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It's a busy Wednesday with the latest on infrastructure negotiations, text is circulating on police reform and we've got the scoop on bipartisan immigration reform talks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A ransomware attack has gotten extremely close to Capitol Hill, it's going to be a long summer for progressives and the latest on infrastructure and police reform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Senate is back, we’ve got a list of the top storylines we are covering, and in-person fundraisers are back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've got new topline numbers from the latest The Canvass survey of senior Hill aides, the latest on infrastructure talks, and who is up and who is down in Washington this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's all about infrastructure and how President Joe Biden and Republicans look to save face as a bipartisan deal appears to be out of reach. Plus, two big watchdog groups merge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Being a VP you get all the tough jobs, Speaker Nancy Pelosi's options on Jan. 6 and Majority Forward is up with a new ad buy, plus more top stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Joe Biden and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito are set to meet on Wednesday to talk infrastructure, WSJ reporter Mike Bender has a juicy new book out on former President Donald Trump and the latest executive action from the Biden administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's top Washington stories include: What's happening in the Senate, Biden's budget and a sneak peek into congressional financial disclosures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good morning! Here are your Washington stories of the day. No. 1: The Senate has a packed agenda ahead of Memorial Day recess. No. 2: The summer schedule is going to be full in Washington. And, No. 3: Paul Ryan … Remember him? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Wednesday morning! Here are your top Washington stories of the day. No. 1: Chuck Schumer is making moves in the Senate. No. 2: We’ve got a Senate glossary. And, No. 3: A new $1 Million ad campaign on immigration is ramping up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Tuesday morning! Here are your top three Washington stories of the day. No. 1: The latest on infrastructure talks. No. 2: Progress on police reform. And, No. 3: A new business group is launching that is opposed to raising taxes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Monday morning! Here are your top Washington stories of the day. No. 1: It's a big week in the Senate. We've got all the details. No. 2: A staff shakeup at the House Republican party committee. And, No. 3: Noms, noms, noms — plus a sneak peek at Isaac Dovere's new book detailing the relationship between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and AOC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Friday morning! Here are your top three Washington stories of the day. No. 1: We layout something we call the Biden doctrine. No. 2: The latest on an infrastructure deal. And, No. 3: How the RNC and DNC fundraising numbers compare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Thursday morning! Here are your top Washington stories of the day. No. 1: January 6 commission vote. No. 2: Hope for a quick infrastructure deal fades. And, No. 3: Double whammy: Dem leadership pushes to increase staffer pay and Todd Young flips on Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Wednesday morning! Here are your top Washington stories of the day. No. 1: House Republicans bad week continues. No. 2: Mask drama in the Capitol. And, No. 3: One thing that could blow a bipartisan deal on infrastructure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Tuesday morning! Here are your top three Washington stories of the day. No. 1: The political and substantive policy issues coming out of the fighting between Israel and Hamas. No. 2: Our latest leadership check in on how Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell are doing. And, No. 3: A sneak peak on what Chris Christie is thinking about when it comes to 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Monday! Here are your top three Washington stories. No. 1: The situation in Israel is worsening and Washington is weighing in. No. 2: Where Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy stand. And, No. 3: Elise Stefanik is posting a big fundraiser transfer to the House Republican political arm, while Democrats are doubling-down on supporting Democrats who back the American Rescue Plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Friday! Here are your top Washington stories. No. 1: It was a bad week for House Republicans. No. 2: The outstanding questions we have for Rep. Elise Stefanik and what her being at the leadership table means. No. 3: What happens if the Biden administration cuts a deal with Senate Republicans on an infrastructure package? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Thursday morning! Here are your top Washington stories of the day. No. 1: Congressional leaders are deputizing big jobs in the chamber. No. 2: The latest on Elise Stefanick’s leadership bid. And, No. 3: Trump’s former National Security advisor is heading to South Carolina for a potential run. