# The Daily Punch

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Official site: https://punchbowl.news/
Author: Punchbowl News
Episodes: 1517

## Resource

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.

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## Episodes
- [Fly Out Day: Can the GOP avoid a shutdown? New Senate Budget Chair Ron Johnson on the fight ahead](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/fly-out-day-can-the-gop-avoid-a-shutdown-new-senate-budget-chair-ron-johnson-on-the-fight-ahead) — 2026-07-23T18:52:00+00:00
- [Is reconciliation 3.0 destined for the lame duck?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/is-reconciliation-3-0-destined-for-the-lame-duck) — 2026-07-23T10:18:00+00:00
- [Are House and Senate Rs even talking?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/are-house-and-senate-rs-even-talking) — 2026-07-22T10:18:00+00:00
- [Budget vote, Hegseth showdown and a crypto breakthrough](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/budget-vote-hegseth-showdown-and-a-crypto-breakthrough) — 2026-07-21T10:16:00+00:00
- [House Republicans' final-week gauntlet](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/house-republicans-final-week-gauntlet) — 2026-07-20T10:15:00+00:00
- [Readback: Graham’s death shocks Washington](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/readback-graham-s-death-shocks-washington) — 2026-07-18T11:30:00+00:00
- [Democrats are drowning the House GOP in cash](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/democrats-are-drowning-the-house-gop-in-cash) — 2026-07-17T10:15:00+00:00
- [Fly Out Day: HFC Chair Harris on government funding, immigration and redistricting](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/fly-out-day-hfc-chair-harris-on-government-funding-immigration-and-redistricting) — 2026-07-16T17:36:00+00:00
- [Inside the Democrats' deep Israel split](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/inside-the-democrats-deep-israel-split) — 2026-07-16T16:48:00+00:00
- [House Republicans' fragile equilibrium](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/house-republicans-fragile-equilibrium) — 2026-07-15T17:07:00+00:00
- [Johnson's election-year reconciliation rush](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/johnson-s-election-year-reconciliation-rush) — 2026-07-14T10:18:00+00:00
- [Graham's death and Congress' scramble](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/graham-s-death-and-congress-scramble) — 2026-07-13T10:09:00+00:00
- [Readback: What went wrong for Democrats in Maine](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/readback-what-went-wrong-for-democrats-in-maine) — 2026-07-11T11:30:00+00:00
- [Inside Thune's July floor plan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/inside-thune-s-july-floor-plan) — 2026-07-10T10:16:00+00:00
- [Fly Out Day: Democrats’ dilemma: Senate Majority PAC leader talks Platner, campaign finance and the road to 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/fly-out-day-democrats-dilemma-senate-majority-pac-leader-talks-platner-campaign-finance-and-the-road-to-2026) — 2026-07-09T17:19:00+00:00
- [Trump's new Iran problem on the Hill](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/trump-s-new-iran-problem-on-the-hill) — 2026-07-09T10:13:00+00:00
- [Can the left recover from Platner?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/can-the-left-recover-from-platner) — 2026-07-08T10:05:00+00:00
- [Platner, Schumer and the future of the 2026 map](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/platner-schumer-and-the-future-of-the-2026-map) — 2026-07-07T10:07:00+00:00
- [What to watch for this recess](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/what-to-watch-for-this-recess) — 2026-07-06T09:53:00+00:00
- [Readback: A campaign-finance earthquake](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/readback-a-campaign-finance-earthquake) — 2026-07-04T11:30:00+00:00
- [The Punch Power Matrix](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/the-punch-power-matrix) — 2026-07-03T11:54:00+00:00
- [Inside Thune's judicial strategy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/inside-thune-s-judicial-strategy) — 2026-07-02T10:56:00+00:00
- [House GOP leadership's dwindling power](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/house-gop-leadership-s-dwindling-power) — 2026-07-01T11:04:00+00:00
