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The Daily Punch

The hot House Arizona battlefield

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

News, Politics, Government

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

A rare White House summit brings President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Europe’s top leaders to Washington — with Ukraine’s future on the line. Jake is joined by Punchbowl News Reporter Andrew Desiderio to break down the stakes and how Congress could respond. Plus: Democrats target Arizona as a key battleground, California’s new map reshuffles races and J.D. Scholten exits Iowa’s Senate contest to back Josh Turek. 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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0:41.4

Good morning. I'm Jake Sherman.

0:43.3

And I'm Andrew Dessadario.

0:46.5

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

0:49.1

It is Monday, August 18th, 2025.

0:50.8

Let's get into the mix.

0:52.9

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

0:55.0

Number one, the huge White House meeting. Number two, the house climate in Arizona. And number three, two big developments on the

1:01.0

political front. Let's get into it. We are lucky to have Andrew this week, not, you know,

1:05.8

in spite of the fact that he's a Philadelphia sports fan. But, which is your own video,

1:10.7

you can probably see.

1:11.9

Hopefully.

1:12.5

There we go. Go birds.

1:14.0

He's wearing an eagle sweatshirt, which is, it is what it is.

1:17.3

I have nothing that I could talk about about Washington sports that's worth anything

1:22.2

even mentioning.

1:23.8

Andrew, your phone alarm is going off, which is okay because this is a real life.

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