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Wednesday morning! Here are your top Washington stories of the day. No. 1: Rep. Liz Cheney is going to be out of her leadership slot today, we've got the latest and why it matters. No. 2: The fight over security funding has stalled. And, No. 3: The Big Four are heading to the White House for the first time, what each leader is facing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Tuesday morning! Here are your Washington stories of the day. No. 1: The latest on the Jan. 6 commission. No. 2: Key dates to watch. And, No. 3: What's happening with the Democratic election reform bill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Monday! Here are your top three Washington stories. No. 1: It's going to be a big couple of weeks in Washington with everything from China policy to security funding to infrastructure and taxes on the docket. No. 2: Rep. Elise Stefanik's battle for conference chair is going to come to a head. And, No. 3: The top legislative battles you should be watching — including potential movement on police reform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Friday! Here are your top Washington stories of the day. No. 1: Not everyone is happy Rep. Elise Stefanik appears to have locked up the race to replace Rep. Liz Cheney in GOP leadership. No. 2: What the White House is watching on this jobs day. And, No. 3: The legal drama between Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Mo Brooks (R-Ala.). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Thursday morning! Here are your top three Washington stories. No. 1: We’re launching The Canvass, our first anonymous survey of Capitol Hill staff. No. 2: The latest on funding security improvements in the Capitol. And, No. 3: Where things stand for Liz Cheney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Wednesday! Here are your top three Washington stories. This morning we are totally focused on the House GOP leadership drama. No. 1: The latest on the battle to oust Rep. Liz Cheney. No. 2: Getting to know Rep. Elise Stefanik. And, No. 3: The WSJ weighs in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Tuesday morning! Here are your top Washington stories of the day. No. 1: The arguments for and against Democrats ditching Republicans on their infrastructure plan. No. 2: The Biden Administration is going into sell mode on the American Jobs Plan. And, No. 3: Who is in the mix to potentially replace Liz Cheney as the No. 3 Republican in the House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Monday morning! Here are your top three Washington stories of the day. No. 1: What does Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) want? No. 2: The Lincoln Project is up with an ad targeting party of one, Donald Trump. No. 3: The NRCC is fundraising about how it is standing with Trump while House Conference Chair Liz Cheney is vowing to campaign on her vote to impeach him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Friday morning! Here are your top Washington stories. No. 1: The rift between Kevin McCarthy and Liz Cheney is growing. No. 2: Reasons to be optimistic on police reform. And, No. 3: The Biden Administration has shifted into sell mode when it comes to infrastructure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney on Joe Biden's foreign policy and the national security climate in her party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Thursday morning! Here are your top Washington stories of the day. No. 1: Our takeaways from President Joe Biden's speech last night. No. 2: How the White House is planning to sell it. And, No. 3: A sneak peek at our bonus episode with House Conference Chair Liz Cheney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

House Republican Whip Steve Scalise on overhauling police laws, and what he thinks will happen in the midterm elections in 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Wednesday morning! Here are your top Washington stories for the day. No. 1: We've got some numbers to ponder as President Joe Biden takes the stage in his first joint address to Congress later today. No. 2: Details on what he is going to propose tonight. No. 3: A sneak peek at the Daily Punch bonus episode with House Minority Whip Steve Scalise that will drop later today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy on the party's 2022 prospects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Tuesday morning! Here are your top Washington stories of the day. No. 1: How House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy sees Republicans regaining the majority. No. 2: Two big policy moves by Democrats. And, No. 3: The latest on the funding to secure the Capitol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Monday morning! Here are your top three Washington stories of the day. No. 1: The latest from the House GOP retreat in Orlando. No. 2: Joe Biden is finally getting his moment in the Capitol, the latest on his joint address to Congress Wednesday. And, No. 3: House Republican Lee Zeldin is running for New York governor raising money off of Joe Biden's Supreme Court plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TGIF! Here are your top three Washington stories. No. 1: Speaker Nancy Pelosi's first-quarter fundraising numbers are in and they are eye-popping. No. 2: There's a lot of talk about bipartisanship under the dome these days, but will any deals actually get done? And, No. 3: RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel is heading to Florida for the House GOP retreat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Thursday morning! Here are your top three Washington stories of the day. No. 1: We've got some news