{"podcast":{"title":"The Daily Punch","slug":"the-daily-punch-1373025","podcast_index_feed_id":1373025,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/daily-punch","website_url":"https://punchbowl.news/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/1ae4e08c-568c-11eb-b60f-03cfd1d66f70/image/19825ac50fa7028f20a2c32e81f7cff4.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Punchbowl News","episode_count":1517,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T08:17:51.536470+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025"},"episode":{"title":"Johnson's FISA flop","slug":"johnson-s-fisa-flop","published_at":"2026-04-17T10:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/johnson-s-fisa-flop","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/BUBNW5696572843.mp3?updated=1776420608","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/BUBNW5696572843.mp3?updated=1776420608","summary":"An audacious play by Speaker Mike Johnson to pass a five-year extension of Section 702 of FISA failed spectacularly just before 1:30 a.m., leaving House GOP leaders firmly stuck over how to address concerns from rank-and-file Republicans on the surveillance program. Jake breaks down the latest. Plus, Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick’s case is putting the Congressional Black Caucus in a bind. 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","meta_description":"An audacious play by Speaker Mike Johnson to pass a five-year extension of Section 702 of FISA failed spectacularly just before 1:30 a.m., leaving House G…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":517,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-daily-punch-1373025/episodes/johnson-s-fisa-flop/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/johnson-s-fisa-flop.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}