Punchbowl News Financial Services Reporter Brendan Pedersen joins Anna Palmer to discuss the complicated relationship among several entities working to influence the direction of health care policy.

Plus, Incubate's founder and executive director, John Stanford, joins Anna to talk about what his company is doing and how venture capital plays a role in medicine.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune is charting a four-week sprint to pass a reconciliation bill. Plus, Sen. John Cornyn is trailing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton by 22 points, according to a new poll.

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This week, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George will appear before the House and Senate Armed Services Committees with a new mission — the Army Transformation Initiative. Anna and Jake preview what to expect. Plus, the Senate’s about to dive into a brutal reconciliation fight, with GOP factions pulling in opposite directions.

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Senior congessional reporter Andrew Desiderio talks about his experience joining a bipartisan Senate delegation to Canada last week. The senators were aiming to cool tensions between the two longtime allies and encourage Canadian tourism to the U.S., which has plummeted. This story was featured in The Readback, our weekend digest featuring the best of Punchbowl News this week.

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Anna and Jake take a look at how the House leadership is doing as part of our latest Leader Look. Plus, who's up and who's down in Washington and politics? We dissect this week's Punch Power Matrix rankings.

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Anna and Jake take a look at how Senate Majority Leader John Thune is doing as his chamber prepares to take up the GOP’s massive reconciliation bill. Plus, proposals in Congress to crack down on app stores are causing hard feelings between Apple and Meta.

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Democrats say the White House won't share what it’s doing with hundreds of federal accounts and billions of dollars already approved by Congress. Plus, the battle to be the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee is underway.

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Punchbowl News Senior Congressional Reporter Andrew Desiderio joins Anna Palmer to talk about his interview with a leading voice in the future of medicine, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.). The chair of the Senate Health Committee discussed Medicaid and drug pricing among other issues in health care.

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A bipartisan delegation traveled to Canada Friday aiming to cool U.S.-Canada tensions amid unprecedented hostility from Washington. Plus, after nearly two decades of government control, could Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac finally be on the path to freedom?

We're also excited to announce that your favorite podcast, The Daily Punch will be moving to video! More details to come so stay tuned.

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Jake discusses the dynamics between House and Senate Republicans as the House-passed reconciliation bill heads over to the Senate. Plus, How Dems plan to weaponize reconciliation votes.

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