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| | | | Happy Friday. This is Zack Stanton. Welcome to the start of White House Correspondents Dinner weekend. Get in touch. 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. As POLITICO’s global editor-in-chief John Harris writes, this achievement owes much to good timing: The last decade has been dominated by crises; over debt and the Euro, migration and the rise of anti-establishment forces on the right. Our audience is now urgently concerned about the central questions facing the West, including the fate of the decades-long experiment in European integration and a bloody war on the continent’s eastern border. But POLITICO, save for rare occasions, doesn’t aim for solemnity. We cover fights over power and policy the way we experience them — full of intrigue and drama, a nonstop jostling for position by people who are simultaneously idealistic and self-interested, high and low motives existing side-by-side with no real contradiction or incompatibility. Thanks to everyone — including you, our readers — who played a part in getting us here. Read John’s full note here In today’s Playbook … — Steve Bannon has a prediction for Karoline Leavitt’s future in the Trump White House. — Pope Francis’ funeral brings together more than 50 heads of state. — Dasha Burns scoops a new poll on the limits of the MAGA-MAHA alliance.
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters outside the White House on April 23, 2025, in Washington. | Mark Schiefelbein/AP | OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS … White House special envoy Steve Witkoff is due to meet (later today) with Russian President Vladimir Putin in search of a peace deal to end Moscow’s war on Ukraine and a cavalcade of world leaders descend on Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral (4 a.m. Eastern tomorrow), with globe-altering diplomatic conversations certain to happen on the periphery. And yet, today … much of Washington is instead focused on something altogether more frivolous: the festivities surrounding tomorrow’s annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. On the surface, much is the same as years past. The swanky, exclusive events are back, the “spotted” submissions are buzzy and bountiful (read below!) and the pileup of text messages on the Playbook team’s phones attests to the fact that the appetite for last-minute party invites and plus-ones continues, unsated. But something feels different. At tomorrow’s dinner, there will neither be a president in attendance nor a comedian providing the evening’s entertainment. Instead, Playbook is reliably told that the only people who’ll command the microphone are a select few WHCA board members, recipients of the night’s awards and scholarship students. (Unpopular opinion: Perhaps this is the way it should always be?) At the parties so far, “there’s no/low expectations,” an ace Washington observer texted Playbook last night. “The vibe is more serious,” added a White House correspondent at a rival outlet. “It feels like people are looking for a reason to be together. It sounds cheesy, but folks seem to be holding on a little bit longer in hugs.” Welcome to This Town under siege, where the cocktails flow and DJ music thumps even as the president takes a sledgehammer to Washington. Life is a cabaret, old chum. Over his nearly 100 days in office, President Donald Trump has gleefully smashed through Washington’s conventions, remaking much of American politics along the way. In slashing the government without much of any meaningful opposition from Congress, he’s not only upended the bureaucracy, but altered what we’ve come to expect from America’s system of checks and balances (see also: the administration’s relationship with the court system). In this blitz, the speed, ferocity, breadth and scope of action is often the message as much as the underlying policies themselves. Any damage along the way isn’t collateral; it’s calculated. So, too, is the case with the press. Witness a typical session in the White House’s James S. Brady Press Briefing Room.
