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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

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

It's Thursday, July 31st, 2025.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, it's earmark season, and Senator Susan Collins is reaping the benefits of holding a gavel.

Number two, Senators I a minibus deal.

And number three, Republicans bet big on Latino candidates.

All right, Jake, let's get into it. The top this morning is one of the kind of tops that I just love.

It really shows the parochial nature of Capitol Hill and also power, right? We focus so much on power people, politics here at Punchball News.

And this is an

item that really focuses on how Senator Susan Collins is using her perch, her gavel, her power

in order to send or potentially send funds to her home state of Maine. Yeah. So $810 million in earmarks in 2026 spending bills, Anna.

Not bad. Not a bad day for Maine.

Not a bad day for Maine.

$460 million in upgrades to the Portsmouth Navy Naval Shipyard,

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