The Best & The Brightest
The Best & the Brightest is Puck's daily political newsletter from Washington, featuring Tara Palmeri, Julia Ioffe, and Tina Nguyen (with cameos from the peerless Peter Hamby) on what's really happening in this town—inside the White House, Pentagon, Capitol Hill, and K Street; the machinations and insights of D.C.'s permanent political class; and the egos and intrigues transforming the modern G.O.P.
Julia Ioffe, Tara Palmeri, Tina Nguyen, and Peter Hamby
Archives
May 22, 2023
Running after Ronny & a Trump Twist
May 18, 2023
Chris Sununu on ’24, DeSantis, & More
May 15, 2023
Santos’s New Gen Z Antagonist & an Ashley Biden Drama
May 11, 2023
In the Room at Trump vs. CNN
May 8, 2023
Youngkinology & Jeff Roe Remorse Theories
May 4, 2023
Me & T.J., An Axios-Politico Spat, Manchin’s Presidential Machinations
May 1, 2023
Trump’s Fuzzy New Hampshire Math & DeSantis’s New Bodymen
April 20, 2023
Bidenland Travelogues: ’24, Jill, Hunter, Kamala & More
April 17, 2023
DeSantis vs. the Donor Machine, a Vacant Senate Seat & Youngkin Challenges
April 13, 2023
Jeff Roe’s DeSantis U-Turn, Behind the Elias Shocker, & Gavin’s DiFi Dilemma
April 10, 2023
Biden’s Shadow Campaign, DeSantis’s Electability Mess, Sean Spicer’s Next Move
April 6, 2023
The DeSantis Plan B & K Street Murmurs
April 3, 2023
The Hottest Political Tea in Florida
March 30, 2023
The Jeff Roe Rebound, Cory’s Ambition, Pompeo’s Prayers
March 27, 2023
DeSantis Doubts, A.O.C.’s Strategy & Pompeo Whereabouts
March 23, 2023
A White House Split & The Roe Revolution
March 21, 2023
ICYMI: Fox in the Doghouse, Licht ’24, & the Trump Indictment Stress Test
March 20, 2023
Fox in the Doghouse, Licht ’24, & the Trump Indictment Stress Test
March 16, 2023
DeSantis’s New Diet & Pence’s Moment of Truth
March 13, 2023
The Remaking of A.O.C.