| | | | A message from The National Association of REALTORS®: A new survey shows Americans overwhelmingly back real estate provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. A massive 91% support preserving homeowner tax incentives like the mortgage interest deduction. 83% back the 20% tax break for small businesses and independent contractors, and 61% favor raising SALT limits. Real estate fuels 18% of U.S. GDP, with each home sale creating two jobs. Support for homeownership is a win for the economy and the middle class. Learn more. | | | | First in Playbook: “They don’t view the briefing room as a way to impart information,” Peter Baker, the NYT’s chief White House correspondent tells POLITICO’s Adam Wren in a must-read profile of press secretary Karoline Leavitt. “They don’t even view the briefing room as a way to shape reporters’ stories. They view the briefing room as a theater for the MAGA audience.” Baker — who, Adam notes, is on his staggering 17th White House press secretary — says that the current tension between the administration and press corps “goes beyond anything that is traditional to the point of open hostility, and mockery and disparagement in a way that’s meant for the larger audience, not for the people in the room.” The woman in the arena: In this role, Leavitt has established herself as one of the most important figures in Trump’s Washington. Indeed, Steve Bannon tells Adam that after “a year or two” as press secretary, “I think she’s going to get a Cabinet position. Maybe chief of staff.” It’s a testament both to the extent of Leavitt’s mind meld with the president and to how central her approach to the press is to Trump’s broader project. FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT EQUATION: For members of the press, media coverage is like catnip. And this morning, Lachlan Cartwright has a feature in POLITICO Magazine that is sure to get folks purring: “Maddow’s Back! The Resistance Is Rising! So Why Is MSNBC’s Future Uncertain?” Inside the resistance’s favorite channel: “On the air, MSNBC continues to give viewers the blow-by-blow of Trump and the fate of democracy,” Cartwright reports. But behind the scenes, as MSNBC separates entirely from NBC News, “staffers operate with limited information about their fates and the editorial direction of the new leadership.” About that editorial direction: MSNBC honchos Mark Lazarus and Rebecca Kutler are trying to temper some of the anti-Trump resistance fever on the network, and “executive producers have been told … to incorporate more hopeful news to give viewers a break from the bleakness,” Cartwright reports. “They have been instructed to incorporate guests with competing viewpoints and to be more measured in their use of breaking news banners so that not every Trump outrage seems like a five-alarm fire.” What agents will be grumbling about tonight: Though network talent was told that they could only stay with either Comcast (NBC’s parent) or SpinCo (MSNBC’s new parent), Willie Geist is the rare — perhaps only — exception allowed to keep working for both networks. Autoplaying soon after a Phish video: “Bosses have had discussions with Punchbowl’s Jake Sherman to take over [Jen] Psaki’s Sunday show, but I’m told these talks have ended,” Cartwright writes. “Sherman and co-founder Anna Palmer are instead working on their own programming for YouTube and are building a studio at their Washington townhouse office.”
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A new national survey shows overwhelming support for pro-housing policies in TCJA. Learn More. | | | | MEANWHILE, AT THE VATICAN HONORING FRANCIS: President Trump is set to attend the funeral service for Pope Francis along with a host of world leaders and foreign dignitaries. It will be the first papal funeral since Pope Benedict XVI’s in 2023 — though the last time a sitting pope died was Pope John Paul II in 2005. The service is set to begin at 4 a.m. Eastern time on Saturday. In the wings: “The pope’s funeral provides an unexpected opportunity for impromptu international diplomacy and uncomfortable encounters,” The Guardian’s Harriet Sherwood writes. The early Saturday start “means most heads of state and political leaders will arrive in Rome on Friday evening, with a brief window for meetings if desired.” Have a seat: The Telegraph notes that the Trumps could find themselves in “third-tier seats” based on Vatican protocol. Who’s going to be there: There are currently 130 foreign delegations slated to attend the service, including 50 heads of state and 10 reigning sovereigns, according to the Vatican. Among those set to attend the funeral: Prince William, UK PM Keir Starmer, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Argentinian President Javier Milei, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. More confirmed guests, via TIME Who won’t be there: Russian President Vladimir Putin, most notably.
