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
March 12, 2026
The Katie Miller Mystery & A Punchbowl Shakedown
March 10, 2026
Gen Z’s Trump Crash-Out & Jackson Jr.’s A.I. Angels
March 10, 2026
Mark Kelly on Hegseth & New Blue Wave Math
March 8, 2026
Noem Replacement Theories & A Midterm Nightmare Scenario
March 6, 2026
Cruz vs. Hegseth & Noem Overboard
March 5, 2026
J.D.’s Kamala Problem & Trump’s Texas Calculation
March 4, 2026
Texas Tea Leaves & Trump’s Iran Blowback
March 3, 2026
Gavin on J.D.’s Dark Side, Clavicular & The Real Trump
March 2, 2026
Iran Aftershocks & Trump’s Strategic Ambiguity
February 27, 2026
Rubio’s Loyalty Exam & Hegseth’s Anthropic Deadline
February 26, 2026
The Clintons Under Oath & A Virginia Scandal
February 24, 2026
A SOTU Poll Warning & Guest List Tensions
February 24, 2026
Gonzales Sexting Math & A S.O.T.U. Preview
February 23, 2026
Trump–Governors Drama & Thune’s Point of No Return
February 20, 2026
Trump’s Iran Countdown, Crockett vs. Talarico & Spanberger on Deck
February 19, 2026
Trump’s $1.4B Midterm Revenge Games & The Cornyn Money Bomb
February 18, 2026
Democrats’ Speech Lesson & Jackson’s Political Dynasty
February 16, 2026
Munich Notes, Hegseth vs. Anthropic & Europe’s Greenlanditis
February 16, 2026
Katie Britt’s Pickle, Homan–Noem Beef & Schumer’s D.H.S. Demands
February 12, 2026
NATO Anxieties, The Munich “Wrecking Ball” & An Epstein Epilogue
