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It's Monday, January 24th, 2026.

Let's get into the mix here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, Congress hurdles towards a government shutdown after a deadly shooting

in Minnesota. Number two, taxis in here, what we're watching. And number three, the latest on Virginia

and Maryland redistricting. All right, Jake, let's get into it. We are leading off Punchable News

AM with the congressional angle after a deadly weekend in Minnesota.

Shutdown, Cometh is the headline that we lead with.

The Senate and the White House are suddenly in the middle of the most serious political crisis

of President Donald Trump's second term.

The deadly shootings this month by federal agents of two immigration protesters in Minneapolis have sparked a nationwide fur that's causing even some Hill Republicans to call

for a full investigation in congressional hearings. This, of course, comes at a very important time

because the Senate was set to fund the rest of the government funding bills for 2026, and this

all of a sudden puts that at risk.

This is, as you said, and as we write in the newsletter, the most serious political crisis of Donald Trump's second term, it could be, aside from COVID, it's up there in the serious

political crises of his two terms.

The challenge here is that he needs to get the government funded and that

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