President-elect Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is seen as being pivotal to the incoming administration’s Middle East efforts, even though he is not likely to take a formal job within it, regional diplomats and Trump allies told CNN.

Kushner, who is married to Ivanka Trump, built up strong regional relationships during his time serving in the first Trump presidency

Jared Kushner is poised to return to the White House fold as an unofficial adviser on the Middle East. But Donald Trump’s son-in-law is not expected to take a formal job in the president-elect’s administration,

Democratic Rep. Jared Golden won reelection to Congress through Maine’s ranked choice system on Friday. It’s the third time in four elections in the hotly contested district that Golden won after votes were retabulated because first choices failed to produce a majority for any candidate.

Maine Democratic Rep. Jared Golden won reelection against GOP state Rep. Austin Theriault in a battleground Maine House district, The Associated Press projected. Golden prevailed after a ranked-choice tabulation completed Friday,

Election officials in Maine say Democratic Rep. Jared Golden has come out ahead in the congressional race through Maine’s ranked choice system