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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

Welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punch Bowl News.

It's Tuesday, June 8th, 2021.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, we've got news on a ransomware attack that has gotten extremely close to Capitol Hill.

Number two, progresses long summer. And number three, the latest on

infrastructure and police reform. All right, Jake, let's get into the mix here. The number one story,

we have news about a ransomware attack by a vendor that happened to a vendor that a lot of

Hill offices used to actually communicate with their constituents.

Yeah, if you are someone who works on Capitol Hill or somebody who observes the Capitol, you'll know I constituent.

I constituent is a platform which a lot, I mean, and I mean a lot of offices used to keep in touch with their constituents through newsletters

and things of that nature.

And I constituent has been hit with a ransomware attack.

The Capitol authorities are very well aware of this.

This is breaking, by the way.

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