Giuseppe Macri

@playbookdc editor for @politico

[Adam Wren @adamwren]

Scoop in @playbookdc: How the @NRSC views Maine: The “linchpin.”

And it’s “a fatal mistake to assume Platner is too damaged to win,” the memo reads.”

The memo: https://t.co/X7fa3Y1sHC

Playbook: https://t.co/05M2nUE6Dp

[Adam Wren @adamwren]

In today’s @playbookdc — the hidden hand of Ron Klain is still active across the political map.

He signed on to do debate prep for Graham Platner in anticipation of a debate with Maine Gov. Janet Mills that never happened.

https://t.co/Dl29paCFe9

[Meredith Lee Hill @meredithllee]

President Trump plans to be in GOP Rep. Derrick Van Orden’s battleground Wisconsin district for an official event alongside the congressman this Friday, per sources.

Van Orden will attend. #WI03 is *highly* competitive heading into the midterms.

[Adam Wren @adamwren]

A source familiar tells me Platner’s scheduled meeting with Dem senators is set for 3:30p tomorrow at Bistro Cacao in DC.

[Riley Rogerson @riley_rogerson]

NEW — Dem voters are open to breaking up majority-minority districts if it means creating more blue seats, per a @politico poll.

Some House Dems acknowledge that’s the direction their party may have to go to counter GOP gains in 2028.

w/ @erinpdoherty @andrewjfhoward

[Andrew Howard @andrewjfhoward]

Breaking: The South Carolina Senate just made it harder for the state to redraw its House map, despite pressure from President Trump.

Five Rs joined all Ds in voting against a proposal that would have allowed lawmakers to redraw.

w/ @AlecAHernandez https://t.co/fEBwT9J7zr

[Meredith Lee Hill @meredithllee]

House Republicans are pushing ahead to try to make changes to the Senate’s housing bill — despite Trump calling for Rs to pass the Senate’s bill

Rs involved read Trump’s post last night as allowing the House to go ahead with amending the Senate bill

Speaker Mike Johnson and Scalise both confirmed the House will keep working on some changes.

GOP leaders have been working through text from @RepFrenchHill and others for alterations - like stripping out he build to rent language, as @politico has reported - though WH is still wary

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

Here's what's weird about this Amazon tokenmaxxing story to me. How is it that, online, there's so much consensus that the models are objectively useful for coding, and that 80% is a "target" for developer use. Why wouldn't they all be using it it makes their job easier?

[Adam Wren @adamwren]

“There’s a big message here, but the message isn’t a new message,” @Jim_Banks told @playbookdc. “The message we’ve learned over the last 10 years is: It’s Donald Trump’s Republican Party.”

https://t.co/Z8RymhtfUn

[Adam Wren @adamwren]

If there's a muddled outcome in Indiana's state Senate GOP primaries tonight, both sides will likely declare victory.

Cut through the spin here:

https://t.co/uxijeK9w58

[Adam Wren @adamwren]

New @playbookdc: A massively consequential horse race takes the stage in Kentucky today. Oh, and there’s also the Derby.

On @AndyBeshearKY’s effort to win the @Carlos_E_Espina primary at Churchill Downs.

https://t.co/vPN2HlgVwC

[Riley Rogerson @riley_rogerson]

Jeffries says he needs an additional "one or two" Republicans to pass the resolution when Congress returns.

[Adam Wren @adamwren]

New @playbookdc: I found maybe the only person in the world who has listened to almost every word uttered by a 2028 Democrat on a podcast, logging more than a 1,000 hours and some 600 episodes.

What @JesseLehrich has learned about the field so far. And why he’s…

Starting his own show w/ @Rob_Flaherty

https://t.co/rMDARgAwp1

[POLITICO @politico]

The House GOP is caving in the DHS shutdown fight after Trump set a hard deadline to fund immigration enforcement.
https://t.co/9FByokLptl

[ringwiss @ringwiss]

The House never sent the bill to the Senate, so it just needs to adopt a rule receding from its amendment and concurring in the Senate amendment – no Senate action needed.

[Dasha Burns @DashaBurns]

🚨NERD ALERT: Ahead of the Artemis II launch TONIGHT, I sat down with NASA's @rookisaacman, toured the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), and learned about NASA's plans for the moon and MARS.

Full interview out FRIDAY.
Subscribe: https://t.co/INECLg3Y2q

[Dasha Burns @DashaBurns]

🚨POTUS will use his address tonight to declare that the war in Iran is winding down.

He also intends to harshly scapegoat NATO allies for the biggest unresolved matter of the war, Iran’s ongoing restrictions of shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

W/ @EliStokols and @meganmesserly

Read the full story: https://t.co/pVb2IaoPTl

[POLITICO Playbook @playbookdc]

Texas AG Ken Paxton is pressing his case in his GOP Senate runoff against Sen. John Cornyn. The latest sign? Paxton recently made a trip to Mar-a-Lago to speak with Trump about the race.

More in Playbook, from @adamwren, @DashaBurns and @liz_crampton ⬇️
https://t.co/jYWqULKFyw

[POLITICO Playbook @playbookdc]

Trump told Cabinet officials today that he voted by mail in Florida's special election because he felt he should be in DC, but Playbook's @iriesentner dug into it and found the president cast his mail-in vote from Palm Beach. Read the details in Playbook https://t.co/L6tXzMD156

[Dasha Burns @DashaBurns]

NEWS: Inside the White House debate over Iran, where some advisers believe the politics are “a lot better” if Israel strikes first, potentially reshaping how Americans see U.S. involvement.

Story w/ @nahaltoosi

https://t.co/cGbA3y4oVf