on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's efforts to get a post-Jan. 6 bipartisan commission off the ground. No. 2: President Joe Biden is headed to Congress to give a joint address next week, but many Republicans aren't planning on attending. No. 3: Bipartisanship isn't dead, the Senate is coming together on an Asian hate crime bill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Wednesday morning! Here are your top three stories of the day. No. 1: Can the Senate get anything done on China? No. 2: Will Republicans bring earmarks back in the Senate? No. 3: The latest on our virtual interview with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and her efforts to make infrastructure bipartisan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Tuesday morning! Here are your top three Washington stories of the day. No. 1: We've got the latest on infrastructure. No. 2: Disgraced journalist Mark Halperin has been hired by the group No Labels. No. 3: Will Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., be censured. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Monday morning! Here are your top three Washington stories. No. 1: GOP members are distancing themselves from the America First Caucus, but what does it mean for the future of House Republicans. No. 2: President Joe Biden is inviting Republicans and Democrats to the White House today. And, No. 3: A look at California Democrat Karen Bass in our semi-regular feature -- What do they want? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TGIF! Here are your top three Washington stories. No. 1: We dig into the first-quarter fundraising numbers -- and wow are members spending a lot of campaign cash on personal security in the wake of Jan. 6. No. 2: What's behind the big fundraising numbers. And, No. 3: There's a push afoot to pay staffers more money in an attempt to incentive them to stay longer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Thursday morning! Here are your top three Washington stories of the day. No. 1: Breaking overnight, the Biden Administration is set to announce a series of tough sanctions on Russia. No. 2: Republicans who voted against certifying the 2020 election results are still raising a ton of campaign cash despite many corporations stopping giving contributions to them. No. 3: We've got a juicy nugget from Susan Page's book on Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Wednesday morning! Here are your top Washington headlines. No. 1: President Joe Biden will be giving a joint address to Congress at the end of the month. No. 2: Inside Biden's decision to pull out of Afghanistan and how it is playing with congressional Democrats. No. 3: The House is prepping a $2 billion supplemental funding bill to pay for extra security needs in the wake of Jan. 6. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Tuesday morning! Here are your top three Washington stories. No. 1: Life on Capitol Hill is slowly getting back to normal. No. 2: There's a trend in President Biden's recent sub-cabinet appointments. No. 3: We've got new details on who Team Biden is meeting with to sell their American Jobs Plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Monday morning! Here are your top three Washington stories. No. 1: Congress is coming back. We've got the things to watch as President Joe Biden starts his push for infrastructure in earnest. No. 2: The Biden Administration has invited a number of Republicans to the White House — what does that mean? No. 3: Will Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell respond to former President Donald Trump's attacks over the weekend? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Friday morning! Here are your top Washington stories of the day. No. 1: We’ve got our latest edition of what is at stake for each of the congressional leaders. No. 2: Guns, immigration, and taxes; the GOP has its trilogy to run against. And, No. 3: The White House is talking a good game of bipartisanship but are they really doing any outreach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Thursday morning! Here are your top Washington stories of the day. No. 1: We have an excerpt from John Boehner’s new book “On the House.” No. 2: Joe Biden really wants to negotiate. And, No. 3: Chris Coons talks to us about the president’s priorities on infrastructure and energy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here are your top Washington stories of the day. No. 1: Charting power when it comes to Joe Biden's American Jobs Plan. No. 2: National security leaders are making a renewed effort on pitching a bipartisan commission post-Jan. 6. And, No. 3: California Democrat Dianne Feinstein's staff is signaling some openness to getting rid of the filibuster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Tuesday morning! Here are your top stories of the day. No. 1: We got the latest on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's effort to get another bite on the reconciliation package, and what that means. No. 2: Divisions in the Democratic Party over tax increases are emerging. No. 3: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is huddling with Democrats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Monday morning! Here are your top stories of the day. No. 1: We dig into the Democratic opposition to President Joe Biden's American Jobs Plan. No. 2: What to expect this week on Capitol Hill. And, No. 3: More on the unfolding Matt Gaetz scandal and how it will play out on Capitol Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices