MNI POLITICAL RISK - OMB Threatens Layoffs As Shutdown Looms

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Executive summary:

• President Donald Trump will discuss trade, the Middle East, and defence with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House at 11:00 ET 16:00 BST.
• Trump will sign Executive Orders at 15:30 ET 20:30 BST. Trump will meet Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at 16:30 ET 21:30 BST,  
• The Trump administration raised the stakes of its shutdown standoff with Democrats ahead of the September 30 deadline for funding the government. Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought issued a memo threatening mass firings of federal workers if the government shuts down on October 1.
• European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said he is looking to 'jumpstart' discussions with the US on steel tariffs.
• Congress is probing US companies on their use of H-1B visas, amid warnings from Silicon Valley that Trump's restrictions could boost foreign economies.
• US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.   
• Trump assured Arab and Muslim leaders that the US would not let Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu annex the West Bank. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said the Trump administration presented Arab and Muslim leaders with a "21-point-plan" for peace in Gaza.
• The Trump administration is framing a potential economic support package for Argentina in ideological terms. 
• Poll of the Day: Trump’s second-term strengths look different from his first.

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