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The Daily Punch

How James Blair sees the shutdown

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

News, Politics, Government

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

It’s Day 24 of the shutdown and there’s still no off-ramp in sight. Anna and Jake recap their Fly Out Day conversation with top Trump advisor and White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair. Plus: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is pushing for “Russia week” on the Senate floor, where senators would take up a trio of bills targeting Moscow. Watch this episode on YouTube here! 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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I think they probably will try to do it.

0:37.7

I think that's very difficult.

0:38.8

Healthcare is a bad issue for Republicans historically.

0:41.8

Now, could things change?

0:43.2

Of course they could change.

0:45.0

Anything could change.

0:53.3

Good morning.

0:54.0

I'm Anna Palmer. And I'm Jake Sherman. And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punchable News. It's Friday, October 24th, 2025, T-G-I-F. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, what James Blair of the White House told us on fly-out day. Number two, day 24 of the government

1:11.9

shutdown where things stand with Congress back home. And number three, Lindsay Graham's push for

1:17.5

Russia week. All right, Jake, let's get into it. So we shot flyout day yesterday morning, spoke with

1:24.4

the White House deputy chief of staff and one of the top advisors to President

1:28.4

Donald Trump, James Blair. I think it was so interesting to me. And I want to talk, we kind of go

1:34.1

into this and some of the two top takeaways here, but it's just how he has a grasp of and his

1:40.3

hand in everything from policy to politics. The interview really span the gamut from shutdown to what else Donald Trump wants to get done,

1:49.7

to getting deep into the weeds on redistricting.

1:52.4

I really encourage everyone.

1:54.0

We're going to talk about some of our top takeaways from the conversation,

1:56.4

but you should really check it out on YouTube.

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