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MNI POLITICAL RISK - US Daily Brief

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  • With less than three weeks until the midterm elections, the political environment is undergoing a second significant shift since the spring.
  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) continues to assert that Democrats will maintain control of the lower chamber but that position is finding increasingly limited support from analysts:Inside is a rundown of what a Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)-led House might look like.
  • President Biden has attempted to re-energise Democrat voters on abortion by announcing that his first act of the next Congress would be codifying Roe vs Wade.
  • The crucial Pennsylvania race is now within the polling margin of error.
  • Biden will deliver remarks on gas prices and energy security from the White House today at 13:15 ET 18:15 BST.
  • Former President Donald Trump has irritated GOP moderates by attacking Republican Colorado Senate candidate Joe O’Dea.
  • The Biden Administration is considering measures to discourage American companies from expanding business ties with Saudi Arabia.

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