Roles reduced, Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s fate uncertain

In this photo taken Friday, March 17, 2017, Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Donald Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, attend a joint news conference with the president and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Jared Kushner is increasingly a headache for Trump on multiple fronts _ security clearance problem, business entanglements _ but also one of the last remaining members of the president's inner circle. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

WASHINGTON — They spent their first year in Washington as an untouchable White House power couple, commanding expansive portfolios, outlasting rivals and enjoying unmatched access to the president. But Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have undergone a swift and stunning reckoning of late, their powers restricted, their enemies emboldened and their future in the West Wing uncertain.

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