The Best & The Brightest
Puck’s daily political newsletter from Washington—featuring Leigh Ann Caldwell, Peter Hamby, John Heilemann, Julia Ioffe, Abby Livingston, and Marianna Sotomayor—on what’s really happening in this town, from the White House to the Pentagon to Capitol Hill, K Street, and the campaign trail.
Archives
August 22, 2024
R.F.K.’s Endgame, Kamala’s New Imagemaker & The Return of Obamalot
August 20, 2024
Kamala’s Fantasy Cabinet, Pelosi Intrigues & A Very D.C. Scandal
August 20, 2024
DemPalooza, Biden’s Farewell & Anita Dunn’s Weird Goodbye Toast
August 19, 2024
Trump’s Unraveling, Biden’s Valedictory & Cognitive Decline Revisited
August 16, 2024
Corey’s Revival, Dems’ Senate Math & Trump’s Magical History Tour
August 15, 2024
Will Lewis’s Homecoming, Omar’s Relief & Twitter Troubles
August 14, 2024
Ukraine’s Counter-Invasion, ’24 Ad Wars & Mar-a-Lago Agita
August 13, 2024
Defining Kamala, Dems’ Reality Check & The Vibes Election
August 8, 2024
Kellyanne Chatter, Walzmentum & D.C. Schadenfreude
August 7, 2024
Wonder Walz, Fetterman vs. Shapiro & Katzenberg’s Batman
August 7, 2024
Walzmania & Putin’s Prisoner Games
August 6, 2024
Harris Reality Checks, Birtherism 2.0 & The Obama Coalition Myth
August 5, 2024
Harris’s Hot Streak & Trumpworld’s Meltdown
August 2, 2024
Trump Tensions, Harris’s Next Hire & Prisoner Swap Aftershocks
August 1, 2024
Shapiro Calculations & The Tim Walz Buzz
July 30, 2024
Prisoner Swap Chatter & Harris’s New Foreign Policy Advisor
July 30, 2024
Kamala-mentum, Frontliner Games & The Donilon-Margolis Swap
July 29, 2024
Harris’s Honeymoon, Trump’s Tantrums & J.D.’s Turn in the Barrel
July 26, 2024
The Harris Reset, Vance Regrets & A House Democratic Revolt
July 24, 2024
A Fox Legal Wrinkle, Dem Senate Chances & Kamalabucks
