POLITICS

Jared Kushner defends his equity firm getting $2 billion from Saudis

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New York — Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s former White House adviser and his son-in-law, defended on Tuesday his business dealings after leaving government with the Saudi crown prince who was implicated in the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Kushner worked on a wide range of issues and policies in the Trump administration,

Biden Admin Has No Plan To Prevent Hezbollah From Cashing In on Menthol Cigarette Ban

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The Biden administration does not have a plan in place to prevent Hezbollah from cashing in on its proposed menthol cigarette ban, which lawmakers and experts say will open up a black market that will enrich the Iran-backed terror group and Mexican drug cartels. As the FDA considers a ban on mentholated cigarettes, a type

MIT Leaders Assembled a Faculty Advisory Group on Campus Anti-Semitism. Then They Ignored It.

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Jewish faculty members disband group after school freezes them out of ‘Standing Together Against Hate’ event Sally Kornbluth (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Last fall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology president Sally Kornbluth tapped a group of Jewish faculty members to advise the school on a new initiative meant to combat campus anti-Semitism. The participants were “hopeful,” they

Biden v. Trump: The battle over who’s too old, too forgetful or too confused

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And Trump’s own last GOP rival, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, has made both Biden’s and Trump’s age an issue, renewing her calls for mandatory cognitive tests for politicians over the age of 75. Unlike in years past, when propriety dictated treading cautiously around the issue, now campaigns are going to age immediately — and