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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 Punchable News. It's Wednesday, March 11th, 2026. Let's get in the mix. Here are your

headlines of the day from Washington. Number one, tough times to be a Hill Republican. Number two,

takeaways from the conference. And number three, a quick catch-up on what's happening in Doral and the latest primary news. All right, Jake, we have a jam-packed AM edition. After a jam-packed day-long conference yesterday. I'm impressed. I'm up, honestly. I'm giving myself a pat on the bath for that one. I'm not impressed that up i'm impressed i woke up in my throat hurt i was

like maybe it's because i we did like 10 conversations each yesterday it was like goodness

gracious and i will say you got to give mark cuban credit in our conversation at the top i

rewatched it a little bit last night he said he he thinks the trade for Anthony Davis was good.

And he, you know, and he knows from what he speaks as the owner of the Dallas Mavericks.

But anyway. All right. All right. Let's get to it here. We write the lead is it's a tough time to be a Hill Republican dragged by President Donald Trump into another war in the Middle East.

The GOP's problems are growing worse every day and there's no sign things have hit bottom yet.

No, it's, it is rough times for House Republicans and Senate Republicans.

The Iran war, the administration has struggled to come up with a clear rationale,

a timeline rubric for victory, financial markets are rattled,

oil prices have spiked, and that impacts everything when it comes to politics, the election,

etc. And DHS has been shut down for 26 days. The Save America Act has become a huge internal

Republican fight. Trump has seized on the bill, which would require proof of citizenship

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