The Daily Punch

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.

News
Politics
Government
201
How to judge Schumer after the shutdown
14 min
202
The very bumpy end to the shutdown
13 min
203
The Readback: A huge moment for Trump’s tariffs...
12 min
204
Why Senate Dems want to keep fighting
11 min
205
Fly Out Day: Sen. Chris Murphy Digs In
40 min
206
How Republicans lost their groove
10 min
207
Democrats' big night
15 min
208
Inside the talks to open the government
14 min
209
Polls, elections and shutdown talks
12 min
210
The Readback: The shutdown’s tone shift
12 min
211
What's at stake for Schumer and Thune
7 min
212
Fly Out Day: What's Next In Shutdown Standoff?:...
36 min
213
Is there life in the Senate?
14 min
214
Scalise's chief is leaving the Hill
6 min
215
Thune skeptical of one-off funding bills
13 min
216
Shutdown Day 27: SNAP on the brink
9 min
217
The Readback: Redistricting gone wild
14 min
218
How James Blair sees the shutdown
10 min
219
Fly Out Day: Inside the West Wing with James Blair
39 min
220
Senate Dems harden with no exit strategy
13 min
221
Could Congress punt on funding for the year?
10 min
222
Shutdown Day 21: Healthcare takes center stage
11 min
223
Do Democrats now have an off ramp?
7 min
224
The Readback: A dispatch from Finchella
18 min
225
Scalise draws a line on Obamacare
12 min