Zack Stanton

Detroit, Washington, D.C.

Deputy Editor, Playbook at POLITICO

I edit @playbookdc at @politico. Macomb County native. Signal: zstanton.01 Bluesky: @zackstanton.bsky.social Email: [email protected]

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Articles

What Michigan tells us about 2026

1 week ago | politico.com | Adam Wren |Zack Stanton

With help from Eli Okun and Bethany IrvineHappy Friday morning. This is Adam Wren. Tough loss by my Pacers to the Knicks last night in game five of the Eastern Conference Finals. As Indianapolis’ own Kurt Vonnegut once wrote, So it goes. . YOUR NEW MUST-LISTEN: Playbook’s own Dasha Burns has already established herself as an indispensable read on Donald Trump’s Washington. On Sunday, she’ll also become an indispensable listen: Her new podcast, “The Conversation,” debuts.
Playbook: The new normal

1 week ago | politico.com | Zack Stanton

With help from Eli Okun and Bethany IrvineGood morning. This is Zack Stanton in the driver’s seat this Sunday. . Speaking of the driver’s seat … our Adam Wren writes in with a SPOTTED from the Indianapolis 500: Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.); Indiana Gov. Mike Braun; Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso doing a fundraiser with Roger Penske and Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio); Lachlan Murdoch.
Playbook: Answering the call

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Zack Stanton

With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany IrvineGood Sunday morning. This is Zack Stanton. . Pope Leo XIV singled out the need for peace in three war-torn regions of the world: Gaza, Myanmar and Ukraine.
Playbook: The audacity of pope

4 weeks ago | politico.com | Zack Stanton

With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany IrvineGood morning. It’s Friday. This is Zack Stanton, thrilled that the new pope likely also calls it “pop” rather than “soda.” . YOUR MORNING LISTEN: Bret Baier is having a moment. The anchor of Fox News’ “Special Report” hosts the rare TV news show whose influence is exploding.
Playbook: What, me worry?

1 month ago | politico.com | Zack Stanton

With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany IrvineHappy Saturday. This is Zack Stanton. Send your Kentucky Derby tips: .
Chaos or control?

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Zack Stanton

Share FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: As 2028 buzz swarms around him, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is set to travel to South Carolina at the end of May to headline the state party’s influential Blue Palmetto Dinner, POLITICO’s Brakkton Booker scoops this morning.But but but: Moore insists he isn’t running for president in 2028. “I am clear — I’m not running,” he tells Brakkton.And yet … his South Carolina visit will coincide with Rep.
Playbook: Chaos or control?

1 month ago | politico.com | Zack Stanton

With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany IrvineHappy Friday morning. This is Zack Stanton. . FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: As 2028 buzz swarms around him, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is set to travel to South Carolina at the end of May to headline the state party’s influential Blue Palmetto Dinner, POLITICO’s Brakkton Booker scoops this morning. But but but: Moore insists he isn’t running for president in 2028. “I am clear — I’m not running,” he tells Brakkton.
Trump’s trip to hallowed political ground

1 month ago | politico.com | Zack Stanton

Attendees wait in line for an event with U.S. President Donald Trump to commemorate his 100th Day in office at Macomb County Community College Sports & Expo Center in Warren, Michigan on April 29, 2025.
A WHCD like none other

1 month ago | politico.com | Zack Stanton

With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany IrvineHappy Friday. This is Zack Stanton. Welcome to the start of White House Correspondents Dinner weekend. . A NOTE TO READERS: This week marks 10 years since the launch of POLITICO Europe. What began as a small digital start-up is now a formidable newsgathering enterprise spanning the continent.
Playbook: Decision time on the border

1 month ago | politico.com | Zack Stanton

With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany IrvineGood Sunday morning, and Happy Easter to those who celebrate. This is Zack Stanton. . President Donald Trump has fewer guardrails and more accommodating advisers and Cabinet officials this term. | Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images DECISION DAY: On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border.