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Podcast: Bloomberg Daybreak: US Edition
Episode: Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump; Hasset Frontrunner For Fed Chair
Description: On today's podcast:1) US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.2) White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett is seen by advisers and allies of President Donald Trump as the frontrunner to be the next Federal Reserve chair, according to people familiar with the matter, as the search for a new central bank leader enters its final weeks....