DeSantis & the Florida speaker are just getting started. Here’s what’s next.
This week, Florida’s statehouse cleared the way for Gov. Ron DeSantis to sign a six-week abortion ban. The man who shepherded the bill, House Speaker Paul Renner, joins Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza f...
14 Apr 202342min
How Vivek Ramaswamy thinks he’s got Trump & DeSantis beat
The 2024 Republican presidential primary is off to a bit of a slow start. Donald Trump and former governors Nikki Haley and Asa Hutchinson have entered the race, but other likely candidates, such as R...
7 Apr 202335min
Donald Trump’s indictment: Our reporters dig into the repercussions for 2024
Playbook Deep Dive host and Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza gathers three of the best journalists in the POLITICO’s newsroom to break down the immediate questions of what Trump's indictment means. Joini...
31 Mar 202321min
Porn stars, felons, and spin doctors: Who will jurors believe in Trump’s case?
Lanny Davis long ago established himself as the go-to operative in Washington when you’re in the middle of a PR crisis. He was famously the public face defending Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewins...
24 Mar 202343min
What Iran and China stand to gain from an Iraq AUMF repeal
On Thursday, the Senate began to re-evaluate one of the most controversial episodes in American history: the Iraq war. After a generation of use and abuse, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is cal...
17 Mar 202332min
AI is advancing faster than Congress. Here’s why that’s a bug
Last November, when the artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT launched, an old science fiction question suddenly became very real: How long until the machines are smarter than the humans? It marke...
10 Mar 202328min
Finnish Ambassador: Here’s the right way to poke the Russian bear
The war in Ukraine is just over one year old. There is widespread talk of a major spring offensive from both sides. War in Europe, once unthinkable, is now the new normal. But for one nation on Russia...
3 Mar 202335min
How to investigate the president, his predecessor & keep your job
Until last month, Anthony Coley was Director of Public Affairs at the Justice Department and a Senior Adviser to Attorney General Merrick Garland. Coley was in the middle of some of the most extraord...
24 Feb 202344min
