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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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Redistricting retrospective
Few political stories dominated the headlines and displayed the sharp divisions across the country more in 2025 than redistricting. Under the demands...
Dems’ candidate concerns
Democrats are fretting about a certain candidate profile in red and purple states that’s giving some in the party heartburn. Much of their consternati...
The MAGA maelstrom
The coalition that sent Donald Trump back to the White House appears fragile as Republicans search for a successor who can unite the party once Trump...
Deadline day
When President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law in November, he set off a 30-day deadline for the Justice Department to...
Trump sticks to the script
President Donald Trump delivered a live address to the nation from the White House in succinct fashion with a sharp focus on the economy on Wednesday...
Wild about Wiles
Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, set off a media storm on Tuesday after Vanity Fair published a deeply reported account of the Wh...
Another affordability speech
Vice President JD Vance is headed to Pennsylvania on Tuesday to talk about affordability with voters who are feeling the pinch of cost-of-living conce...
A renewed peace push
Negotiators are engaged in high-level talks to hammer out a peace plan for Ukraine in Berlin, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sounding li...
From 'The Conversation': Bill Gates on vaccine hesitancy, AI and global health
Gates Foundation co-founder Bill Gates joined POLITICO’s Dasha Burns on this week’s episode of The Conversation to discuss his continued support for v...
Hoosier daddy?
The Indiana state Senate on Thursday rejected a proposed congressional map backed by President Donald Trump that would have all but guaranteed an addi...
Trump’s new world order
President Donald Trump has shaken up the way that America interacts with the rest of the world in nearly every way since he returned to office earlier...
Can Trump stick the landing on affordability?
President Donald Trump made an affordability push on Tuesday night in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, where he spoke for more than an hour-and-a-half. The...
An interview with President Donald Trump
In this special edition of the Playbook Podcast, we're bringing you an interview with President Donald Trump. POLITICO's Dasha Burns sat down with the...
The Supreme Court’s power play
Major cases coming before the Supreme Court will force the justices to consider the extent of President Donald Trump’s power. Today, the high court wi...
From 'The Conversation': Trump’s tariff czar speaks | Jamieson Greer
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is no stranger to President Donald Trump’s tariff-forward trade agenda. Greer served as chief of staff to Rob...
Trump’s World Cup draws closer
The draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off at noon today at the Kennedy Center. The event is to determine which countries will fall into each grou...
Signalgate: the sequel
Pete Hegseth has been no stranger to drama during his tenure as Defense secretary, with a steady stream of headlines following him since his nominatio...
Tennessee’s titan lesson for Republicans
Republican Matt Van Epps won a closely watched special election in Tennessee last night, defeating Democrat Aftyn Behn. But Republicans writ large may...
Hegseth's headache
President Donald Trump is holding his latest made-for-TV Cabinet meeting today, where all eyes will be on Pete Hegseth. The Defense secretary has capt...
Trump’s vexing Venezuela position
The Trump administration pressure campaign against Venezuela and strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats in the region are coming under increas...
Witkoff's revealing phone call
A stunning transcript reportedly detailing Steve Witkoff’s private conversation with one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top aides reveals the a...
Parsing Trump’s Ukraine peace plan
President Donald Trump has dispatched Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to meet with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi over the Ukraine peace plan. The proposa...
Rubio’s week of war and peace
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is back from Geneva, where he met with Ukrainian and European officials to negotiate a peace agreement to end the Russi...
From 'The Conversation': Army Secretary Dan Driscoll on transforming the armed forces
Dan Driscoll made history earlier this year when, at 38, he was sworn in as the youngest Army secretary in U.S. history.
An...
Mr. Mamdani goes to Washington
This afternoon, two politicians who embody diametrically opposite facets of New York City — President Donald Trump and NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani...
Trump’s teetering economic message
Despite his continued insistence that cost-of-living concerns aren’t a problem, President Donald Trump is confronting subpar stats on the U.S. economy...
Bracing for breakthrough on Russia-Ukraine war
There appears to be some progress toward an end to the Russia-Ukraine war after months of start-and-stop talks between President Donald Trump and top-...
Trump’s messaging maelstrom
Two big things are happening in Washington today, and each involves a separate controversial figure. On Capitol Hill, the House is set to vote on clos...
Trump tries to reclaim the narrative
President Donald Trump is aiming to grab control of the news cycle after a tumultuous turn over the past couple of weeks. The White House wants to be...
From 'The Conversation': Seth Moulton on the Epstein emails, Venezuela, and the shutdown
Rep. Seth Moulton (D–Mass.) is not one to shy away from criticism of his own party. He made waves in the past when he insisted that the Democrats’ app...
How to win back disillusioned voters
Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin stepped into the spotlight when she delivered the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congre...
The Epstein email eruption
President Donald Trump last night signed a short-term funding bill that officially reopened the government. But when one door opens, so does a large c...
The shutdown is ending. Now what?
The record-breaking government shutdown is on track to end after 43 days. But lawmakers are returning to Washington with both parties sorting out inte...
New questions loom over lasting peace in Gaza
There is a growing sense of unease within the Trump administration over the ceasefire in Gaza, with new documents obtained by POLITICO revealing a Whi...
The beginning of the end
A 60-40 procedural vote in the Senate on Sunday night is putting the 40-day government shutdown on track to find an end date this week if all goes acc...
The Conversation election special 2025: Mikie Sherrill and James Blair
New Jersey’s governor-elect Mikie Sherrill and James Blair, the political director for the Trump 2024 Campaign and the RNC, break down the lessons lea...
Republicans brace for the post-Trump era
As Republicans continue reeling from the resounding losses they faced across the country on Tuesday, one glaringly obvious lesson has emerged: the par...
Republicans face the Election Day music
There is a lot that President Donald Trump wants to talk about today. He wants to talk about drug prices and rare earth minerals, among other things....
Democrats dominate around the country
If last night was any indication, Democrats may have regained some spark. The party pulled off wins in various races around the country. From Democrat...
How to watch Election Day like a pro
Election Day is here and even though some of the races look predictable, plenty of questions abound: Will Zohran Mamdani’s Democratic socialist agenda...