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I don't think he won the white.

And I don't think we were all here.

He didn't win the White House on a message of,

I am going to overthrow the Iranian regime and enact a regime change in Tehran.

He did not.

Good morning.

I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

And welcome to The Daily Punch.

Bride you by Punchable News. It's Monday, March 2nd, 2026. Let's get in the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, Congress is war over war with Iran. Number two, the Petting on Policy Chief is set to head to Capitol Hill, what he'll say. And number three, what the anthropic mess with the Trump administration

means for Congress. R.A.K, it was a very busy weekend here in Washington. And we are teeing up this

morning's newsletter looking at how Congress is now facing the war over the war. With President

Donald Trump plunging the United States into its riskiest military gamble in

two decades overthrowing the Iranian regime, Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are

locked in a struggle over every facet of the conflict, military, political, and even morale we

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