The Playbook Podcast
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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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War and peace
President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace is convening for its first meeting in D.C. But the countries gathering are doing so against the backdrop of a...
Texas scold 'em
The Democratic Senate primary in Texas lit up on the first day of early voting after state Rep. James Talarico's interview on Stephen Colbert's show w...
From Switzerland to Texas
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s top peace negotiating team, is in Switzerland today focused on Iran and Ukraine. The two wil...
Where does Fetterman fit among Democrats? | "The Conversation"
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) sat down with POLITICO's Dasha Burns on "The Conversation" for a wide-ranging discussion covering his stance on immigratio...
2028 runs through Munich
The Munich Security Conference kicks off on Friday — and it has turned into the marquee venue for Democrats with eyes toward 2028 to burnish their for...
Targeting Trump’s tariffs
The House voted to block President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, with six Republicans joining Democrats in the symbolic rebuke. While the future i...
Bondi's big day
AG Pam Bondi is due on the Hill today as a series of storylines swirls around her Justice Department. When she sits before the House Judiciary Committ...
Hot seat on the Hill
The leaders of ICE and CBP, two of the agencies leading President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, will sit for testimony before the House Homela...
The Epstein saga spins on
Ghislaine Maxwell is due before Congress today — but don't expect to learn much new. Maxwell, the longtime co-conspirator of the late convicted sex o...
María Corina Machado on her hopes for Venezuela’s future | "The Conversation"
Venezuelan politician and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado says that Venezuela could have a new democratic election in less than a year. The Nob...
Make the Monoculture Great Again
The Winter Olympics are set to get underway this weekend — amid the backdrop of President Donald Trump’s first year of his second term. Though he won’...
Countdown to shutdown
Congress is facing a serious crunch to reach a deal on funding the Department of Homeland Security for the remainder of the fiscal year. Democratic de...
Who is Kevin Warsh?
Kevin Warsh, who President Donald Trump announced last week as his pick to become the next Federal Reserve chair, has an extensive background that has...
Another White House welcome
Colombian President Gustavo Petro is visiting the White House today for a critical meeting with President Donald Trump. Though the two have been publi...
A short shutdown?
The House is returning today to pick up the pieces of a funding fight that plunged the government into another shutdown. Speaker Mike Johnson is faced...
GOP Senator Tillis is done mincing words | "The Conversation"
Senator Thom Tillis calls for the resignation of Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller in a forthright interview with Dasha Burns for “The Conversation.” The...
Trump’s Fed pick is coming
President Donald Trump said he will make his pick to take over as the next chair of the Federal Reserve on Friday. The announcement will end months of...
Shutdown déjà vu
The deadline to fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year is looming at the end of the week — and there’s an open question whether Cong...
The immigration divides
Republicans and Democrats are searching for the right message on immigration as the fallout from the most recent fatal shooting in Minneapolis continu...
Trump’s Minnesota messaging shift
As the furor over this weekend’s deadly shooting in Minnesota continues to unfold, President Donald Trump appears to be shifting his approach. Trump i...
More Minnesota shooting fallout
After another fatal shooting in Minnesota over the weekend, the Trump administration and Minnesota officials are in dispute over the facts. Border Pat...
Kelly's green
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) is making big money moves. In an effort to help flip control of Congress in the midterms, Kelly has used the extra attention...
A peace of work
President Donald Trump is still in Davos, where his Board of Peace is the issue that is driving the conversation at the World Economic Forum. The enti...
Trump descends on Davos
President Donald Trump is arriving in Davos today as the subject of nearly every conversation. Trump’s push to bring Greenland under U.S. control has...
One year of Trump 2.0
Today marks one year since President Donald Trump returned to office. In his first year back in the White House, Trump has wielded the power of the pr...
The tariff tango
President Donald Trump’s signature tariffs are still roiling Michigan, one of the most closely watched midterm states in 2026. Almost nowhere on the m...
Trump's global gambits
A handful of international fronts are simmering with tension as President Donald Trump’s foreign policy agenda expands. The president seemingly backed...
Iran tensions rise
President Donald Trump is ramping up the rhetoric over Iran. Trump is considering a range of options as the death toll from the crackdown on protests...
Trump’s Powell problem
The Justice Department’s investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell is still sending shockwaves through Washington and beyond. As President Donald Tru...
Fed up
Jerome Powell is the latest target of President Donald Trump’s Justice Department. The Federal Reserve chair confirmed that DOJ has opened a criminal...
Trump’s affordability equation
Affordability was supposed to be the primary focus of 2026 as Republicans try to shore up voter support ahead of the midterms. Instead, nearly every d...
Back from the brink
The Trump administration is pushing forward with its oil-driven agenda in Venezuela. President Donald Trump is set to welcome oil industry executives...
The well-oiled machine
President Donald Trump touted on Tuesday night that Venezuela’s interim government would turn over billions of dollars worth of oil to the U.S., just...
Trump in the Center
President Donald Trump is speaking with House Republicans at the Kennedy Center today for what was originally intended to be a rally-the-troops gather...
Decoding the ‘Donroe Doctrine’
President Donald Trump is taking hardline stances on a number of countries in the Western Hemisphere and beyond after the U.S. carried out a stunning...
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...