Surprise Secret Meeting: Kushner, Hakeem Jeffries

The New York Times is out with a scoop about a surprise—and hush-hush—meeting between two people on opposite political poles: House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner. The two men met privately in New York City in recent weeks at a locale arranged by a mutual friend, according to the newspaper. Jeffries is on track to be the next House speaker if Democrats retake the chamber in the midterms, and the newspaper suggests the meeting might be a way "to foster as much of a working relationship as possible" in advance of that possibility.

The pair talked housing, immigration, and the cost of living, according to people briefed on the conversation. Publicly, however, relations appear to be nasty between Jeffries and President Trump. The president has blasted Jeffries as a "thug" and "low IQ," while Jeffries has vowed to "hold the crooks accountable" if his party wins the majority. If he becomes speaker, Jeffries might have to navigate pleas from within his party to try to impeach Trump a third time.