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The Playbook Podcast
POLITICO’s Jack Blanchard and Dasha Burns bring their fresh insight, analysis and reporting to the biggest story driving the day in the nation’s capital.
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Back to the maps with SCOTUS, more Pete Hegseth, and a governor’s dilemma
The Supreme Court’s decision on the Voting Rights Act will be felt in election cycles but maybe not as early as November. Playbook’s Jack Blanchard an...
Pete Hegseth in the hot seat, the latest Fed drama, and King Charles goes to NYC
Starting today, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth takes the hot seat in two rare back-to-back sessions with Congress–the Iran War will be top of mind...
The British king meets Congress and Florida’s new map
It’s day two of King Charles III official state visit. Today he will address Congress in a bipartisan meeting on Capitol Hill. Playbook’s Jack Blancha...
Security under scrutiny at WHCD and a royal visit to the White House
Washington is still reeling as the suspect in Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner scare makes a court appearance, fueling fresh scruti...
'Shaken' but 'grateful to be safe': Shooting at the WHCD
After gunfire disrupted the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Playbook goes live in a breaking Sunday edition to process what happened. Adam Wren an...
Behind the velvet rope at White House Correspondents' Dinner (with Tammy Haddad) | The Conversation
Go behind the scenes of White House Correspondents’ Dinner weekend with Tammy Haddad, a veteran TV executive and one of DC’s ultimate social connector...
Gov. Brian Kemp’s blunt warning for Republicans | On The Road
Today, we're bringing you a new episode of 'On the Road' with Jonathan Martin.
Last week, Jonathan sat down with Georgia G...
It's WHCD weekend! Parties, politics and Trump’s big debut
All of D.C. is gearing up for the White House Correspondents Dinner weekend. It will be President Trump’s first time attending the event ever as presi...
A warning to Cabinet officials and pressure from Senate GOP
More Cabinet news this week—White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is tightening the reins on international travel for all Cabinet members, urging off...
Maps, midterms and another Trump plan for Iran
Democrats score a major redistricting win in Virginia that could flip four House seats blue. Jack and Dasha break down what it means for the midterms,...
A cabinet exit, a Fed fight, and a big Virginia vote
Trump’s cabinet shakeup continues, with Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer out — the third high-level exit in just weeks. Dasha and Jack break down w...
GOP scrambles for a midterm strategy as Iran talks teeter
JD Vance returns to Pakistan for another round of Iran talks as a fragile ceasefire nears its deadline. Gas prices may have peaked — but relief isn’t...
Can the GOP pull off a California upset? (with Steve Hilton) | The Conversation
California’s governor's race just got a major shakeup.
Democrat Eric Swalwell dropped out amid sexual assault and misconduct allegations,...
Trump's big economic swing out West
President Donald Trump’s push to promote his affordability agenda is colliding with economic anxiety at home and a war abroad that’s driving up costs....
Politics, polling, and more RFK Jr. animal lore
Trump heads to Las Vegas to sell his tax agenda, but Republicans worry his message isn’t breaking through — and that could spell trouble for the midte...
Can Republicans cash in on Tax Day?
On today’s Playbook Podcast, Jack Blanchard and Dasha Burns break down Republicans’ Tax Day push to sell Trump’s tax cuts and ask whether voters are a...
Swalwell fallout scrambles California governor’s race
Playbook’s Jack Blanchard is joined by POLITICO California Bureau Chief Melanie Mason for a deep dive into the resignation of Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Ca...
All eyes on Hormuz
President Donald Trump’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz begins at 10 a.m. after talks with Iran collapsed, Hungary’s Prime Minister and MAGA favorit...
Inside the war on Trump’s new MAGA (with Marjorie Taylor Greene) | The Conversation
Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) – the MAGA acolyte-turned-antagonist who resigned from Congress after a public and messy fight with...
Harris vs. Buttigieg, again
Today Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg take the stage in New York City, offering an early glimpse at a possible 2028 clash. Meanwhile, a fragile Iran...
Trump escalates attacks on NATO
President Donald Trump’s fresh barrage of attacks on NATO is raising new questions about America’s commitment to the alliance. Meanwhile, confusion ar...
Day 1 of Trump’s ceasefire in Iran
President Donald Trump’s sudden move to step back from the brink and agree to a two-week ceasefire with Iran is raising questions about what comes nex...
Clock ticks on Trump's deadline
President Donald Trump has given Iran until 8 p.m. tonight to reopen the Strait of Hormuz — or face a potentially devastating military escalation. Mea...
Trump’s new threat to Iran
President Donald Trump is set to hold a press conference following the successful rescue of an American airman in Iran over the weekend. But it comes...
NASA’s chief on how we beat China to the moon and beyond | The Conversation
Artemis II has launched around the moon. Now, NASA has its sights set on Mars. NASA administrator and billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman sat...
Bondi's out — are more Cabinet shakeups coming?
President Donald Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi, kicking off what sources say could be a broader round of cabinet shakeups as frustration buil...
20 minutes, few answers: Trump addresses the nation on Iran
President Trump gave a primetime address on Iran to the nation on Wednesday night. Jack Blanchard and Dasha Burns break down the rhetoric, the unclear...
A Supreme Court fight and a trip to the moon
It’s a busy start to April for Donald Trump. The president heads to the Supreme Court for a test of his effort to end birthright citizenship, a long-s...
A major test of Trump’s grip on the GOP
We’re a quarter of the way through 2026, and the Trump administration is facing challenges at home and abroad. The president is at a critical moment o...
A defining week for the Trump presidency
Trump heads into a consequential week as he weighs whether to escalate the war in Iran, with the prospect of U.S. ground troops looming. At the same t...
How Democrats Can Win Back Trump Country (with Gov. Andy Beshear) | The Conversation
Andy Beshear is the most popular Democratic governor in the country – in a state Donald Trump won by more than 30 points in 2024.
He expl...
Inside Newsom’s plan to take on Trump | On the Road
Today, we're bringing you a new episode of 'On the Road' with Jonathan Martin, a new POLITICO show. California Gov. Gavin Newsom sits down for a wide-...
Texas forever
President Donald Trump's decision to stay neutral in the Texas GOP Senate runoff between Sen. John Cornyn and Texas AG Ken Paxton is vexing Republican...
Trump's headline headaches
President Donald Trump is convening the first Cabinet meeting since Markwayne Mullin was confirmed as DHS secretary. But it's also the first confab si...
Mar-a-Lago turns blue
Democrats got more big wins on Tuesday night, flipping two legislative seats in reliably red Florida, including the district containing President Dona...
Russia's oil play
A Russian oil tanker is steaming toward the Caribbean, most likely destined for Cuba. But that's not really the story behind the ship and its cargo. I...
Immigration in focus
Republicans so far have peeled off a handful of Democrats to pass the DHS funding bill in previous votes, but it's still stalled in the Senate. But ne...
Sen. Ruben Gallego wants to make Democrats fun again | "The Conversation"
When Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) won his Senate seat in 2024, he outperformed Kamala Harris in one of the closest battleground states in the country....
A tale of two Democrats
Ruben Gallego and Pete Buttigieg are trying to offer Democrats a roadmap back to relevance during the Trump era. Both are veterans, and both have a pi...
Trump's coalition challenge
President Donald Trump is still fuming over the lack of support that he has received from allied nations over the course of the war with Iran. That te...