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.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 6 minutes
- Episodes
- 1942
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
December 13, 2023: Zelenskyy's D.C. pitch and Biden's warning to Netanyahu
In a last ditch attempt to convince Congress to agree to send more humanitarian aid to his country before the end of the year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to Capitol Hill. He met…
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Wed 13 Dec 2023
December 12, 2023: Inside Jack Smith’s Trump trial timing request
On Monday, special counsel Jack Smith — who is investigating Donald Trump's attempt to subvert the 2020 election — asked the Supreme Court to leapfrog the D.C. Circuit court and take up the case in o…
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Tue 12 Dec 2023
December 11, 2023: Republicans put their impeachment inquiry up for a vote
House Republicans are ready to get rolling on formally authorizing an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden with a floor vote later this week. Despite a lack of evidence, accusers say Biden ma…
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Mon 11 Dec 2023
December 8, 2023: Hunter Biden’s newest legal headache
Hunter Biden’s legal jeopardy reached dramatic new heights late Thursday night, when he was charged with nine criminal counts stemming from allegations that he failed to pay taxes. National correspon…
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Fri 08 Dec 2023
December 7, 2023: What the final debate of 2023 told us
It was the last scheduled GOP debate before primary ballots start being cast. But did it change anything? Last night in Tuscaloosa, Chris Christie, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy trade…
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Thu 07 Dec 2023
December 6, 2023: Colorado's Supreme Court weighs Trump's eligibility
The Colorado Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today on whether Trump should be disqualified from the ballot in 2024 based on alleged violations of the 14th amendment. The case, which legal repo…
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Wed 06 Dec 2023
December 5, 2023: Ukraine aid hangs in the balance
The future of the $106 billion budget supplemental funding package hangs in limbo as negotiations between Democrats and Republicans failed to resolve over the weekend. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Sc…
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Tue 05 Dec 2023
December 4, 2023: Introducing MAGAnomics
The agenda this week includes the White House making a final plea to Congress for Ukraine aid, a likely vote on the $106 billion supplemental funding package, and a potential re-gagging of former pre…
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Mon 04 Dec 2023
December 1, 2023: What we learned from the DeSantis-Newsom debate
GOP presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met with California Gov. Gavin Newsom for chaotic debate Thursday night. The two—and moderator Sean Hannity— set out to contrast the Republica…
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Fri 01 Dec 2023
November 30, 2023: “The complicated realities of Washington to creep in for lawmakers”
There is a lot going on on Capitol Hill, and not much time left in the year to get it all done.First, House freedom Caucus chairman Rep. Scott Perry has suggested conservatives may consider compromis…
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Thu 30 Nov 2023
November 29, 2023: Congress and the White House butt heads on immigration
The White House and Congress are trying to find common ground on immigration, an issue President Biden has significantly struggled to gain popularity on in the past. Right now, as White House reporte…
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Wed 29 Nov 2023
November 28, 2023: Inside Hunter Biden's new strategy
The complicated life of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has been capturing the attention of the media and the public for years. But it reached a new level during summer 2023 when the younger Biden …
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Tue 28 Nov 2023
November 27, 2023: Will Congress act on Israel and Ukraine aid?
After the Thanksgiving break, lawmakers return to Capitol Hill today to tackle the White House’s $100 billion supplemental funding request. The funds would be designated for aid to Israel, Ukraine, T…
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Mon 27 Nov 2023
November 22, 2023: Inside the Israel-Hamas hostage deal
Qatari officials announced late Tuesday that Hamas plans to release 50 hostages in exchange for a multi-day pause in fighting between Hamas and Israel after a deal was struck between the two powers. …
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Wed 22 Nov 2023
November 21, 2023: Breaking down Trump’s legal battles
On Monday, a panel of three judges with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals signaled they may loosed a gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump originally imposed by the judge during his Wash…
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Tue 21 Nov 2023
November 20, 2023: Incumbent Democratic senators focus on 2024
During a slow Thanksgiving week on the Hill, attention is largely focused on the new year, when Democratic incumbents in the Senate will go full speed into campaign mode in an attempt to hang on to t…
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Mon 20 Nov 2023
November 17, 2023: The George Santos show enters its final act
A blistering report on Thursday from the House Ethics Committee poured jet fuel onto the efforts to oust Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from Congress. Among the many damning details: Santos allegedly sp…
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Fri 17 Nov 2023
November 16, 2023: Everyone wants to know the truth about UFOs
The truth about UFOs is out there. But what exactly do we know, and how? Unidentified flying objects — or, as they are now called, UAPs (unidentified anomalous phenomena) — have long captivated curio…
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Thu 16 Nov 2023
November 15, 2023: What to watch at Biden and Xi's meeting
President Biden is in San Francisco for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, where he will meet with President Xi Jinping of China. There is a lot riding on the meeting, Phelim Kine tells Playbook …
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Wed 15 Nov 2023
November 14, 2023: The problem with Bidenomics
We’re less than a year from the election and the Biden campaign has to reckon with some troubling new voter insights. Extensive data conducted by the organizations Progressive Change Campaign Committ…
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Tue 14 Nov 2023
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