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It's Wednesday, June 4, 2025.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, Senate

Majority Leader John Thune's Trump play. Number two, the race to succeed. Connolly is on. And number

three, Russ, vote is looking to cut dollars, just not to his own agency. All right, Jake,

let's get into it. We are leading Punch Bowl News AM with a look at how Senate

Majority Leader John Thune is trying to rely on President Donald Trump as much as possible

right now as he tries to get the votes for the reconciliation package in the Senate. It's pretty

unprecedented as you think about kind of congressional power,

relying on the president this much, but that is where you're at right now. Yeah, it's interesting,

Anna, and happy Wednesday, middle of Congress's first week back in session. How exciting. So

Donald Trump is being brought in early here, and that is an interesting dynamic.

It's a marked difference as Andrew and Bres and the crew right this morning in the top.

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