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  • Tensions are increasing between Capitol Hill and the White House over four objects shot down over US airspace.
  • The State Department refuses to confirmreports that Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, on the margins of the Munich Security Conference.
  • Top Democrats on Congressional banking committees express confidence that the debt ceiling showdown will be resolved.
  • A Georgia judge has ordered the partial release of a grand jury report on former President Donald Trump.
  • Nikki Haley has confirmed her (widely anticipated) bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
  • President Biden will name Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard at his top economic advisor as soon as today.
  • The Department of Energy is preparing to tap up the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for a Congressionally mandated sale of around 26 million barrels of crude oil.
  • Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley are in Brussels for a NATO defence ministerial and another meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group.
  • Poll of the Day: Republican voters are divided both on who they believe leads the Republican Party.

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