MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS – US Daily Brief

• 14:00 ET 19:00 BST: President Biden will call on the United States Congress to pass a three-month gas tax holiday. There is a long way to go before it becomes law and the reaction from Democrats in Congress has been tepid.
• Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will meet oil executives tomorrow to find solutions to rising energy prices.
• Attorney General Merrick Garland is the latest member of the Biden Cabinet to visit Ukraine.
• US Trade Rep Katherine Tai and Fed Chair Jerome Powell are testifying to Congress today.
• National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby has warned of ever closer collaboration between China and Russia but stopped short of criticising India for similarly increasing purchases of Russian oil.
• We have the winners from yesterday's midterm primaries and runoffs.
• The wait continues for the critical SCOTUS ruling on Dobbs vs Jackson.
• The US is “greatly concerned” by Iranian nuclear developments.
• Poll of the Day: Biden's call to wartime stoicism falters: Less than half of Americans now support Russian oil sanctions if they cause “pain at the pump.” (Morning Consult)

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