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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punch Bull News. It's Friday. TGIF, January 16th, 2026. Let's get in the mix here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, do House Republicans need a new leadership strategy? Number two, Congress goes to Denmark. And number three, what Senator Tim Kane told us on fly-out day. All right, Jake,

let's get to it. We are leading Punchable News A.M. First, before we get into the news and the

analysis of the week that Republicans had, we have some travel that Speaker Mike Johnson had. Wow,

it made me feel like, you know, members are just like us, Jake.

Yeah, interesting. Mike Johnson was on his way to London last night and was scheduled to, he's

addressing the parliament in conjunction, let's say, with the 250th anniversary of the United States.

And the plane that he was scheduled to take, the Air Force jet that he was scheduled to take,

was broken and mechanical issues.

And the Air Force, which runs the United States planes,

said that they would bump another congressional delegation

off of a plane for him.

And he said no.

So the Speaker of the House flew on a commercial flight a united

flight from dulles to heathrow in economy plus a little extra leg room you know well i just i

just feel i'll be honest i just feel for the capital police detail which on a government jet would

have to would would be a little bit more

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