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July 28, 2025: JD Vance’s stealth-mode approach to being VP | The Playbook Podcast
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- July 28, 2025: JD Vance’s stealth-mode approach to being VP | The Playbook Podcast
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- 13:43
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- 1 year ago
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- Vice President JD Vance’s first six months in office have been an exercise in stealth. Yes, he has a very public role. But to understand how Trump’s Washington truly works, you need to pull back the curtain on how Vance has approached his job — and what that tells us both about the MAGA’s present and its future. Adam Wren and Dasha Burns go inside the inner workings of the Trump White House and share their reporting. Plus, President Donald Trump’s Scotland trip continues as he prepares for a meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is expected to press him on the spiraling humanitarian disaster in Gaza.
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- Food dye and ADHD: FDA commissioner says listen to parents
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- 1:15
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- 1 year ago
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- Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary spoke with POLITICO’s White House Bureau Chief, Dasha Burns, about the ‘epidemic’ of attention deficit disorder in children.
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- Food dye and ADHD: FDA commissioner says listen to parents | The Conversation
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- 1:15
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary spoke with POLITICO’s White House Bureau Chief, Dasha Burns, about the ‘epidemic’ of attention deficit disorder in children.
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- FDA’s Makary on ‘male-dominated’ culture of medical research
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- 1:52
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary spoke with POLITICO’s White House Bureau Chief, Dasha Burns about women’s health and the ‘male-dominated’ culture of medical research, saying the FDA got hormone replacement therapy ‘wrong for 22 years’.
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- FDA’s Makary on ‘male-dominated’ culture of medical research | The Conversation
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- 1:52
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary spoke with POLITICO’s White House Bureau Chief, Dasha Burns, about women’s health and the ‘male-dominated’ culture of medical research, saying the FDA got hormone replacement therapy ‘wrong for 22 years’.
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- FDA head Marty Makary on food dyes, ultra-processed foods and the MAHA agenda | The Conversation
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- 50:19
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Martin Makary is getting lobbied by the MAHA movement to restrict food dyes and ultra-processed foods, as well as by the food, agriculture and pharmaceutical industries to reduce government oversight.
“We want to go bold and there are a lot of things to do,” Makary tells POLITICO’s Dasha Burns. “But we also want to find common ground and work incrementally.”
At the same time, he says, “The amount of pressure I feel from industry or other branches of government is zero.” Makary also discusses how the agency is addressing women’s health and access to mifepristone, what he calls a “child vaping epidemic,” and explains the rationale behind FDA staffing cuts as well as some controversial hires.
Plus, White House reporter Jake Traylor joins Burns to discuss the mood inside the White House amid the fallout over the Jeffrey Epstein story, why President Trump is “itching” to get back on th...
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- White House struggles to shake off Epstein files storm
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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- FDA's Marty Makary defends Vinay Prasad
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- 1:38
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary spoke with Politico’s Dasha Burns about how partisan politics are impacting the FDA. Makary defended top FDA vaccine regulator Dr. Vinay Prasad after right-wing activist Laura Loomer attacked him for past remarks he made that were not aligned with President Donald Trump’s agenda.
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- White House struggles to shake off Epstein files storm | The Conversation
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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- POLITICO White House Reporter, Jake Traylor, and White House Bureau Chief, Dasha Burns, speak about the Epstein files and the resulting fractures amongst President Trump’s supporters.
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- FDA's Marty Makary defends Vinay Prasad | The Conversation
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- 1:37
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary spoke with Politico’s Dasha Burns about how partisan politics are impacting the FDA. Makary defended top FDA vaccine regulator Dr. Vinay Prasad after right-wing activist Laura Loomer attacked him for past remarks he made that were not aligned with President Donald Trump’s agenda.
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- Trump’s Scotland trip draws protest chatter
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- 1:11
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Trump’s latest trip to Scotland, tied to his longtime business interests there, is already drawing attention and protest. Police are preparing for demonstrations, and signs referencing Epstein have appeared near his golf course and in parts of the U.K.
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- Midterms key to Trump’s legacy
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Trump and his advisers are already zeroed in on the midterms, hoping to avoid a repeat of 2018’s losses and lock in his agenda for the long haul. Unlike his first term, sources say there's a sharper focus on holding power in Congress.
