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Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, we've got some news on Hakeem Jeffries and Nancy Pelosi teaming up on the fundraising circuit.

Number two, what Byron Donald's got.

And number three. The Washington Press Club Foundation dinner headliners.

All right, Jake, let's get to it.

A very interesting lead to our Punchable News a.m. this morning,

focused on the effort of New York Democrat, Hakeem Jeffries,

to try and amass the fundraising numbers and totals that former

Speaker Nancy Pelosi did. He's teaming up with her on the West Coast in her hometown to

try to start that effort. That's right. Jeffries and Pelosi are in San Francisco today and L.A. tomorrow meeting and fundraising,

Pelosi is introducing Jeffries to her donor network. So, you know, this is the big, this was the

big question. Could Jeffries bring in the money that Pelosi brought in? And what Pelosi is doing is beginning or not beginning is continuing her effort to try to integrate Jeffries into her orbit, into her donor orbit.

And in San Francisco and L.A., I mean, Pelosi has raised untold millions of dollars in San

Francisco and in L.A. and bringing Jeffries along for that ride in her hometown and in another

money center in L.A. is a big thing. Now, there's another piece to this, the inside the capital piece,

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