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The Daily Punch

Is the DHS deal falling apart?

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

News, Government, Politics

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

It’s Day 39 of the DHS shutdown and Senate leaders are hitting more snags as they try to reach a deal to reopen the massive department. Punchbowl News Reporter Max Cohen is back to discuss the latest with Jake.  Plus, Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick’s upcoming House Ethics Committee “trial” is putting House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a tough spot.  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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Good morning. I'm Jake Sherman.

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And I'm Max Kellyn.

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

0:54.0

It is Wednesday, March 25th, 2026.

0:57.2

Let's get into the mix.

0:58.3

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

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Number one, the DHS deal is on the rocks.

1:03.3

Number two, sureful-less McCormick's case presents a problem for Hakeem Jeffries.

1:08.3

And number three, the House Intelligence Committee sends Brennan documents to

1:12.5

DOJ. Let's get into it. Max, you are in the hot seat again. Welcome back. Thank you. It's always a

1:18.3

pleasure to be on, filling in for you. 447 in the morning, Max. You are really testing your

1:23.7

ability to stay awake during the day. But let's talk about DHS. The Senate is hitting

1:29.6

snags as they try to reach a deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security. Senate Democrats

1:34.3

are demanding additional concessions after Republicans struggle to get Donald Trump on board

1:39.9

with a framework for the potential agreement. Max, we'll deal with two things here. We'll deal with

1:44.8

Republicans first. President Trump was asked yesterday about the emerging DHS framework, which would

1:50.6

have Congress fund all of DHS besides ICE's enforcement operations. And then Republicans would try to get

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