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MNI POLITICAL RISK - Trump Prefers One Reconciliation Bill

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Executive summary:

  • US President-elect Donald Trump is leaning toward endorsing a single reconciliation bill to legislate his 2025 agenda, but Senate Republicans warn the strategy could imperil the entire GOP policy agenda.
  • The top Republican tax writer in the House warned that having a debt limit hike included in a one reconciliation bill strategy, "definitely makes it where the debt limit is the biggest challenge..." 
  • Hundreds of US government officials and foreign policy experts warned in an annual conflict report that “this year could be the most dangerous in the [report's] seventeen-year history,” citing wars in Gaza and Ukraine, confrontations in the West Bank and at the Mexico Border, and hostilities between Iran and Israel as of the greatest concerns for Washington.
  • The Biden administration could unveil plans for one additional round of semiconductor export controls as soon as Friday.
  • The Trump administration is expected to send Cabinet officials to the World Economic Forum in Davos.
  • The International Longshoremen’s Association and US Maritime Alliance confirmed in a joint statement yesterday that a new tentative labour contract has been struck that will, if ratified, avert a major port strike next week. 
  • US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin chaired what could be the final meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group at the Ramstein air base in Germany, announcing a new security assistance package for Kyiv.
  • Chart of the Day: Immigration is the top priority for voters in 2025.

Please find the full article attached below: US Daily Brief

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Executive summary:

  • US President-elect Donald Trump is leaning toward endorsing a single reconciliation bill to legislate his 2025 agenda, but Senate Republicans warn the strategy could imperil the entire GOP policy agenda.
  • The top Republican tax writer in the House warned that having a debt limit hike included in a one reconciliation bill strategy, "definitely makes it where the debt limit is the biggest challenge..." 
  • Hundreds of US government officials and foreign policy experts warned in an annual conflict report that “this year could be the most dangerous in the [report's] seventeen-year history,” citing wars in Gaza and Ukraine, confrontations in the West Bank and at the Mexico Border, and hostilities between Iran and Israel as of the greatest concerns for Washington.
  • The Biden administration could unveil plans for one additional round of semiconductor export controls as soon as Friday.
  • The Trump administration is expected to send Cabinet officials to the World Economic Forum in Davos.
  • The International Longshoremen’s Association and US Maritime Alliance confirmed in a joint statement yesterday that a new tentative labour contract has been struck that will, if ratified, avert a major port strike next week. 
  • US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin chaired what could be the final meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group at the Ramstein air base in Germany, announcing a new security assistance package for Kyiv.
  • Chart of the Day: Immigration is the top priority for voters in 2025.

Please find the full article attached below: US Daily Brief