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MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS - US Daily Brief 02-02-23

Executive Summary:

  • President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) began the process of negotiating a resolution to the debt ceiling standoff with an hour-long meeting at the White House yesterday.
  • US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will this weekend become first top US diplomat to visit Beijing since 2018.
  • The White House is expected to tap up Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard to replace outgoing White House National Economic Council Director Brian Deese as Biden brings a sharper economic edge to his inner circle.
  • The FBI yesterday found no documents with classified markings in a search of President Biden's beach house in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware – the third such FBI search of private locations associated with the President.
  • GOP operatives have warned that Arizona Republicans may be shaping up to repeat the mistakes of last year’s midterm elections in the 2024 Senate race.
  • Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has removed two Republican Senators who opposed his re-election bid from the powerful Senate Commerce Committee.
  • The United States Treasury Department says export controls on Russia have "made it difficult for the Russian military."
  • Poll of the Day: Republican and Democrat voters hold divergent views on the state of different aspects of society.

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