Trump drags Congress into war

The Daily Punch

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🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Congress has sat firmly on the sidelines as President Donald Trump wages an increasingly deadly war on Iran. But that may be about to change. Anna and Jake discuss the latest. Plus, what Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told Punchbowl News Tech Reporter Diego Areas Munhoz about the AI giant’s H200 chips and China. Watch this episode on YouTube here! 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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0:28.5	empower our future. Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.
0:41.3	And I'm Jake Sherman.
0:42.4	Welcome to the Daily Punch, brought to you by Punch Bull News.
0:44.5	It's Thursday, March 19th, 2026.
0:47.0	My sister's birthday, Jake.
0:48.3	Happy birthday of your sister.
0:50.2	Leah Palmer, a listener.
0:52.4	Let's get into the Megs.
0:53.4	Here are your Washington headlines of the day.
0:56.0	Number one, Congress won't be able to avoid the Iran war for much longer.
0:59.7	Number two, what Navidia's CEO told us, well, Diego Munez, who's out in California talking to him.
1:05.2	And number three, concern over the Save Act derailing Republicans' messaging for the midterm rises. All right, Jake, let's get
1:12.4	into it. We have a really important top here. So far, Congress has not been weighing in,
1:18.6	using its power of the purse or the power of war powers resolutions, you know, try to rein in
1:23.6	or give, you know, advice to President Donald Trump, but things are escalating in the
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