MNI POLITICAL RISK - Harris Offers First Look At Policy Agenda

Executive Summary:

• Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver an anticipated policy speech in North Carolina today, laying out the foundations of her economic agenda for the first time. She is expected to outline proposals on housing and lowering grocery costs, seeking to strike a balance between shedding the more unpopular elements of President Biden’s agenda without entirely breaking from it. A Harris aide noted that Harris would showcase the “same values” with a “different vision.”
• A group of financial trade associations have sued the state of Illinois to overturn a new law that would place limits on swipe fees.
• Negotiators in Doha reported that the first day of high-stakes Gaza ceasefire talks were “constructive” and will continue today.
• The US is “open” to providing Ukraine with long-range cruise missiles, but Washington is unlikely to relax restrictions on their use in Russian territory.
• Ukraine’s operation in Kursk could boost Kyiv’s chances of receiving another round of US funding. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), fresh off a trip to Kyiv, said they, “will look to pass a new defense spending bill for Ukraine when Congress returns to session next month.”
• The Commerce Department outlined USD$1.6 billion in proposed funding to Texas Instruments to construct three new "state-of-the-art" semiconductor facilities in Texas and Utah.
• House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) said Trump would not ditch AUKUS if he won a second term.
• Poll of the Day: Harris has opened a second path to winning the electoral college.

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