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Good morning. I'm Jake Sherman.

And I'm Andrew Desiderio.

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

It is Friday, August 22nd, 2025.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, the Punch Power Matrix,

number two, Senate Democrats' funding fight strategy is taking shape in number three, a lot of news from California and Texas. Andrew, today is August 22nd, which is the last regular edition

of Punch Bowl News a.m. midday or PM.m. for that matter, until after Labor Day,

we give our team the last week of August off every year to recharge. And I noted in the newsletter,

you could email me with news, but please do not email anybody else at Punch Bowl News.

You can email me.

My wife might not like it, but... You could email Andrew.

He'll probably be watching Philadelphia Sports

or yelling at a TV about Philadelphia Sports or something like that.

Highly likely.

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