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Good morning.

I'm Max Cohen, a congressional reporter at Punch Bull News.

I've been filling in for Anna and Jake this week.

Welcome to the Daily Punch, brought to you by Punchable News. It's Friday, July 14th, 2023. Let's get into the mix. Here are your top Washington headlines of the day. Number one,

House Republicans turn NDAA into Cultural War Bonanza. Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House GOP leaders are

moving into uncharted territory. McCarthy has thrown in with the House Freedom Caucus

and other hard-ed-line conservatives, turning the normally bipartisan annual defense authorization

bill into a cultural war battlefield. This is expected to be the same template McCarthy will use on the upcoming fiscal year

2024 spending bills, even as the threat of a government shutdown looms in October.

McCarthy faces what's expected to be a close vote today on final passage of the NDAA package.

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