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Good morning, I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

And welcome to The Daily Punch.

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It's Thursday, September 26th, 2024.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, we've got breaking news on a spy scandal and New York City mayor Eric Adams also set to be indicted. Number two, 85 days in counting

until government funding runs out. And number three, Waters weighs in on crypto. All right, Jake,

let's get into it. Last night, Punch Bowl news broke a major story. I want to start there,

and then we'll get to New York City Mayor Eric Adams. But a big, big news scoop by our very own

Andrews Dario that Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair Ben Cardin,

the Democrat from Maryland, was targeted in a highly sophisticated deep fake operation that impersonated a top Ukrainian official.

Yeah.

So an individual, well, first of all, let's start with this.

Ben Cardin is one of the most powerful members of

Congress. He's the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which does give him

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