The Playbook Podcast

“It’s a f---ing nightmare," says one staffer working for members of the G-10. Plus: votes in Congress today on reparations and confronting the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans.

Five of the top Democratic polling firms have joined forces to try to explain, once and for all, what went wrong in 2020 — when they predicted victories for the party up and down the ballot that never materialized.

The wife of the late Sen. John McCain would be the administration’s first Republican appointee to a Senate-confirmed position. Plus: The Senate is barreling toward the first possible legislative filibuster of 2021.

Playbook Deep Dive is a new weekly podcast from Politico — for the stories that seem stranger-than-fiction, but are all too real. Underneath all the theater, backstabbing and strategy in D.C. are colorful characters and real life consequences. You know those stories that stop you in your tracks? That's what we're going to tell each week. Featuring Playbook authors, reporters from all across the Politico newsroom, and characters from all over D.C. Launching April 23.

Activists are stepping up their SCOTUS calls today, saying Justice Stephen Breyer should help reinvigorate the court the way only he can — by resigning. Plus: It's Budget Day on the Hill. Here's what you need to know.

Here's what to expect from Biden's long-awaited announcement today on guns. Plus: GOP donors are fretting over Trump’s influence as they descend on Palm Beach.

An extremely D.C. fight is breaking out over a question that’s about to dominate politics: What is infrastructure?

One fewer thorn in Cheney's side in Washington doesn't necessarily change her political fortunes in Wyoming. Plus: The Senate parliamentarian just changed the game for Biden's first-year agenda.

What happens in the next few weeks to Biden’s $2 trillion-plus spending plan could determine the course of his first two years in office. And so far, all signs are pointing to a second reconciliation bill.

Backlash against Georgia's sweeping new voting restrictions, news from our sit-down with Ron Klain and the latest on Gaetz-gate. Plus: Playbook dishes on former House Speaker John Boehner's scorching new book.