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The Daily Punch

Trump loses grip on the House

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, News, Government

4.6666 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump is no longer steering the narrative on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. The House Oversight Committee is moving forward with subpoenas — despite Trump's efforts to rally his base and downplay the issue. Anna and Jake break down what this means politically. Plus: a preview of the intensifying GOP Senate primary battle in Georgia. 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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0:00.0

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Find out more at G.co'm Anna Palmer. And I'm Jake Sherman.

0:45.6

And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to by Punchable News. It's Thursday, July 24th, 2025.

0:51.6

Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one,

0:55.7

the Trump administration has lost control of Congress when it comes to the Epstein saga. Number two,

1:01.2

the brewing fight in Georgia to be the Senate Republican candidate. And number three, the Trump

1:06.0

administration's redistricting efforts hit Missouri. All right, Jake, let's get into it. We have a really interesting

1:13.4

top because for so much of Donald Trump's second term, we have focused on how he has basically

1:19.9

had absolute control in a way and use the levers of the White House and to basically get

1:27.3

and bend Congress to his will,

1:29.4

particularly Republicans, both the House and Senate. But when it comes to the Jeffrey Epstein saga,

1:35.8

now we are seeing Congress go in a very different direction. Well, you know, it's funny that you

1:41.4

mentioned the top because I wrote a different top yesterday and I spent about 90 minutes on it until Brez texted me and said, don't hate me.

1:52.7

And I was like, oh, I hate myself right now for doing this too early.

1:57.4

Welcome to the inner workings of punchable news.

2:03.7

It was so annoying. I was so annoyed at myself and mostly at him. But there's nothing new on either of those things. No. I mean,

2:09.1

the House is voting for subpoenas. The House Oversight Committee is issuing subpoenas on Epstein

2:16.7

with Democrats.

2:19.2

I mean, like, they are just re-not only rebuffing,

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