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Weekday mornings, The Daily Punch brings you inside Capitol Hill, the White House and Washington for an unfiltered look at the key players and stakes of all major issues of the day. Power. People. Politics. Hosted by Punchbowl News founders, journalists and best-selling authors Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman.

The Readback: Launching a defense vertical — with sushi!

15 mins; December 13, 2025

Trump’s redistricting crash

12 mins; December 12, 2025

Fly Out Day: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen on what’s next in the health care battle

39 mins; December 11, 2025

Republicans’ shaky grip on the House

15 mins; December 11, 2025

How Trump wants to blow up defense spending

11 mins; December 10, 2025

Inside Thune's health care decision day

12 mins; December 09, 2025

A big week for defense and health care

11 mins; December 08, 2025

The Readback: Congress, celebs, chips and clashes

12 mins; December 06, 2025

Thune gets heat from all sides

8 mins; December 05, 2025

Fly Out Day: NY GOP Rep. Stefanik opens up on her feud with Speaker Johnson

35 mins; December 04, 2025

Where's the leadership on Obamacare subsidies?

15 mins; December 04, 2025

Why Elise Stefanik went to war with Mike Johnson

13 mins; December 03, 2025

Mike Johnson's brutal 11-month stretch

14 mins; December 02, 2025

Congress's crazy December

14 mins; December 01, 2025

Dems push back on FBI investigation

11 mins; November 26, 2025

The W.H.'s Obamacare mess

11 mins; November 25, 2025

Why MTG's missive rang true for House GOP

13 mins; November 24, 2025

The Readback: How the shutdown ate my laundry

13 mins; November 22, 2025

Inside the GOP talks on Obamacare

12 mins; November 21, 2025

Fly Out Day: Breaking Down the Health Care Fight with Sen. Bill Cassidy

43 mins; November 20, 2025

Thune vs. Johnson?

14 mins; November 20, 2025

How redistricting backfired on the GOP

9 mins; November 19, 2025

The Epstein resolution reversal

13 mins; November 18, 2025

Rank and file tries to wrest power back

13 mins; November 17, 2025

The Readback: What the shutdown told us about Democrats

15 mins; November 15, 2025

What Emmer told us on Fly Out Day

9 mins; November 14, 2025

Fly Out Day: Majority Whip Emmer opens up about Epstein probe, shutdown aftermath and more

41 mins; November 13, 2025

What the House can do to get back on track

9 mins; November 13, 2025

How the shutdown will end

13 mins; November 12, 2025

How to judge Schumer after the shutdown

15 mins; November 11, 2025

The very bumpy end to the shutdown

14 mins; November 10, 2025

The Readback: A huge moment for Trump’s tariffs — and for Congress

13 mins; November 08, 2025

Why Senate Dems want to keep fighting

12 mins; November 07, 2025

Fly Out Day: Sen. Chris Murphy Digs In

40 mins; November 06, 2025

How Republicans lost their groove

12 mins; November 06, 2025

Democrats' big night

17 mins; November 05, 2025

Inside the talks to open the government

16 mins; November 04, 2025

Polls, elections and shutdown talks

14 mins; November 03, 2025

The Readback: The shutdown’s tone shift

13 mins; November 01, 2025

What's at stake for Schumer and Thune

9 mins; October 31, 2025

Fly Out Day: What's Next In Shutdown Standoff?: No. 2 Dem On Their Strategy

36 mins; October 30, 2025

Is there life in the Senate?

15 mins; October 30, 2025

Scalise's chief is leaving the Hill

8 mins; October 29, 2025

Thune skeptical of one-off funding bills

15 mins; October 28, 2025

Shutdown Day 27: SNAP on the brink

10 mins; October 27, 2025

The Readback: Redistricting gone wild

14 mins; October 25, 2025

How James Blair sees the shutdown

12 mins; October 24, 2025

Fly Out Day: Inside the West Wing with James Blair

39 mins; October 23, 2025

Senate Dems harden with no exit strategy

14 mins; October 23, 2025

Could Congress punt on funding for the year?

