Jared Kushner Is in Business with Goldman Sachs, Soros and Thiel Wall Street Journal Through a previously undisclosed real-estate tech startup he co-founded, Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, is in business with Goldman Sachs and billionaires George Soros and Peter Thiel, according to people familiar with the matter and securities filings. Feud Erupted Between Feds, Puerto Rico Over Reporting of Zika Cases STAT News U.S. officials have privately expressed deep concern that Puerto Rico is downplaying the extent of its Zika problem, prompting a standoff over the issue. A document suggests that the dispute has obscured the extent of the territory's Zika problem for more than half a year. Cities, States Seek to Protect Immigrants' Data from Federal Officials Stateline Many state and local governments offer services that help unauthorized immigrants. Immigrants now worry that any information they provide in their applications could be used to deport them. So the governments are moving to shield their data from the feds. Texas: State's Failures Led to Voter ID Problems in 2016 ProPublica Efforts to implement the nation's strictest voter ID requirements foundered amid court defeats, confusion and at least one giant oversight. Signs in polling places about the state's controversial voter ID law contained outdated rules. Poll workers gave voters incorrect information. And lines were long amid all the uncertainty. Almost Every Speed Limit Is Too Low Quartz Speed limits have little effect on how fast people choose to drive, which means more than half of drivers are breaking the law at all times. |