated with Hamas or the Palestinian Authority. The next day, Trump announced the Board of Peace's leadership: himself as chair, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, former UK PM Tony Blair, Jared Kushner (his son-in-law), special envoy Steve Witkoff, and others. By January 17, Netanyahu's office had declared the arrangement to be 'not coordinated with Israel and contrary to its policy.'

Updated May 21

Rule Changes

Participating in Berlin talks and direct Kremlin engagement

Zelensky just did something he once treated as untouchable: he offered to drop Ukraine's NATO bid. Not as surrender, but as a trade—Kyiv gives up the alliance path, and the West gives Ukraine legally binding protection strong enough to scare Moscow off for good.

Updated May 15

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Back-channel negotiator with Ukraine and Russia on Trump’s behalf

In early 2025, Trump launched an aggressive push to "end the war" in Ukraine. He tied resumed military aid and intelligence sharing to Kyiv's acceptance of a U.S.-drafted peace framework that includes territorial concessions to Russia and long-term limits on Ukraine's sovereignty.

Updated May 10

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Senior adviser co-leading U.S. peace framework design and high-level negotiations

By late December 2025, the controversial 28-point plan was replaced by a revised 20-point framework. Zelenskyy said it was '90 percent agreed' with Washington, with '100 percent' consensus on U.S.–Ukraine security guarantees.

Updated May 10

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Acting as senior White House negotiator in talks with Russia and Ukraine

In late 2025, U.S. Special Envoy Keith Kellogg said a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine was "really, really close." Two disputes remain: the fate of Donbas, especially Ukrainian-held areas in Donetsk, and the future of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant (Russia-occupied and the largest in Europe).

Updated May 10