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Apr 1, 2017

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner worth at least $240 million

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner during Trump's news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the East Room on March 17 / AP's Andrew Harnik

Part of the White House disclosure dump coming out tonight includes the assets of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner:

The upper estimate, from the NYT: Ethics filings show Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are worth as much as $741 million, and she has kept a stake in Washington's Trump Hotel.
The lowball number, from the AP: "[H]olding onto scores of real estate investments — part of a portfolio of at least $240 million in assets — while they serve in White House jobs ... Jared Kushner, Trump's senior adviser, resigned from more than 260 entities and sold off 58 businesses or investments..."
Ivanka kept her share in the Trump Hotel in DC, "earning between $1 million and $5 million from January 2016 to March 2017."

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Senate Democrats reach deal on extending unemployment insurance

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Senate Democrats struck a deal Friday evening to extend unemployment insurance in President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package after deliberating and halting other action for roughly nine hours, per a Senate aide.

Why it matters: The Senate can now resume voting on other amendments to the broader rescue bill.

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Capitol review panel recommends more police, mobile fencing

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Why it matters: Law enforcement officials have warned there could be new plots to attack the area and target lawmakers, including during a speech President Biden is expected to give to a joint session of Congress.

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5 hours ago - Economy & Business

Financial fallout from the Texas deep freeze

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Texas has thawed out after an Arctic freeze last month threw the state into a power crisis. But the financial turmoil from power grid shock is just starting to take shape.

Why it matters: In total, electricity companies are billions of dollars short on the post-storm payments they now owe to the state's grid operator. There's no clear path for how they will pay — something being watched closely across the country as extreme weather events become more common.

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