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- July 25, 2025: Trump goes all-in on the midterms | The Playbook Podcast
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- 10:55
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Today, even as President Donald Trump heads to Scotland, his attention lingers stateside — and maybe not for the reason you assume. Trump has fully invested himself into the coming midterms, with high stakes both for his political project and for himself. Looming over it all are the ghosts of 2018, when Trump’s Republicans lost the House and handed the gavel to a new Democratic majority that went to work stymying his agenda and launching investigations into his conduct. What did he learn from that experience and how is that shaping the outlook for the 2026 election? Adam Wren and POLITICO White House reporter Myah Ward break it all down.
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- FDA commissioner has ‘no preconceived plans’ for abortion pill policies
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary spoke with Politico’s Dasha Burns about how he has ‘no preconceived plans’ to change mifepristone policies in relation to their availability via telehealth and mail.
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- FDA commissioner has ‘no preconceived plans’ for abortion pill policies | The Conversation
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary spoke with POLITICO's Dasha Burns about how he has ‘no preconceived plans’ to change mifepristone policies in relation to their availability via telehealth and mail.
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- Trump targets Fed over $2.5B renovation
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- President Trump tours the Federal Reserve headquarters today, stepping up pressure on Chair Jerome Powell amid tensions over a $2.5 billion renovation project. While not firing Powell, the visit signals Trump’s intent to challenge his leadership
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- Bondi briefed Trump on Epstein link
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- 1:35
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Attorney General Pam Bondi told former President Trump in May that his name appeared in newly released Epstein files. The White House and Trump allies have dismissed the report as old news.
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- July 24, 2025: Trump’s Epstein crisis explodes | The Playbook Podcast
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- 9:52
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- It’s the biggest story in Washington: Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal dropped a bombshell report that Attorney General Pam Bondi briefed President Donald Trump in May and told him that his name — among many others — appeared multiple times in the files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Now, the White House’s Epstein problem has grown into a full-blown crisis and entered a new and potentially more damaging phase. Playbook’s Adam Wren and Dasha Burns unpack it all — the spin, the lines of attack and what you need to know about where things head from here.
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- The FDA will attempt to define ‘ultra-processed foods’ | The Conversation
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- 2:39
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary spoke with Politico’s Dasha Burns about how his agency aims to define “ultra-processed foods,” which could have implications for SNAP benefits, school lunches and other food-related government programs.
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- How will the FDA define 'ultra-processed' food?
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- 2:39
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary spoke with Politico’s Dasha Burns about how his agency aims to define “ultra-processed foods,” which could have implications for SNAP benefits, school lunches and other food-related government programs.
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- GOP redistricting push lacks support
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- A new poll shows most likely voters, including a sizable chunk of Republicans, oppose Trump’s push to redraw congressional maps in red states ahead of the midterms.
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- Epstein focus risks backfire for Dems
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Democrats are seizing on the Epstein files, but some in the White House warn the move could backfire, echoing past political overreach and distracting from core economic messaging.
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- July 23, 2025: The Epstein crisis reaches escape velocity | The Playbook Podcast
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- 12:02
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- For more than two weeks, the Jeffrey Epstein saga has blotted out the sun in Washington. But it’s only now — with the House heading out for a monthlong recess as GOP leaders adjourn the chamber rather than allow a floor vote that would hasten the release of the Epstein files — that the storyline is threatening to break out of the bubble and follow congressional Republicans back to their districts, nudged along by gleeful Democrats. Playbook contributing author Adam Wren and chief correspondent Dasha Burns talk through what that might look like, the potential pitfalls for Democrats and Republicans and what President Donald Trump finds especially frustrating about the whole ordeal.
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- Both parties eye opportunities in tight midterms
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- NRCC and DCCC expect a close midterm battle, with messaging playing a key role. Democrats face challenges rallying voters, while the Trump White House ramps up focus.
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- Backwards messaging dominates Biden, Trump worlds
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Hunter Biden’s long interview revisits past controversies, while Trump dwells on Obama-era grievances. Both parties seem stuck looking backward, offering little forward momentum ahead of the midterms.
