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  • The legal issues of former President Donald Trump are dominating headlines again after Trump predicted he will be arrested on Tuesday in charges relating to the alleged payment of hush money to Stormy Daniels.
  • Progressive Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), one of the loudest advocates for stricter financial regulation on the Hill, said over the weekend that Fed Chair Jerome Powell, "...has had two jobs. One is to deal with monetary policy. One is to deal with regulation. He has failed at both.”
  • The Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve issued a joint statement yesterday supporting a decision by the Swiss government to fast-track the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS.
  • President Biden called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday to express concern over the Israeli government’s proposed judicial overhaul.
  • President Biden will host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a state dinner in June.
  • Senior Biden Administration officials have indicated privately that they are “deeply frustrated” with a lack of progress on North Korean diplomacy.
  • Poll of the Day: US voters are increasingly optimistic about the future of US economic power.
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