- [The Future of Housing: The Players](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/the-future-of-housing-the-players) — 2026-06-30T11:14:00+00:00
- [Johnson's House theater](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/johnson-s-house-theater) — 2026-06-30T10:59:00+00:00
- [Can Johnson SAVE his week?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/can-johnson-save-his-week) — 2026-06-29T10:50:00+00:00
- [Readback: How lawmakers reacted to Trump tanking the housing deal](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/readback-how-lawmakers-reacted-to-trump-tanking-the-housing-deal) — 2026-06-27T11:30:00+00:00
- [A look at your House leaders](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/a-look-at-your-house-leaders) — 2026-06-26T10:18:00+00:00
- [Fly Out Day:  Rep. Garbarino on FISA, AI threats and New York politics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/fly-out-day-rep-garbarino-on-fisa-ai-threats-and-new-york-politics) — 2026-06-25T18:17:00+00:00
- [Where does Trump stand with Senate GOP?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/where-does-trump-stand-with-senate-gop) — 2026-06-25T10:27:00+00:00
- [Is Reconciliation 3.0 a real thing?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/is-reconciliation-3-0-a-real-thing) — 2026-06-24T10:27:00+00:00
- [Future of Housing: Leading Voice](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/future-of-housing-leading-voice) — 2026-06-23T11:00:00+00:00
- [Inside Thune's plan for the Trump lunch](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/inside-thune-s-plan-for-the-trump-lunch) — 2026-06-23T10:30:00+00:00
- [Trump to face off with Senate GOP](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/trump-to-face-off-with-senate-gop) — 2026-06-22T10:21:00+00:00
- [Readback: How to save a housing agenda](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/readback-how-to-save-a-housing-agenda) — 2026-06-20T11:30:00+00:00
- [Judging Thune and Schumer](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/judging-thune-and-schumer) — 2026-06-19T10:01:00+00:00
- [Fly Out Day: Trump's man on Capitol Hill speaks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/fly-out-day-trump-s-man-on-capitol-hill-speaks) — 2026-06-18T19:05:00+00:00
- [Trump-Thune reaches a boil](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/trump-thune-reaches-a-boil) — 2026-06-18T10:05:00+00:00
- [Trump blows up Clayton nomination](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/trump-blows-up-clayton-nomination) — 2026-06-17T10:30:00+00:00
- [The Future of Housing: Legislative Landscape](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/the-future-of-housing-legislative-landscape) — 2026-06-16T10:40:00+00:00
- [Can Republicans pivot from Iran?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/can-republicans-pivot-from-iran) — 2026-06-16T10:16:00+00:00
- [Iran, FISA and Jay Clayton: Congress’s week](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/iran-fisa-and-jay-clayton-congress-s-week) — 2026-06-15T10:15:00+00:00
- [Readback: What Schumer said about flipping the Senate](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/readback-what-schumer-said-about-flipping-the-senate) — 2026-06-13T11:30:00+00:00
- [Can Thune catch a break?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/can-thune-catch-a-break) — 2026-06-12T10:13:00+00:00
- [Fly Out Day: CO Rep. Jason Crow on FISA, Trump's Iran strategy and congressional stock ban](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/fly-out-day-co-rep-jason-crow-on-fisa-trump-s-iran-strategy-and-congressional-stock-ban) — 2026-06-11T19:31:00+00:00
- [FISA flails and Trump makes new demands](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/fisa-flails-and-trump-makes-new-demands) — 2026-06-11T10:36:00+00:00
- [Thune's unhappy summer](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/thune-s-unhappy-summer) — 2026-06-10T10:11:00+00:00
- [The Future of Housing: State of Play](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/the-future-of-housing-state-of-play) — 2026-06-09T10:40:00+00:00
- [Inside Trump's self-inflicted FISA crisis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/inside-trump-s-self-inflicted-fisa-crisis) — 2026-06-09T10:20:00+00:00
- [The two brawls dominating the Hill this week](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/the-two-brawls-dominating-the-hill-this-week) — 2026-06-08T10:08:00+00:00
