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The Daily Punch

Republicans stumble into 2026

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Government, News, Politics

4.3708 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

It’s election year blues for GOP leaders on Capitol Hill. Anna and Jake break down Republicans’ rocky start to 2026, the growing GOP messaging mess and why foreign policy fights are complicating life for party leaders. Plus, Democrats’ tricky Venezuela bind and the high-stakes redistricting debate unfolding in Virginia. Watch this episode on YouTube here! Punchbowl News is on YouTube Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our channel today to see all the new ways ⁠we’re investing in video.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress?⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at punchbowl.news.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Presented by Salesforce.

0:02.5

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0:22.0

as we stand alongside over 5,000 veterans on our own team. Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

0:43.6

And I'm Jake Sherman.

0:44.8

And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punchball News.

0:47.2

It's Friday, January 9th, 26.

0:49.5

TGIF.

0:50.3

We made it through the first week of January, Jake.

0:53.0

Very exciting stuff.

0:53.7

My God.

0:54.5

Thank the Lord. It has been a long week of January, Jake. Very exciting stuff. Thank the Lord.

0:55.7

It has been a long, I mean, God, Anna, could you just mad?

1:00.8

Think of all the things that happened this week.

1:03.5

I guess we're going to talk about that in the top.

1:05.8

This is Brez's big idea, so I like it.

1:09.7

So whatever.

1:10.4

All right.

1:10.8

Well, let's get in the mix.

1:11.7

First, we are going to talk about Republicans, election, your blues, and everything

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