The Daily Punch

Good Friday morning! Here are the top Washington stories we are following this morning. No. 1: The Senate parliamentarian ruled that the $15 minimum wage can't be a part of the Senate's covid relief package. We'll tell you where things stand. No. 2: Spy games: The House Intel Committee still hasn't organized. And, No. 3: President Joe Biden is heading to Texas — everything we're watching as he makes his first trip to the ravaged state.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Thursday morning! Here are the top stories we are watching today. No. 1: Earmarks are coming to a House Democratic infrastructure package, big news for lawmakers looking to bring money for roads and bridges projects back home. No. 2: The Capitol Police leadership will be on the hot seat at a hearing today. No. 3: Cancun's Ted Cruz is getting some message help.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Wednesday morning! Here are the three stories driving today. No. 1: We've got new details from a book about to be released about Joe Biden's campaign that reveals the dire financial straights his campaign was in before the New Hampshire primary. No. 2: Republicans may be warming to earmarks. And, No. 3: The latest on Joe Biden's cabinet and whether the $15 minimum wage will make it into the Covid relief package.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Tuesday morning! Here are the three stories driving the day in Washington. No. 1: The case for why the Republican Party is more adrift than it has been for more than 15 years -- perhaps since Watergate. No. 2: A sneak peek into the Jan. 6 hearing later today. And, No. 3: The latest on Covid relief and whether the $15 minimum wage will make it into the bill and how Republicans are already starting to run against it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Monday Morning! Here are the three stories driving today. No. 1: Congress is back in town — we have a look at the latest on Covid relief. No. 2: We dive into the political pressure that each member of the congressional leadership is feeling ahead of this critical week. And, No. 3: Neera Tanden's nomination for OMB director is not looking good — we scoop that Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is a no vote.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Friday morning! Here are your Washington headlines of the day. No. 1: We take a look at politician’s self-inflicted wounds. No. 2: The latest on Sen. Ted Cruz and how his Cancun trip is playing out. No. 3: The top takeaways from the Robinhood hearing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Thursday morning! Here are your Washington headlines of the day. No.1: The $15 minimum wage is causing problems for Democrats as they try to move Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid relief package. No. 2: The Robinhood hearing is today ... How to watch the hearing like an insider. No. 3: Republican groups are ramping up the pressure to reopen schools, a campaign they are trying to use to regain some of the ground Donald Trump lost in the suburbs.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Wednesday morning! Here are your Washington headlines of the day: No. 1: Joe Biden was in Milwaukee last night and he was making a lot of promises. No. 2: Punchbowl News held an event on Clubhouse with GOP Reps. Patrick McHenry and Anthony Gonzalez about the upcoming Robinhood hearing. And, No. 3: Illinois Republican Adam Kinzinger is getting heat from his family ... once again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Tuesday morning! Here are your top headlines of the day: No. 1: Republicans are digging in against voting for the Democrats' Covid relief package, we'll tell you why. No. 2: President Joe Biden is heading to Milwaukee. And, No. 3: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is prepping for 2022 with questions looming about what role will Donald Trump play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Monday morning! Here are your Washington headlines of the day. No. 1: It was a busy weekend in Washington with former President Donald Trump's impeachment coming to a close. We'll tell you what it means for power in Washington. No. 1: Earmarks are making a comeback. And, No. 3: All eyes are on President Joe Biden and his agenda.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices