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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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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...
The skeptics speak
VP JD Vance and DNI Tulsi Gabbard — two of the Trump administration's historically biggest war skeptics — are due to deliver remarks on Wednesday. Van...
Iran incursion risks MAGA revolt
As the Iran war stretches on with no clear end in sight, some on the right are growing concerned that President Donald Trump will be pulled further in...
Playing it Strait
President Donald Trump is calling on about seven countries that rely heavily on oil from the Middle East to band together to open up the Strait of Hor...
Sanders on BBQ, politics, and sneaking out of the governor’s mansion
We're bringing you an episode of our newest show, On the Road with Jonathan Martin.
POLITICO’s senior columnist sits down with Arkansas...
Hoosier hoopla
President Donald Trump's retribution campaign is landing in Indiana. After a raft of Republican state lawmakers spurned the White House's redistrictin...
The MAGA immigration malaise
A group of hard-line immigration hawks are pressing President Donald Trump's administration to keep up his mass deportation agenda, despite signals th...
Trump's timeline tightrope
This week kicked off with a tumultuous moment for the markets as the war with Iran set off panic and spiking oil prices. But the White House didn't fl...
An Iran off-ramp
After markets tumbled to open the week, President Donald Trump on Monday indicated that the war with Iran may not stretch as long as many have feared....
Trump's oil foil
Oil prices are soaring at record figures as the war with Iran continues expanding, with little sign of slowing down. The White House is urging calm, p...
Sen. Britt says Iran attack makes Americans safer | "The Conversation"
Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) is a young rising star in the Republican Party. She sits down with POLITICO’s Dasha Burns to talk about how the war against...
Call it like it is
During an exclusive interview with White House Bureau Chief Dasha Burns, President Donald Trump made clear that his administration wants to be involve...
Trump's price pickle
The White House pledged that 2026 would see President Donald Trump focused on an affordability agenda, with voters feeling cost-of-living concerns ahe...
Texas-sized drama
The Texas Senate primary results produced every bit of drama that the races promised ahead of Election Day. Democrats are set to put state Rep. James...
The Iran messaging quagmire
After a relatively quiet weekend of official communications regarding the war in Iran, the Trump administration ramped up its messaging machine on Mon...