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Good morning. And I am Jake Sherman.

And welcome to the Daily Punch, brought to you by Punchable News.

It's Tuesday, October 21st, 2025.

Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one,

day 21 of the government shutdown. ObamaCare is the key issue for 2026 right now in the Senate.

Number two, Dems, New Illinois redistricting strategy and number three, the latest on the campaign front.

Jake, I'm happy to be back from Indiana.

I'm happy to have you back.

How did it all go?

Did it all work out as you, did it all work out as you planned?

South Bend was great.

I was bummed to not be able to.

Did you fly direct is the big question.

So I learned this actually from Representative Yakum that there was a direct on the way out because

apparently the American does that when there are Notre Dame games. So I was able to, I was able

to get out there on the direct, but I came back through Chicago. So it was a-

Nothing could ever go wrong on a flight through Chicago, right? So that's really good.

I made it back.

All right, let's talk about the number one story of the morning.

It is day 21 of the government shutdown, and there is no solution in sight on this crisis.

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