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  • Former Vice President Mike Pence has said he will consider testifying to the January 6 Commission.
  • US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has held a call with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba as concerns increase of a nuclear disaster at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant.
  • US officials have confirmed that they do not oppose Ukrainian military operations in Crimea saying, “Crimea is Ukraine.”
  • Florida Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) has threatened to shutdown the government in response to the Inflation Reduction Act, if the Republican party take control of the Upper Chamber next year.
  • Tensions between China and the US continue to increase as US officials report no sign of an end to Chinese military maneuvers around Taiwan.
  • The office of the US Trade Representative announced yesterday that the US will begin negotiations with Taiwan on a bilateral trade initiative, “early this fall.”
  • A positive conclusion to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear accords remains in doubt as sources close to negotiations suggest that Iranian demands for guarantees cannot be met the US.
  • Poll of the Day: Opinion of the US dropped in the Republic of Korea and Japan following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) Congressional delegation to Taiwan.

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