# Inside the Senate GOP's Trump rebellion Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/inside-the-senate-gop-s-trump-rebellion Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/inside-the-senate-gop-s-trump-rebellion.md Podcast: [The Daily Punch](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025) Published: 2026-05-21T10:34:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/BUBNW1369598494.mp3 Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/BUBNW1369598494.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-daily-punch-1373025/episodes/inside-the-senate-gop-s-trump-rebellion Duration seconds: 855 ## Resource Senate Republicans are preparing to buck President Donald Trump on two of his long-running obsessions: the White House ballroom project and the “weaponization” of federal agencies against his allies. Anna and Jake discuss what comes next. Plus, the latest on the GOP’s highway bill and the looming defense spending train wreck. Watch this episode on YouTube here! Punchbowl News is on YouTube⁠. ⁠⁠⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our channel today to see all the new ways⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠we’re investing in video.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at ⁠⁠punchbowl.news.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-daily-punch-1373025/episodes/inside-the-senate-gop-s-trump-rebellion/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/inside-the-senate-gop-s-trump-rebellion.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.