- [Readback: A big moment for AI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/readback-a-big-moment-for-ai) — 2026-06-06T11:30:00+00:00
- [The Senate GOP’s rough days](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/the-senate-gop-s-rough-days) — 2026-06-05T10:40:00+00:00
- [Fly Out Day: Sen. Ted Cruz on his quest to change college sports](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/fly-out-day-sen-ted-cruz-on-his-quest-to-change-college-sports) — 2026-06-04T18:50:00+00:00
- [A messy day in store for the Senate](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/a-messy-day-in-store-for-the-senate) — 2026-06-04T10:17:00+00:00
- [AI has a Democrat problem](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/ai-has-a-democrat-problem) — 2026-06-03T10:32:00+00:00
- [Trump's losing streak](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/trump-s-losing-streak) — 2026-06-02T10:11:00+00:00
- [Reconciliation is getting much harder](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/reconciliation-is-getting-much-harder) — 2026-06-01T10:26:00+00:00
- [Readback: Crisscrossing the Hawkeye State](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/readback-crisscrossing-the-hawkeye-state) — 2026-05-30T11:30:00+00:00
- [Iowa could be big for Democrats in '26](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/iowa-could-be-big-for-democrats-in-26) — 2026-05-29T11:05:00+00:00
- [Trump's shocking admission about 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/trump-s-shocking-admission-about-2026) — 2026-05-28T11:29:00+00:00
- [What Paxton’s victory means](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/what-paxton-s-victory-means) — 2026-05-27T10:59:00+00:00
- [Inside the burst of secret super PACs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/inside-the-burst-of-secret-super-pacs) — 2026-05-26T11:01:00+00:00
- [Thune’s next big headache](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/thune-s-next-big-headache) — 2026-05-25T12:06:00+00:00
- [Readback: The war powers vote that wasn't](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/readback-the-war-powers-vote-that-wasn-t) — 2026-05-23T11:30:00+00:00
- [Senate Republicans hit their limit with Trump](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/senate-republicans-hit-their-limit-with-trump) — 2026-05-22T10:13:00+00:00
- [Budget Chair Jodey Arrington on reconciliation 3.0 and his political future](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/budget-chair-jodey-arrington-on-reconciliation-3-0-and-his-political-future) — 2026-05-21T18:37:00+00:00
- [Inside the Senate GOP's Trump rebellion](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/inside-the-senate-gop-s-trump-rebellion) — 2026-05-21T10:34:00+00:00
- [Does Trump care about the GOP majorities?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/does-trump-care-about-the-gop-majorities) — 2026-05-20T10:20:00+00:00
- [Committee term limits? Not for House Dems](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/committee-term-limits-not-for-house-dems) — 2026-05-19T10:31:00+00:00
- [What Collins and Platner told us in Maine](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/what-collins-and-platner-told-us-in-maine) — 2026-05-18T10:20:00+00:00
- [Readback: The GOP’s ballroom security fight](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/readback-the-gop-s-ballroom-security-fight) — 2026-05-16T11:30:00+00:00
- [How crypto conquered Congress](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/how-crypto-conquered-congress) — 2026-05-15T10:13:00+00:00
- [Fly Out Day: CBC Chair Clarke on Black power in Washington](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/fly-out-day-cbc-chair-clarke-on-black-power-in-washington) — 2026-05-14T17:32:00+00:00
- [The CBC is at a crossroads](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/the-cbc-is-at-a-crossroads) — 2026-05-14T10:24:00+00:00
- [Is Trump slipping on the Hill?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/is-trump-slipping-on-the-hill) — 2026-05-13T10:29:00+00:00
- [Is it too little, too late for GOP?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/is-it-too-little-too-late-for-gop) — 2026-05-12T10:25:00+00:00
- [Johnson, Jeffries and the new political order](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/johnson-jeffries-and-the-new-political-order) — 2026-05-11T10:05:00+00:00
