“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.

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April 14, 2021: Republicans seethe over Biden bipartisanship

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.

April 13, 2021: Dem pollsters admit they blew it in 2020

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.

April 12, 2021: Cindy McCain set to land Biden ambassadorship

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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.

April 9, 2021: Activists to Breyer: Give us your seat

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.

April 8, 2021: Biden goes solo on guns

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

April 7, 2021: The question that’s about to dominate politics

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.

April 6, 2021: Matt Gaetz matters little to Liz Cheney

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.

April 5, 2021: The new GOP attack on Biden’s jobs plan

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.

April 2, 2021: Boehner unloads

Not April Fools': Now that Biden's laid out his opening bid to fix up the nation's roads and bridges, it could take at least half a year for it to pass. Here's why.

April 1, 2021: Infrastructure Year

Biden will formally pull back the curtain today on his multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure plan — his first swing at a victory both Trump and Obama failed to deliver.

March 31, 2021: Fault lines form on Biden’s massive infrastructure plan

Lawmakers are fighting tooth and nail to get their priorities included in the massive infrastructure bill Biden's set to unveil tomorrow. That's put one guy at the center of it all: Ron Klain.

March 30, 2021: Who's getting face time with Klain?

After pushing through Covid relief using that wonky budget tool, Chuck Schumer’s gearing up for Reconciliation Part II — and III. Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza explains.

March 29, 2021: Schumer’s 51-vote gambit

If there were a one-sentence takeaway from President Joe Biden's first press conference, this may be it. Plus: What the Senate has teed up after recess.

March 26, 2021: The most important sentence from Biden’s presser

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