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And I'm Jake Sherman.

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It's Thursday, October 9th, 2025.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, the latest on the government shutdown, October 9th, 2025. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, the latest on the government shutdown, day nine, and it's a stalemate.

Number two, the redistricting wars hit a snag.

And number three, Democrats' latest embrace of what other than TikTok, Jake.

All right, let's get into it. Happy Thursday morning. Happy to be back on the

podcast this morning. Ooh, nice headphones. I know. I'm going really old school today. Yeah. It's retro.

When there is a challenge, you know what? Just go back to 1990s, I guess. Yeah. I guess so. That's a good point. Yep. All right. So let's get to it here.

First of all, before we get to the government shutdown, which is obviously our biggest focus and has been for

quite a while. The big question here is, is there going to be a ceasefire in the Middle East?

President Donald Trump has notched a ceasefire

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