In Denmark, Congress confronts the monster it helped create

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🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers who traveled to Copenhagen on an urgent mission to reassure Danish leaders amid Trump's escalating threats to acquire Greenland had a straightforward message. 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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0:32.5	Music Good morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to the Daily Punch, brought to you by Punch Bowl News.
0:47.4	It is Monday, January 19th, 2026. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day number one.
0:54.7	In Denmark, Congress confronts the monster it helped create.
0:58.6	Number two, Trump versus Thune, the president blows up a Louisiana Senate race.
1:03.8	And number three, the midterm messaging war so far.
1:07.6	Let's get into it.
1:09.0	It is Martin Luther King Jr. day today. And Congress is out. The House is
1:14.3	out. The Senate's out. And they will return this week. Fear not, they will be back. The House will be
1:20.5	back this week. Excuse me. The Senate will not be back. It is Davos this week. The president is
1:26.1	heading to Davos. And so are a lot of members of Congress.
1:29.9	Some members on that trip to Copenhagen will be heading or have already headed.
1:34.0	I don't know.
1:34.6	To Davos, a big contingent of administration officials is also headed to the World Economic Forum.
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