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  • Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) has raised the prospect of a continuation of the 50-50 Senate by announcing she intends to switch her party affiliation from Democrat to Independent, just days after Democrats celebrated breaking the deadlock in the Georgia Senate runoff.
  • The US House of Representatives passed its annual defence funding bill, the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA), yesterday in a bipartisan 350-80 vote - committing a record USD$858b to the US defence budget.
  • Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnel (R-KY) warned Democrats, during a classified briefing on Ukraine yesterday, that the GOP will not cave to Democrat demands on Fiscal Year 23 spending.
  • WNBA star Brittney Griner has returned to the United States after the US and Russia completed a high-profile prisoner transfer.
  • Speaker-elect of the United State House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced yesterday that he will establish a new House panel focused on China, should he become Speaker in January.
  • Poll of the Day: American voters are split on whether or not Congress should increase the debt-ceiling.

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