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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

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It's Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, another one bites the dust.

Speaker Mike Johnson faces another senior staffer departing. Number two, the Ways and Means Committee is set to release

Hunter Biden testimony. And number three, more from the vault. Top senators are backing

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's repo strategy.

All right, Jake, good morning.

We have a lot to cover this morning.

We are leading Punchball News a.m. with this question.

Well, the last one left.

Please turn out the lights.

The fourth member of Speaker Mike Johnson's senior staff is leaving the Capitol, another noteworthy departure from the Louisiana Republicans office in the months leading up to an election.

Raj Shah Johnson's deputy chief of staff is likely to leave the Speaker's office in the coming

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