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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

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It's Thursday, November 7th, 2024.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, who has power in Trump's Washington? Number two,

House JOP leadership's low drama elections. And number three, Democrats, blue collar blues.

All right, Jake, let's get into it this morning. We are leading Punch Bull News AM with a look at

who is close to and will enjoy power in President Trump's

second term, of course, with each new president, each new Congress. There's new power players

who emerge from lobbyists, insiders, advisors, lawmakers, who have those insights, connections,

and also are trying to utilize the new

levers of power with a newly elected president.

Yes.

So we split this group into two, into lobby, outside players.

That would be lobbyists and consultants and lawmakers,

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