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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

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

It's Monday, April 15th, 2024, tax day for all you stragglers.

But let's get into the mix about what's happening in Washington.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, Speaker Mike Johnson's new test,

Ukraine and Israel funding. Number two, from the vault, Ken Griffin pours money into supporting certain House Republicans. And number three, the lone anti-abortion Democrat.

All right, Jake, let's get into it.

We have been talking about Ukraine, Israel funding,

what Speaker Mike Johnson is going to do.

But of course, Iran's recent attacks on Israel,

putting this into focus even more so, and, you know, as much as it's been the focus on Ukraine so much over the past couple of weeks and months, now with

the attacks on Israel, all of a sudden, the pressure to do this is increasing and also the challenges

truly remain for Johnson. It's not as if this changed the dynamic that much that it's going to

be easy for him to get something passed. No, and we make the argument this morning, actually,

that this could be, and Bres wanted to stay away from this, but I'll say it here because he

doesn't listen to the podcast. This is a massive week for Johnson. Like that is just undeniable. He has to

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