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- July 22, 2025: The questions that could decide 2026 | The Playbook Podcast
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- 9:34
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- With no new enterprise journalism published recently on the “Epstein files” front, President Donald Trump’s allies are catching their breath. Democrats are riding what could be a sugar high, having already cost the House GOP some votes this week. But as the aperture widens, are Republicans actually finding themselves in better shape than conventional wisdom would suggest ahead of the 2026 midterms? Playbook contributing author Adam Wren and chief correspondent Dasha Burns talk through that and two other key questions just now coming into focus about 2026.
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- Trump leans into anti-elite message
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Trump’s attacks on Harvard are landing with his base and putting Democrats in the awkward position of defending an elite institution Republicans love to criticize.
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- Democrats try GOP tactics in Podcast pivot
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Democrats are leaning into podcast politics and online scandals like Epstein’s as they try to reach new audiences and borrow tactics that helped Trump in 2024.
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- July 21, 2025: Dems close the ‘attention gap’ | The Playbook Podcast
- Runtime
- 9:55
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- As the Epstein storm bears down on the White House, some of the same dynamics that contributed to the president’s rise to power now threaten his administration. Among them is the attention economy, which has utterly transformed American politics — and which Trump’s innate grasp of helped him secure a second term. Now, with 2024 behind them, have Democrats fully absorbed one of the lessons of their defeat — and is the Epstein story an example of just how much things have changed? Playbook contributing author Adam Wren and chief correspondent Dasha Burns talk it through.
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- Title
- POLITICO's Ben Jacobs on what Deja Foxx's loss means for Democrats
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- 2:20
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- POLITICO's Ben Jacobs digs into his reporting on social media influencers running for office and how the phenomenon is reshaping electoral politics.
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- Ben Jacobs on what Deja Foxx's loss means for Democrats | The Conversation
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- 2:20
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- POLITICO's Ben Jacobs digs into his reporting on social media influencers running for office and how the phenomenon is reshaping electoral politics.
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- Schmitt shares how son’s health catalyzed career pivot to public office
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- This week on The Conversation, Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt spoke about his son Stephen's diagnosis with tuberous sclerosis, a rare genetic disorder, and how it influenced his transition from law to politics.
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- Schmitt shares how son’s health catalyzed career pivot to public office | The Conversation
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- This week on The Conversation, Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt spoke about his son Stephen's diagnosis with tuberous sclerosis, a rare genetic disorder, and how it influenced his transition from law to politics.
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- Sen. Eric Schmitt on being a White House whisperer and Senate budget reformer | The Conversation
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- 42:34
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt is a lawyer, former state attorney general and a skilled navigator of the old — and new — wings of the Republican Party. He also has another title: White House whisperer.
Schmitt joins POLITICO’s Dasha Burns to talk about his closeness with the Trump administration, driving the Senate’s $9.4 billion rescissions bill, his involvement with passing Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” his belief in Medicaid reform, the controversy over the release of the Epstein files and what he describes as his “America First” — but not isolationist — foreign policy approach.
“I think a slur that's often uttered is that it's an isolationist point of view,” Schmitt told Burns. “That's not true at all.”
(Note: This interview was conducted before the Senate and House passage of the rescissions bill.)
Plus, POLITICO reporter Ben Jacobs digs into his reporting on social media influencers running for offic...
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- Sen. Eric Schmitt says isolationist label 'is a slur'
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Where some hear "America First," others hear "isolationist" — a label Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) says he considers a slur in today's political climate.
"I don't want to withdraw from the world," he told POLITICO's Dasha Burns
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- Sen. Eric Schmitt says isolationist label 'is a slur' | The Conversation
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Where some hear "America First," others hear "isolationist" — a label Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) says he considers a slur in today's political climate.
"I don't want to withdraw from the world," he told POLITICO's Dasha Burns
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- Title
- Sen. Eric Schmitt defends rescissions process amid clawbacks
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- 1:56
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- President Trump's $9.4 billion rescissions package has stirred concerns about Congress ceding too much power to the executive branch in the rarely-used spending cut proposal process.
Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt sees it differently, telling POLITICO's Dasha Burns that some of the criticism is "hard to digest."
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- Title
- Vance slams WSJ Epstein report
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- 1:41
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Vice President JD Vance quickly rejected the Wall Street Journal’s report as fake, leading the White House and allies in a coordinated pushback against the story.
