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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, April 15th, 2021.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, breaking overnight, the Biden administration is set to announce a series of tough sanctions on Russia.

Number two, Republicans who voted against certifying the election

are still raising boatloads of cash, despite many corporations cutting off writing campaign checks

to them. And number three, we've got a juicy nugget from Susan Page's book on Speaker

Nancy Pelosi. All right, Jake, let's get into the mix here.

Overnight, the Biden administration is now going to announce later today. It's expected a series of tough sanctions on Russia. This is a pretty big deal. It is a pretty big deal.

Neither of us are Russia experts, but we can tell you what the politics are.

You know, listen, no, we can tell you what the politics of it are,

which is every single person on Capitol Hill wants to soak Russia. I mean, wants to just,

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