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  • US President Joe Biden hinted at major policy changes towards Israel after a thirty-minute call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday. He warned that US policy "with respect to Gaza" would be determined by Israel's compliance with a raft of measures to reduce civilian harm.
  • Biden also called for an “immediate ceasefire” without explicitly linking it to an exchange of hostages for the first time and urged Netanyahu to “empower his negotiators to conclude a deal without delay to bring the hostages home,” appearing to indicate that the Israeli PM may be an obstacle to ceasefire/hostage exchange talks.
  • House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) may be forced to hold a vote on the Senate-passed USD$95 billion national security supplemental as right of the GOP opposes Ukraine aid and the left of the Democratic party opposes Israel aid.
  • US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen today highlighted the importance of the US-China economic relationship but criticised “unfair” and “coercive” business practices and warned of the Chinese industrial overcapacity in a speech at an American Chamber of Commerce event in Guangzhou.
  • President Biden will travel to Baltimore, Maryland today to deliver remarks near the site of collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.
  • The centrist political group No Labels has formally abandoned a third-party presidential bid after failing to find a viable candidate to lead their ticket.
  • Poll of the Day: Democrat and Republican voters alike are increasingly comfortable with their preferred presidential candidate taking unilateral action.
Full article: US Daily Brief
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  • US President Joe Biden hinted at major policy changes towards Israel after a thirty-minute call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday. He warned that US policy "with respect to Gaza" would be determined by Israel's compliance with a raft of measures to reduce civilian harm.
  • Biden also called for an “immediate ceasefire” without explicitly linking it to an exchange of hostages for the first time and urged Netanyahu to “empower his negotiators to conclude a deal without delay to bring the hostages home,” appearing to indicate that the Israeli PM may be an obstacle to ceasefire/hostage exchange talks.
  • House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) may be forced to hold a vote on the Senate-passed USD$95 billion national security supplemental as right of the GOP opposes Ukraine aid and the left of the Democratic party opposes Israel aid.
  • US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen today highlighted the importance of the US-China economic relationship but criticised “unfair” and “coercive” business practices and warned of the Chinese industrial overcapacity in a speech at an American Chamber of Commerce event in Guangzhou.
  • President Biden will travel to Baltimore, Maryland today to deliver remarks near the site of collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.
  • The centrist political group No Labels has formally abandoned a third-party presidential bid after failing to find a viable candidate to lead their ticket.
  • Poll of the Day: Democrat and Republican voters alike are increasingly comfortable with their preferred presidential candidate taking unilateral action.
Full article: US Daily Brief