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Good morning. I'm Max Cohen, a congressional reporter here at Punch Bull News, and I'm filling in for Anna and Jake today. Welcome to the Daily Punch, brought to you by Punch Bowl News. It's Tuesday, March 3rd,26. Let's get into the mix.

Here are your top Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, Republicans back Trump's war in Iran.

Number two, the incumbents in trouble in primary day in Texas and North Carolina.

And number three story of the day, the congressional black caucus takes on J.B. Pritzker.

Let's start with our number one story of the day,

and that's how the Hill is reacting to the war powers votes in Iran. Republicans on Capitol Hill are about to hand President Donald Trump a green light to conduct his war against Iran without worrying

about Congress, at least for now. House and Senate are on track this week to vote down a pair

of bipartisan

war power resolutions, which are aimed at limiting Trump's ability to conduct the Iran campaign.

Now, rank and file Republicans are repaired to back Trump, and that's going to give them

co-ownership of this conflict, which polls show most Americans actually oppose. In the Senate,

let's start there. Previous GOP skeptics of the admin's unilateral warpower authority

...