{"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":"Readback: The GOP’s ballroom security fight","slug":"readback-the-gop-s-ballroom-security-fight","published_at":"2026-05-16T11:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/readback-the-gop-s-ballroom-security-fight","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/BUBNW5551245526.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/BUBNW5551245526.mp3","summary":"Laura Weiss breaks down how Trump's ballroom plan complicated Republicans’ reconciliation bill that includes money for ICE and Border Patrol. This story was featured in The Readback, our weekend digest featuring the best of Punchbowl News this week. 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":"Laura Weiss breaks down how Trump's ballroom plan complicated Republicans’ reconciliation bill that includes money for ICE and Border Patrol. This story w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":896,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-daily-punch-1373025/episodes/readback-the-gop-s-ballroom-security-fight/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/readback-the-gop-s-ballroom-security-fight.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}