Jan 29, 2025 - 1:20 PM
MNI POLITICAL RISK - Dems Plot Response To Trump's Exec Orders
Daily round-up of news from the US.
- Executive summary:
- House Republican leaders will deliver a press conference this morning at around 08:15 ET 13:15 GMT to kick off the final day of the House Republican policy retreat in Florida.
- A US District Judge blocked a freeze on federal spending, ordered by the White House Office of Management and Budget, minutes before it was set to go into effect yesterday. House Democrats will gather for an emergency meeting today to devise a "comprehensive three-pronged counteroffensive" to the order.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) ambitious agenda is in doubt as the GOP attempts to resolve a long list of issues, including government funding, raising the debt limit, and reaching consensus on a budget resolution to unlock reconciliation.
- The Senate will vote to wrap up debate on two of Trump’s key Cabinet nominees – Lee Zeldin for EPA administration and Doug Burgum for Interior Secretary. Both are central to Trump’s plans to cut environmental regulation to bolster his energy agenda.
- Trump’s Commerce Secretary nominee, Howard Lutnick, will appear before the Commerce Committee at 10:00 ET 15:00 GMT for his nomination hearing.
- US and British ships are returning to the Red Sea after the Houthi Rebels said they would stop targeting commercial vessels.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Washington for a White House meeting with President Trump on February 4.
- Poll of the Day: Trump's executive orders get lukewarm support from voters.
Please find the full article attached below: US DAILY BRIEF
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