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Jake Sherman

Founder of Punchbowl News

Jake has been covering national politics for more than a decade, and has focused his reporting on Congress, the congressional leadership and the politics of legislating. He chronicled all of the major legislative battles of the Obama and Trump presidencies, and has traveled the country and the world, reporting on power and politics.

Jake and Anna Palmer are the co-authors of “The Hill to Die On: The Battle for Congress and the Future of Trump’s America,” which was a New York Times and national bestseller in 2019. He has been reporting and writing partners with Anna and Punchbowl News co-founder John Bresnahan for 11 years.

Jake is a contributor to NBC News, and appears almost daily across all of the network’s platforms. He’s a graduate of the George Washington University and Columbia Journalism School. He lives in Washington with his wife and two children and is an avid runner, and listener of the Grateful Dead and Phish.

Latest from Jake Sherman

Congress crawls toward August
Anna and Jake break down the latest developments in Washington as Congress heads toward its August recess.
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Texas legislature reconvenes to redraw Congressional maps
The Texas legislature will come back into session today in Austin where it will redraw the state’s congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
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What to know about the Homeland Security race
The House Republican Steering Committee will meet tonight to pick the next Homeland Security Committee chair to succeed Rep. Mark Green.
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Congress inches toward August recess
This is the House’s last scheduled week in session before the August recess. But across the Capitol, things are looking a dicier for the Senate.
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Leader Look: Jeffries and Johnson
For our July Leader Look, Anna and Jake take a look at how Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have been doing. 
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