11 mins; October 22, 2025

Shutdown Day 21: Healthcare takes center stage

13 mins; October 21, 2025

Do Democrats now have an off ramp?

9 mins; October 20, 2025

The Readback: A dispatch from Finchella

18 mins; October 18, 2025

Scalise draws a line on Obamacare

14 mins; October 17, 2025

Fly Out Day: Inside the shutdown with Steve Scalise

38 mins; October 16, 2025

How Thune manages Trump

13 mins; October 16, 2025

A big week in the battle for the House

13 mins; October 15, 2025

White House: We’re ready for a long shutdown

7 mins; October 14, 2025

Shutdown Day 13: House gone, Trump in Israel

12 mins; October 13, 2025

Fly Out Day: Sen. Ruben Gallego talks shutdown politics

34 mins; October 12, 2025

The Readback: The House’s unusually quiet shutdown

15 mins; October 11, 2025

Shutdown Day 10: Into a third week we go

14 mins; October 10, 2025

The Creator Economy: Offline to Online

25 mins; October 09, 2025

Shutdown Day 9: No end in sight

14 mins; October 09, 2025

Will U.S. troops miss a payday?

8 mins; October 08, 2025

Shutdown Day 7: Democrats hold firm

9 mins; October 07, 2025

Shutdown Day 6: Will Democrats blink?

9 mins; October 06, 2025

The Readback: Shutdown hits home for lawmakers

12 mins; October 04, 2025

Shutdown Day 3: How Thune sees the shutdown

13 mins; October 03, 2025

Day Two of Shutdown: Can Schumer get a deal?

13 mins; October 02, 2025

Special Edition: The man advising Trump through the shutdown

39 mins; October 01, 2025

Shutdown, Day One: What's the way out?

12 mins; October 01, 2025

On the brink: 5 shutdown dynamics to watch

15 mins; September 30, 2025

Shutdown week is here

15 mins; September 29, 2025

The Readback: Andrew talks UNGA

19 mins; September 27, 2025

Jeffries on FOD: Dems won't fold

8 mins; September 26, 2025

Hakeem Jeffries' take: Inside the funding fight

37 mins; September 25, 2025

Trump goes nuclear on shutdown

16 mins; September 25, 2025

Is the GOP losing control of the shutdown battle?

13 mins; September 24, 2025

The three funding dynamics to understand

15 mins; September 23, 2025

Congress is nowhere on funding the government

8 mins; September 22, 2025

The Readback: A chips state of mind

15 mins; September 20, 2025

Inside Schumer's shutdown strategy

14 mins; September 19, 2025

Senate Minority Leader Schumer gets candid on shutdown politics

33 mins; September 18, 2025

Dems, GOP dig in as shutdown nears

11 mins; September 18, 2025

Fed Day hits different this time

12 mins; September 17, 2025

Johnson's to-do list for Tuesday

12 mins; September 16, 2025

Congress is barreling toward a shutdown

12 mins; September 15, 2025

The Readback: Millsmentum builds in Maine

13 mins; September 13, 2025

Thune on FOD: Dems want a shutdown

13 mins; September 12, 2025

Senate Majority Leader Thune on political violence, shutdowns and tariffs

32 mins; September 11, 2025

The Creator Economy: Content to Commerce

11 mins; September 11, 2025

What happened to our politics?

10 mins; September 11, 2025

Dems are digging in for a funding fight

15 mins; September 10, 2025

The Hill is waiting on Trump

17 mins; September 09, 2025

GOP leaders need a funding plan

14 mins; September 08, 2025

The Readback: 'Fly Out Day' premieres

8 mins; September 06, 2025

Johnson makes lots of news on 'Fly Out Day'

14 mins; September 05, 2025

Check out Fly Out Day! Speaker Mike Johnson on Shutdowns, Epstein & 2026

40 mins; September 04, 2025

The Obamacare subsidy fight

14 mins; September 04, 2025

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