Adam Wren

6 days ago | politico.com | Adam Wren

With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali BiancoGood Saturday morning. This is Adam Wren. . TODAY: President Donald Trump flies back to Washington today from Bedminster, New Jersey, to attend another national security meeting in the Oval Office at 6 p.m.THE CONVERSATION: Ever since Trump’s victory in November, Democrats have been asking some variation of one question: Why did we lose the election? Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) has a few answers.

1 week ago | politico.com | Adam Wren

With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali BiancoOn this morning’s Playbook Podcast, Adam and Zack Stanton discuss whether Iran is dividing MAGA, how the specter of Iraq looms and the emergence of a new 2028 litmus test. Good Friday morning. This is Adam Wren. How about those Indiana Pacers? . In today’s Playbook …— Is talk of a “civil war” over Iran within the MAGA universe overblown?

1 week ago | importantville.substack.com | Adam Wren

RUN, MIKE, RUN? — Hannah News Service follows up on my scoop about Gov. Mike Braun eyeing a 2028 presidential bid, noting that: GOP leaders tell us that his people have been quietly gauging interest, and we’ve also heard that there are a number of Republican officeholders who would likely urge Governor Braun to run, if only to break the logjam at the to…Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to IMPORTANTVILLE to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

1 week ago | politico.com | Adam Wren

With help from Eli Okun and Bethany IrvineHappy Saturday. This is Adam Wren. Happy Flag Day. . SCARY STUFF: Two Minnesota state lawmakers — former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and Sen. John Hoffman, both members of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party — were shot at their homes by a gunman impersonating a police officer, according to The Minnesota Star Tribune’s Briana Bierschbach. Hortman and her husband were killed, and Minnesota Gov.

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Adam Wren

The flags, made in Deluzio’s Pennsylvania, came with a message in an accompanying dear colleague letter written by Ryan, a West Point grad who served two tours in Iraq, and Deluzio, a U.S. Navy officer who did three deployments there. They have joined forces to become co-chairs of the first-ever, 18-member Democratic Veterans Caucus, formed just three days ago. “Patriotism does not belong to one party,” the letter read.