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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punch Bull News. It's Tuesday, February 11th, 2025. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, rough days for Democrats in Trump's Washington. Number two, the latest from the vault, Fed Chair Powell, to testify.

And number three, spending cuts are in vogue in Washington, but House chairs want more money.

All right, everybody, happy Tuesday morning.

Washington is getting prepped for an expected storm with OPM saying optional work from home

and otherwise mandatory leave at 2 p.m. Eastern time. We know what that means, of course. The grocery

stores are going to be empty with, I'm sure, people trying to stock up for the winter storm.

Be safe out there.

All right, let's get into the top story this morning.

The early days of the second Donald Trump era in Washington, it's a trying time for Democrats, especially party leaders.

They are out of power. Trump is dominating

the airwaves and his polls are good. Trump is slashing the federal workforce and dishing out

executive orders while Democrats are stuck on the defensive. And with former President Joe Biden

and former Vice President Kamala Harris out of the picture, Rank and file Democrats are taking out their frustration on their party leaders.

Fairly or not, the heat is on Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer

and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries,

who are bearing the brunt of intra-party criticism,

while party activists want a rerun of the 2017 resistance

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