Shawn McCreesh pressed Karoline Leavitt on Jared Kushner’s recent role in Middle East negotiations – a region in which he has made vast wealth for himself.

Jared Kushner has found a role in the $55 billion Electronic Arts megadeal. His involvement could ease its passage through Washington. Jared Kushner, shown here at the Future Investment Initiative ...

Saudi PIF and Silver Lake lead a $55B buyout of EA with Kushner’s Affinity Partners joining; deal marks record gaming takeover.

EA is being bought for $55 billion by Silver Lake with support from Saudi’s PIF, which will take control in one of gaming’s biggest deals.

This week’s take-private of EA further cements a financial axis between the US president’s orbit and Washington’s most powerful ally in the Arab world.

EA Games agrees to a $55 billion acquisition by Saudi Arabia’s PIF, Silver Lake, and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners.

On Monday, an additional Saudi-related Trump deal became public: a $1 billion Trump Plaza project in Jeddah from real estate developer Dar Global, the same company that previously launched a Jeddah ...

Plus, Scott Bessent’s phone reveals fault lines in MAGA world, Elon Musk shows up in the Epstein files and more — all in this week’s Tuesday Tech Drop.