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- Congress passes major crypto bills
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- 1:29
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- 1 year ago
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- The House passed two major crypto bills, sending one to President Trump’s desk and the other to the Senate. Together, they mark a major legislative win for the industry and a sign of strength for Trump’s tech-aligned coalition.
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- Title
- Sen. Eric Schmitt defends rescissions process amid clawbacks | The Conversation
- Runtime
- 1:56
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- President Trump's $9.4 billion rescissions package has stirred concerns about Congress ceding too much power to the executive branch in the rarely-used spending cut proposal process.
Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt sees it differently, telling POLITICO's Dasha Burns that some of the criticism is "hard to digest."
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- July 18, 2025: Trump, Epstein and ‘another wonderful secret’ | The Playbook Podcast
- Runtime
- 9:00
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The longtime friendship between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein came in for a close-up in a much-anticipated Wall Street Journal report last night that detailed a long-ago “bawdy” birthday greeting the future president sent to the future convicted sex offender. Immediately, Washington was ablaze with chatter — about the reporting, about the White House’s response and about the story’s potential to reunite the deeply fractured MAGA movement that had recently seemed so divided over the administration’s handling of the Epstein files. POLITICO White House reporter Megan Messerly joins Playbook contributing author Adam Wren to walk through what we know and what to watch from here.
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- Trump allies push back on counsel idea
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- 1:36
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- 1 year ago
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- Several White House allies and legal experts express strong doubts about appointing a special counsel, warning it could prolong the news cycle and alienate Trump’s base without producing any clear benefits for the administration.
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- Title
- Cracks in the MAGA armor
- Runtime
- 1:12
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Donald Trump’s connection to his base has long protected him through scandals, impeachments, and political threats. Now that bond is showing signs of strain, and Republicans who once relied on his support are caught in a growing divide.
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- Title
- July 17, 2025: Trump’s Epstein woes go mainstream | The Playbook Podcast
- Runtime
- 10:30
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The Jeffrey Epstein news cycle is here to stay. And that’s increasingly frustrating President Donald Trump, who has grown accustomed to being able to exert control over the news cycle for much of the past decade. There’s a policy side to this, of course, as a number of prominent Republicans and MAGA figures are calling for a special counsel to investigate the files and the DOJ’s handling of them. But there’s also a pop cultural aspect to this, as the story has spilled over into the zeitgeist. Contributing author Adam Wren and chief Playbook correspondent Dasha Burns discuss how we got here and what comes next.
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- Title
- Democrats split over party’s path forward
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- 1:36
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Democrats are clashing in primaries over whether the party should double down on progressive policies or shift toward a more populist, working-class message. It’s a fight the White House is keeping a close eye on.
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- Title
- Trump can’t shake Epstein questions
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- 1:32
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Trump traveled to Pennsylvania to promote his economic agenda alongside Sen. David McCormick, but questions about Jeffrey Epstein continue to cloud the message
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- July 16, 2025: Trump’s Epstein conundrum | The Playbook Podcast
- Runtime
- 10:11
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- There’s a glut of action from Republicans throughout Washington — from new economic messaging from the White House to a big rescissions vote in the Senate to a new crypto bill in the House. But the big topic of conversation in D.C. continues to be the DOJ’s non-release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. That’s frustrating President Donald Trump, who has grown accustomed to being able to change the topic du jour when it doesn’t suit him, as POLITICO White House reporter Megan Messerly tells Playbook contributing author Adam Wren. It’s delighting Democrats, who continue to troll the GOP over it. And it’s splitting Republicans, including many prominent members of Congress who are calling on the Justice Department to release the files. Where do things head from here? Megan and Adam talk through the potential political implications.
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- GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt praises Pam Bondi, declines to opine on Epstein case
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- 1:42
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) said in an interview with POLITICO he has confidence in Attorney General Pam Bondi as she faces a backlash from the MAGA base.
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- Sen. Eric Schmitt praises Pam Bondi, declines to opine on Epstein case | The Conversation
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- 1:42
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) said in an interview with POLITICO he has confidence in Attorney General Pam Bondi as she faces a backlash from the MAGA base.
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- Title
- Trump’s backing for Ukraine comes with caveats
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- 1:15
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- 1 year ago
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- Trump has signaled a shift on Ukraine, backing continued U.S. arms support, but only if Europe picks up the tab. The move comes amid growing frustration with Putin and a recent surge in civilian attacks.
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