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Listen to Playbook in 90 Seconds http://bit.ly/2mhKhvL ... Subscribe on iTunes http://apple.co/2eX6Eay ... Visit the online home of Playbook http://politi.co/2f51Jnf QUICK THOUGHT -- If it’s possible for President Donald Trump to have a drama-free week...

CONGRESSIONAL CALENDAR The House will come back into session on Monday, with no votes scheduled before 6:30 PM. The house will stay in session through Friday, with no votes scheduled later than 3 PM. The Senate will return on Monday, with the first...

If you think of Donald Trump’s presidency as a 48-minute NBA game, we’re only at the one-minute mark. So how come after just one tumultuous month of scandals, protests, unprecedented controversies and unfathomable tweets, it already feels like we’re...

Well, there is the first administration casualty - National security adviser Michael Flynn has resigned. I wasn't convinced that his talking to Russian officials before taking office was such a terrible thing, but you can't be lying to the vice president...

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) looks over his notes as he prepares to speak at a news conference on Feb. 14 on Capitol Hill. (Pete Marovich/For The Washington Post) By Paul Kane February 14 at 6:16 PM One by one, Republican lawmakers stepped to...