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  • The Biden Administration continues to engage in high-level negotiations with union leaders in a bid to avert a rail strike on Friday.
  • A good result for Democrats in New Hampshire as Republicans nominate "less electable" Army Brigadier General Don Bolduc to challenge Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) in November.
  • The Biden administration may begin replenishing the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve when crude prices drop below USD$80 a barrel.
  • Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) will seek another term as GOP conference chair rather than leaving the possibility open of pursuing the role of House majority whip if the GOP takes the lower chamber in November.
  • Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC) irked some of his Republican colleagues yesterday by introducing an abortion bill.
  • The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will today hold a preliminary hearing on the Taiwan Policy Act 2022.
  • White House and Pentagon officials have commended the territorial gains made by Ukraine during a counteroffensive but have been cautious on whether the operation represents a turning point in the war.
  • Talks to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear accords have further fractured as Iran responds dismissively to a US and European plan to release a joint statement calling on Iran “to act immediately" to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
  • Poll of the Day: Democrats continue to pull ahead of the GOP on the generic congressional ballot.

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