- [Readback: Talking defense in beautiful Sedona](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/readback-talking-defense-in-beautiful-sedona) — 2026-05-09T11:30:00+00:00
- [The $1B for Trump's ballroom is in trouble](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/the-1b-for-trump-s-ballroom-is-in-trouble) — 2026-05-08T10:30:00+00:00
- [Fly Out Day: North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein on redistricting and Trump's Washington](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/fly-out-day-north-carolina-gov-josh-stein-on-redistricting-and-trump-s-washington) — 2026-05-07T16:00:00+00:00
- [Redistricting winds howl against House Dems](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/redistricting-winds-howl-against-house-dems) — 2026-05-07T10:18:00+00:00
- [No drama: Dems want Jeffries as speaker](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/no-drama-dems-want-jeffries-as-speaker) — 2026-05-06T10:15:00+00:00
- [Inside the messy Iowa Dem primary](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/inside-the-messy-iowa-dem-primary) — 2026-05-05T10:14:00+00:00
- [Why this is a big week for redistricting](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/why-this-is-a-big-week-for-redistricting) — 2026-05-04T10:06:00+00:00
- [Readback: Inside the House meltdown](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/readback-inside-the-house-meltdown) — 2026-05-02T11:30:00+00:00
- [What we learned from this wild week](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/what-we-learned-from-this-wild-week) — 2026-05-01T10:31:00+00:00
- [Fly Out Day: Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen on how his party needs to change](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/fly-out-day-democratic-sen-chris-van-hollen-on-how-his-party-needs-to-change) — 2026-04-30T20:45:00+00:00
- [SCOTUS sparks redistricting frenzy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/scotus-sparks-redistricting-frenzy) — 2026-04-30T10:38:00+00:00
- [The wheels are coming off the House GOP Conference](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/the-wheels-are-coming-off-the-house-gop-conference) — 2026-04-29T10:11:00+00:00
- [It's all unraveling for House Republicans](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/it-s-all-unraveling-for-house-republicans) — 2026-04-28T10:13:00+00:00
- [House GOP has an impossible week](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/house-gop-has-an-impossible-week) — 2026-04-27T10:02:00+00:00
- [Readback: Budget mania at the Pentagon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/readback-budget-mania-at-the-pentagon) — 2026-04-25T11:30:00+00:00
- [Can House Republicans get some momentum back?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/can-house-republicans-get-some-momentum-back) — 2026-04-24T10:14:00+00:00
- [Fly Out Day: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick on being a moderate in today's GOP](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/fly-out-day-rep-brian-fitzpatrick-on-being-a-moderate-in-today-s-gop) — 2026-04-23T21:53:00+00:00
- [The House GOP’s $153M fall ad blitz](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/the-house-gop-s-153m-fall-ad-blitz) — 2026-04-23T10:24:00+00:00
- [Virginia clears path for Dem majority](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/virginia-clears-path-for-dem-majority) — 2026-04-22T10:22:00+00:00
- [Thune's pressure test](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/thune-s-pressure-test) — 2026-04-21T10:30:00+00:00
- [Republicans face the legislative gauntlet](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/republicans-face-the-legislative-gauntlet) — 2026-04-20T10:26:00+00:00
- [Readback: Johnson's FISA failure](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/readback-johnson-s-fisa-failure) — 2026-04-18T11:30:00+00:00
- [Johnson's FISA flop](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/johnson-s-fisa-flop) — 2026-04-17T10:05:00+00:00
- [Fly Out Day: Virginia Democratic Sen. Warner discusses Iran conflict, redistricting and FISA debate](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/fly-out-day-virginia-democratic-sen-warner-discusses-iran-conflict-redistricting-and-fisa-debate) — 2026-04-16T20:14:00+00:00
- [The AI Innovators: The Economy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/the-ai-innovators-the-economy) — 2026-04-16T10:46:00+00:00

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