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MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS - US Daily Brief 17-08-22

Executive Summary:

  • President Biden returned from his summer holiday to sign the Inflation Reduction Act into law at the White House yesterday.
  • Two of former President Donald Trump’s key White House legal councils have been interviewed by the FBI as the fallout continues from the search of Mar-a-Lago.
  • Rep Liz Cheney (R-WY) lost her primary election in a landslide but her new political career may just be beginning.
  • With Cheney gone, the bloc of GOP House Reps in Congress who voted to impeach Trump has shrunk to two.
  • China’s ambassador to the US, Qin Gang has indicated that Beijing is not prepared to step away from aggressive force posture in the Taiwan Strait.
  • The US and the EU have received the final comments from Iran on the EU proposal for the restoration of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear accords but a positive outcome remains uncertain.
  • Poll of the Day: Voter anger may be an additional metric to consider ahead of November’s midterms.

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