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Good morning. I'm Jake Sherman.

And I'm Max Cohen.

And welcome to the Daily Punch, brought to by Punch Bowl News.

It is Tuesday, April 14th, 2026.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, how Johnson and Jeffries handled their ethics problems. Number two,

Republicans clamor for an Iran exit strategy. And number three, some quarter one fundraising numbers,

Max, let's get into it. I appreciate that everyone is getting to see the progress here of a bookshelf

being built behind my back. As you can tell, Max, it's coming along,

and soon enough we will have a new bookshelf in the Punchable News podcast universe.

As long as I can see the power broker, I'll be happy. That's all I want. The power

you will. It's somewhere in a pile of books on my floor. Okay, the number one story of the morning,

a remarkable evening in congressional politics in the span of 55 minutes on Monday evening,

Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzalez, both seemingly announced their resignations from the House,

which was a double-barreled political blast that rocketed across official Washington. I just

want to say this, Max, I don't know what Tony Gonzalez is doing.

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