MNI POLITICAL RISK - Government Shutdown Offramp Takes Shape

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Executive summary:

• President Donald Trump has no public events scheduled. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters at 13:00 ET 18:00 GMT.
• Today is Election Day in several states. The main focus is on the New York mayoral race, gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, and a Congressional redistricting measure in California.
• It’s Day 35 of the government shutdown. The shutdown is now tied with the partial shutdown in 2018-2019 as the longest in US history. At 11:30 ET 16:30 BST today, the Senate will vote for a 14th time on the House-passed funding measure. It is expected to fail again. There is no sign of an imminent breakthrough in the stalemate, but there has been an acceleration in rank-and-file talks aimed at finding an offramp.
• A bipartisan plan is emerging that would reopen the government with a new short-term funding measure, provide assurances for Democrats that Congress will vote on ACA tax credits, and pass a three-bill appropriations minibus.
• The Supreme Court will, on Wednesday, hear arguments from the plaintiffs - a dozen Democrat-run states and a group of private businesses – and the Trump administration’s defence of President Trump’s reciprocal tariffs.
• Top administration officials reportedly cautioned Trump against greenlighting the sale of Nvidia’s Blackwell AI chips to China.
• Trump and North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un could hold a fourth summit next year.
• Poll of the Day: Trump's approval rating drops. 

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