The Playbook Podcast

Today, Congress finally gets its first chance for answers about the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Plus: Playbook has the scoop on an anti-Big Tech crusader poised to join the Biden administration.

A “no” vote from Sen. Susan Collins could mean big trouble for President Biden's OMB nominee, Neera Tanden. Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza digs into the drama.

The drama of Ted Cruz returning from sunny Mexico — chastened and apologetic for fleeing Texas while 3 million of his constituents remained without power — was a kind of throwback to an era when politicians could be embarrassed.

Today is the big reveal for President Biden’s immigration bill. Here's what's inside — and why the final version might look a lot different from what's unveiled this morning. 

Here are our superlatives from Joe Biden’s first town hall since he took office — from harshest toss under the bus to biggest progressive slap-downs.

Donald Trump may have been acquitted for a second time over the weekend. But despite that gripping impeachment-trial presentation laying out the ex-president’s role in the Capitol rampage, the GOP remains the undisputed party of Trump.

If one were to conduct a poll of congressional reporters and Capitol Hill denizens, we’d guess at least 90% would say there’s no way Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will ever vote to convict Donald Trump. But let's play out the extremely unlikely scenario that he does.

Reliving Jan. 6 was always going to be hard for senators. Emotions ran high in the chamber during the impeachment managers’ presentation Wednesday, as senators saw just how close the mob, egged on by then-President Donald Trump, came to finding them. No senator appears to be struggling with the trial as much as Louisiana Republican Bill Cassidy, who switched his vote Tuesday and declared the impeachment trial is constitutional.

McConnell's signaling to Republicans to vote with their conscience, but only one has changed sides so far. Even after Trump's lawyers left Republicans shaking their heads. Listen here for the top 6 takeaways from Day 1 of the impeachment trial.

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As Republicans get ready to beat back Trump's impeachment conviction for the second time, sources close to the former president say he’s already imagining his comeback.