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MNI POLITICAL RISK - FY2024 Numbers Could Be Released Today

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  • An agreement on topline spending numbers to fund the government could come as soon as today, after weeks of negotiations between Congressional leaders.
  • House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has indicated to House Republicans that he may try to negotiate directly with the White House on US-Mexico border policy.
  • White House National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby yesterday declassified new intelligence on growing Russian military cooperation with North Korea and Iran.
  • Secretary of State Antony Blinken departed yesterday on his fourth Middle East trip since the start of the Israel-Hamas war amid a series of flashpoints which have threatened to metastasize the Israel-Hamas conflict into a regional war.
  • Congressional negotiators may be nearing a deal to expand child tax credits and revive lapsed business tax benefits.
  • A new 158-page report entitled ‘White House for Sale’ from the House Oversight Committee Democrats has alleged that former President Donald Trump received at least USD$7.8mln "from foreign states and their leaders" during his time in the Oval Office.
  • The Biden administration is expected to keep many Trump-era tariffs on Chinese imports in place.
  • Poll of the Day: Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley remains in touching distance of former President Donald Trump in the New Hampshire primary.
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