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
June 9, 2023: Federal indictment crashes down on Trump
Here’s what we know right now about the legal and political implications of the federal indictment filed against former President Donald Trump connected to his handling of classified national securit…
00:10:20 |
Fri 09 Jun 2023
Special counsel closes in on Trump
Unpacking the revolt against Kevin McCarthy, and what special counsel Jack Smith's target letter against Donald Trump means. All that, and the rest of the news you need to know today.
Playbook co-aut…
00:07:42 |
Thu 08 Jun 2023
June 7, 2023: Chris Christie goes on offense
The continuing fallout over the revolt against Kevin McCarthy, Mike Pence releases an announcement video, and inside Chris Christie's New Hampshire town hall. All that, and the rest of the news you n…
00:06:22 |
Wed 07 Jun 2023
June 6, 2023: The dark horses in the 2024 race
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to garner double-digit support in polls of Democratic presidential primary voters, and he's been a fixture in the political news cycle the past couple of days. Eugene …
00:07:34 |
Tue 06 Jun 2023
June 5, 2023: The increasingly crowded Republican primary
The biggest political news of the week is likely to be found on the campaign trail, with a number of notable new entries to the Republican presidential field. Eugene and Mike break them down. All tha…
00:07:50 |
Mon 05 Jun 2023
June 2, 2023: The DeSantis-Trump cold war turns hot
The United States will not be going into default. Last night around 11 p.m., the Senate passed the bipartisan debt deal, sending it to President Biden's desk in the nick of time. And with the debt ce…
00:06:36 |
Fri 02 Jun 2023
June 1, 2023: Your move, Senate
On Wednesday night, the House passed a bipartisan debt ceiling deal, sending it to Senate. Plus, what we know about the reports that federal prosecutors have an audio recording of former President Tr…
00:07:17 |
Thu 01 Jun 2023
May 30, 2023: Getting the debt ceiling deal over the finish line
Leaders in both parties are going to be spending much of the day whipping their rank-and-file to make sure they can get the 218 votes needed to pass the debt ceiling bill. All that, and the rest of t…
00:06:41 |
Tue 30 May 2023
May 26, 2023: Deal or no deal?
With mere days left before the projected June 1 X-date, negotiators appear to be homing in on a debt ceiling deal that would avert an economic catastrophe. A source familiar with the talks told Playb…
00:08:39 |
Fri 26 May 2023
May 24, 2023: Enter Ron DeSantis
The Florida governor’s entry into the Presidential race will immediately shake up a Republican primary that has been dominated by former President Donald Trump. All that, and everything else you need…
00:07:49 |
Wed 24 May 2023
May 23, 2023: Four debt limit scenarios
With only days until the earliest possible default on June 1, we’re going to address the question lawmakers aren’t ready to face: What happens if Biden and McCarthy can’t make a deal? Playbook spent …
00:08:13 |
Tue 23 May 2023
May 22, 2023: The debt limit's parade of horribles
We are just days away from a potential federal default, and Washington this week is going to be consumed with the latest twists and turns on whether Congress will act to raise the debt limit in time …
00:06:54 |
Mon 22 May 2023
May 19, 2023: Progressives ramp up pressure on debt limit
Though House Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested a couple days ago that he wanted to have a debt-limit deal by the start of the weekend, as of right now on Friday morning, that doesn’t seem likely to ha…
00:07:34 |
Fri 19 May 2023
May 18, 2023: The mystery woman at Feinstein’s side
When Sen. Dianne Feinstein walked into the Capitol last week, ending a monthslong medical absence, she was accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a small entourage of aides — and a clos…
00:07:09 |
Thu 18 May 2023
May 17, 2023: The debt ceiling negotiators
Yesterday President Joe Biden agreed to a key process demand by Speaker Kevin McCarthy: shrinking the size of the negotiating table. Inside the negotiators Biden and McCarthy appointed. Plus, the act…
00:07:32 |
Wed 17 May 2023
May 16, 2023: Unpacking the GOP's work requirement demands in debt talks
President Joe Biden is expected to meet today with congressional leaders on the debt limit, and Republicans are feeling increasingly optimistic they can force Biden to make concessions on work requir…
00:07:10 |
Tue 16 May 2023
May 15, 2023: Reading the debt limit vibes
It’s gonna be all about the vibes this week as we look for clues to how the big debt ceiling standoff is going to get resolved. Plus, unpacking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in Iowa over the weekend. All…
00:04:39 |
Mon 15 May 2023
May 11, 2023: The end of Title 42
Title 42, the pandemic-era policy used to block migrants at the southern border is coming to an end tonight. Officials have had more than two years to prepare for this moment. Plus, CNN’s New Hampshi…
00:06:50 |
Thu 11 May 2023
May 10, 2023: Trump after the verdict
Another day of debt limit negotiations; President Biden's visit today to Valhalla, New York, a GOP district that he carried in 2020, with vulnerable Republican Rep. Mike Lawler; and Trump after the v…
00:05:53 |
Wed 10 May 2023
May 9, 2023: How the debt limit debate is playing out in the 2024 GOP primary
Everyone in Washington is talking about the debt limit. Biden will meet with congressional leaders today at the White House -- but at the same time, it will be a while before the negotiations get int…
00:05:37 |
Tue 09 May 2023
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