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The Daily Punch

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The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

News, Government, Politics

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump turns up the heat on Indiana Republicans and Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) steps into the national spotlight.  Plus, Jake and Anna discuss who’s up and who’s down in Washington this week. Punchbowl News is on YouTube! Subscribe to our channel today to see all the new ways we’re investing in video. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at punchbowl.news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.1

Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

0:42.4

And I'm Jake Sherman.

0:45.2

And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punchable News.

0:48.9

It's Friday, TGIF, August 15th, 2025.

0:50.0

Let's get into the mix.

0:52.0

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

0:53.7

Number one, we've got some news.

1:03.9

The Trump administration is calling Indiana Republicans to come to the White House as it ramps up its pressure campaign to get the state to engage in their redistricting efforts.

1:07.6

Number two, Mark Kelly's quest for a national profile.

1:10.8

And number three, Jake, we've got a fun one, the Punch Power Matrix,

1:16.7

who's up and who's down this week. All right, let's get into it. Of course, all eyes are on what's happening in Alaska. But we are leading off Punch Bull News this morning with a look at the Trump

1:22.5

administration's power and pressure campaign on Republicans across the country, zeroing in on Indiana to try to get them to engage in a redistricting effort to try to squeeze some more seats out of the Hoosier State.

1:37.1

Yes, the president or the White House, I don't think the president made the invitation, but invited all Republican lawmakers from Indiana, state lawmakers, state legislators, to the White House August 26th for a meeting in which I have to imagine redistricting will be a main topic.

1:53.2

The Indiana Republicans in the state house have been hesitant, let's say, to say the least, to give Republicans another seat in the House.

2:03.3

They're two Democrats from Indiana, Frank Mervan in the basically the Chicago suburbs and

2:09.6

exurbs around Gary, Indiana, and Andre Carson around Indianapolis.

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