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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

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

It's Thursday, September 18th, 2025.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, Washington Koreans tou toward a shutdown. Number two,

the Senate Republican primary race in Texas could get a third candidate. And number three,

from Punchball News Tech policy, China Hawks are holding their breath on a Trump TikTok deal.

All right, Jake, let's get into it. It is a very busy Thursday for both of us.

Not only are we kicking off the morning early, but we have Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer at the Punchball News Townhouse later this morning to talk all things shut down, New York

politics, and much more for our third edition of flyout day.

I was joking with our team yesterday. We're not

going to ask him about about New York politics or the shutdown. We have other things to talk

about, but we don't. We are going to talk a lot about the shutdown. We're going to talk a lot,

a lot, a lot about the shutdown and what he sees happening and what the all the ins and outs of this situation are.

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