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MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS - US Daily Brief 16-09-22

Executive Summary:

  • Permitting reform continues to create uncertainty around the stopgap measure to keep the government funded beyond September 30.
  • A pair of Republican governors have been criticised by Democrats for shipping migrants to symbolic locations in blue states.
  • Labour Secretary Marty Walsh said, "we’ll never fully understand" how damaging a rail strike could have been, after negotiating a settlement with unions.
  • Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen pledged to create a less burdensome tax filing system in a speech to the IRS.
  • Former president Donald Trump has appeared to suggest that political violence could be expected in the event he is indicted by the Department of Justice.
  • Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-IL) said the FBI had received a “stunning” uptick in threats of violence since Mar-a-Lago was searched by the FBI.
  • President Joe Biden will host South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House today as the Biden administration tries to corral African support for measures against Russia.
  • The Senate has voted to confirm Nathaniel Fick as head of the State Department’s new cyber bureau.
  • US officials have no reason to believe that China is providing material support to Russia despite cordial remarks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the SCO summit yesterday.
  • United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) will reportedly travel to Armenia this week as violence flares up around Nagorno-Karabakh.
  • Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said that "SCO cooperation can defy Washington, DC's unilateralism".
  • President Biden yesterday signed an executive order to increase the federal powers to block Chinese investment in US tech.
  • Poll of the Day: A confluence of factors have driven wavering Democrat voters back into the party fold.

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