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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer. And I'm Jake Sherman. And welcome to The Daily Punch,

brought to you by Punchable News. It's Tuesday, April 15th, 2025. Let's get into the mix here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, the latest Q1 fundraising

numbers. Number two, Trump's administration by the numbers. And number three, we've got some news here.

The State Department will propose a dramatically structuring of the U.S. footprint abroad,

including shuttering some embassies. All right, Jake, it is good to be back with you. I wanted to just say,

it's been a while since we've done the pod together. It has been. I had you were away,

then I had Passover and, you know, but we are back, back dealing with our government and with our podcast. And what an exciting

time to be alive. That is the truth. All right, let's get into it here. We are leading off

the morning's newsletter with a look at House Republican fundraising. Numbers. We've got some news

here, the NRC, the political arm for House Republican fundraising. Numbers. We've got some news here.

The NRC, the political arm for House Republicans,

raised $36.7 million in the first quarter of 2025.

An impressive hall as House Republicans seek to protect their very slim majority.

Now, this is the best off-year Q1 tally in its history, the NRCC says.

The Howless GOP campaign arm has $23.9 million on hand. What do you make of this number?

I mean, every time, you know, every quarter, each campaign committee tries to figure out, you know, a way to say

that this is the best ever, but how does it shake out your jean? Yeah, here's what I would say.

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