Foreign officials sought leverage over Kushner via his business dealings and debts, U.S. officials say

It is unclear if any countries acted on the discussions, but contacts between foreign government officials and Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and adviser, have raised concerns inside the White House and are a reason he has been unable to obtain a permanent security clearance, the officials said.

• By Shane Harris, Carol D. Leonnig, Greg Jaffe and Josh Dawsey @ WaPo, their big headline right now

Short while ago, I saw reporter Ken Vogel of NYTimes actually tell Brian Williams on MSNBC that the timing of the "Parscale running Trump 2020 campaign" announcement was a bone of support for Jared. Because Parscale is Jared's guy/buddy. Subtle suggestion by NYT that White House knows Jared's in big trouble. The suggestion is repeated in this report, by Haberman & Rogers, not Vogel:

Trump’s 2020 Campaign Announcement Had a Very Trumpian Rollout

By Katie Rogers & Maggie Haberman @ NYTimes.com, FEB. 27, 2018

[....] But another part of Mr. Trump’s announcement — that Brad Parscale, his 2016 campaign digital director, would be elevated to campaign manager — signaled a more complicated political maneuver on behalf of the president’s family, and specifically Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, according to the president’s advisers.

Mr. Kushner was close to Mr. Parscale during the 2016 campaign, and putting him in an expanded role was widely seen as a power play by the president’s son-in-law. It was first breathlessly reported by the Drudge Report — and billed as both a “historical record” and a “bold move. Matt Drudge, the website’s proprietor, is in frequent contact with Mr. Kushner [....]

Being totally downplayed at Breitbart. Playing up sheriffs and guns and illegal aliens. They have this small story way down on the laundry list: Reports: Jared Kushner Security Clearance Downgraded. Has lots of comments on it, though. Since Bannon exited, hard to tell what that means. If he was still running the place: well, he hated the Jvanka internationalist cosmopolitans.