MNI POLITICAL RISK - Trump Pledges More Tax Giveaways

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• Central Florida is coming to grips with the fallout of a second major storm in as many weeks. Estimates put insurance losses from Hurricane Milton between USD$30 and USD$60 billion.
• President Joe Biden said in White House remarks yesterday that Congress “should be coming back and moving on emergency needs immediately,” after FEMA burnt through half of the disaster relief money appropriated for this fiscal year in just eight days.
• Vice President Harris accepted CNN’s offer to appear at a live, televised town hall on October 23 in Pennsylvania – the date blocked in by the network for a Harris-Trump debate. 
• DDHQ’s presidential election forecast model has converged back to a dead-heat race, reflecting two weeks of incremental polling gains for Trump in the key battleground states.
• Harris defended her position on immigration at a town hall hosted by the Spanish language network Univision in Las Vegas.
• Trump delivered a nearly two-hour speech at the Detroit Economic Club yesterday, expanding his economic plan for the auto industry and proposing more tax giveaways. 
• The Middle East remains braced for an Israeli response to Iran amid fear of an escalatory cycle which could lead to a broader war.
• The Senate appears to be drifting further away from Democrats.
• Poll of the Day: Voters trust Trump more on the economy and border security. 

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