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MNI POLITICAL RISK - Border Security Deal On Brink Of Collapse

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  • Senate border security negotiations are looking increasingly fraught after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) appeared to concede that former President Donald Trump’s progress towards the Republicans presidential nomination has changed the politics of the negotiations.
  • Trump may have comfortably won the New Hampshire primary, and effectively locked down the GOP nomination, but his weakness with independent voters points to vulnerabilities ahead of the general election.
  • The roughly USD$80 tax deal, widely seen as favourable to both Democrats and Republicans, is facing an uncertain future with new opposition from House conservatives, progressives, and Senate Republicans.
  • 14:00 ET 19:00 GMT: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will deliver a ‘major speech’ on the economy today in Chicago.
  • A bipartisan group of senators have sent a letter to President Biden questioning the legal authority for strikes on Houthi targets.
  • President Biden yesterday finally locked down the key endorsement of United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain
  • Following Ankara's ratification of Sweden's NATO bid, President Biden has urged Congress to approval the sale of F-16 warplanes to Turkey.
  • The Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday advanced legislation (the REPO Act) which would authorize the president to seize frozen Russian sovereign assets and transfer them for the reconstruction of Ukraine.
  • Poll of the Day: Former President Donald Trump is the preferred presidential nominee of 69% of Republican-leaning voters.
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