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Freight Rail is America's engine. Learn more at aAR.org'm Anna Palmer. And I'm Jake Sherman. And welcome to the Daily Punch brought to you by Punch Bowl News. It's Monday, March 30th, 2026. Let's get in the mix here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, where things stand on DHS funding with Congress on recess. Number two, what we're watching this

week. And number three, the latest from the canvas. All right, Jake, let's get into it. We are on a

two-week congressional recess. And of course, there is discord between House Republicans and

Senate Republicans on the strategy

to move forward for DHS funding. And it's a mess. Let's just say it.

You know what's not a mess, Anna?

Gosh, I know this is coming.

The Connecticut Yukon Huskies, which, you know.

They were a little bit of a mess in the first half, Jake.

Actually, the whole game was a little bit of a mess until the second half and really late in the second half.

Right.

But that shot last night is going to go down as an all-time, like top 10 March Madness shot, Braylin Mullins, from about 45 feet to send Yukon to the final four.

Never a doubt for the Huskies.

In your mind anyway.

The only time they led the whole game.

No, I actually texted my dad and my family during the game saying,

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