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From May 4–7, California Playbook will deliver exclusive, on-the-ground coverage from the 28th Annual Milken Institute Global Conference. Get behind-the-scenes buzz, standout moments, and insights from leaders in AI, finance, health, philanthropy, geopolitics, and more. Subscribe now for your front-row seat to the conversations shaping our world. | | | | | FOR PETE’S SAKE HEGSETH AGONISTES: The turmoil at the Pentagon surrounding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his inner circle shows no signs of stopping, as a round of fresh stories kicks up more drama inside the E-Ring. Kasper ghosts: Joe Kasper — Hegseth’s controversial chief of staff who played a central role in a power struggle that gripped the Pentagon — has exited his post, POLITICO’s Daniel Lippman and Jack Detsch scooped. He’s heading back to government relations and consulting. It happens as … the ranks of those Hegseth trusts has shrunk “to little more than his wife, lawyer, and two lower-level officials — leaving the Pentagon’s lead office without longtime expertise or clear direction,” POLITICO’s Paul McLeary and Jack Detsch report. What worries Hegseth: The secretary has “become increasingly concerned about how Trump is perceiving the situation and the possibility of being fired,” WSJ’s Nancy Youssef, Alex Ward and Vera Bergengruen report. But stories like this are not likely to help him: Youssef, Ward and Bergengruen write that after news broke a few weeks back that Hegseth was prepping a classified briefing on China for Elon Musk, Hegseth lashed out against who he thought was behind the leak. “‘I’ll hook you up to a f---ing polygraph!’ Hegseth shouted at Adm. Christopher Grady, the then-acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.” The polygraph never came for Grady, but Hegseth went on to “accuse a number of other people for the leak, including Lt. Gen. Doug Sims, the Joint Staff director, who Hegseth also threatened with a polygraph test.” The latest drip: Hegseth “had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer,” AP’s Tara Copp reports. BEST OF THE REST EXCLUSIVE: A MAHA MOMENT: POLITICO’s Dasha Burns writes in … This week, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directed the FDA to begin phasing out synthetic food dyes, with dreams of going much further: "[O]ne by one, we’re going to get rid of every ingredient and additive in food that we can legally address," he said. It was a forceful expression of a key priority for his MAHA coalition of self-proclaimed health freaks that was instrumental in Trump’s 2024 campaign. Big tent, bigger problems? But the MAHA faction isn’t always in lockstep with Trump’s MAGA base. And some of Kennedy’s policy priorities could add friction to the cozy relationship the GOP has long had with business sectors including pharmaceuticals, Big Food and Big Ag. The limits of the coalition: Playbook has an exclusive look at a new memo from Plymouth Union Public Research that draws on surveys from conservative polling firm the Tyson Group to find the limits of the MAHA movement’s appeal within the GOP primary electorate. Among the takeaways: 90% of Republican primary voters prefer “transparency in knowing what ingredients are in their food rather than having the government ban ingredients” … 71% disagree with Kennedy’s proposal to end subsidies for farmers … 55% say that “imposing more regulations on American food producers” weakens Trump’s leverage vis-a-vis China … 55% say they would be less likely to support a candidate who sided with Kennedy over Trump. GEORGIA ON MY MIND: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is “seriously considering” a run for Senate, and believes she would “crush” a GOP primary contest — that is, if Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp passes on a bid to challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, The Daily Caller’s Adam Pack reports. … Meanwhile, Stacey Abrams is mulling a third bid for the governor’s mansion, even as some Dems are ready to move on, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Greg Bluestein reports. BITES FROM THE WILDERNESS … Schiff happens: Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is bringing his old House-style confrontation to his new seat in the Senate, POLITICO’s Hailey Fuchs writes this morning. His approach is “defying the upper chamber’s more staid, seniority-driven sensibilities.” Schiff says Trump has a lot to do with it. “I think frankly, if it had been a Harris presidency, I would have continued to be seen and not heard,” Schiff told Hailey. On the warpath: Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) is road-testing what she calls a “war plan” to “contain and defeat Donald Trump,” POLITICO’s Adam Wren reports. “In the first of a series of speeches about the Democratic Party’s path out of the wilderness, the Michigan senator said she will span everything from strategy to tactics and tone, acknowledging public perception of the party as ‘weak and woke’ needs to change.” She’s urging Dems to appeal to patriotism, adopt Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell’s “alpha energy” and embrace a tough 2028 primary. SWEET HOME ALABAMA: Sen. Tommy Tuberville may be laying the groundwork for a gubernatorial run next year, Yellowhammer News’ Grayson Everett reports. “Tuberville told a group of donors at a private event on Wednesday night that his mind is officially made up,” per Everett, who notes an “official campaign announcement is imminent in the coming weeks.” But but but: Tuberville said on X that he is “still praying about how to best serve the people of Alabama. When I have an official announcement about my future, you'll hear it directly from me.” LIVE AND LET DEI: A trio of federal judges dealt three separate blows to the Education Department’s plans to enforce sweeping bans on DEI initiatives in the nation’s K-12 schools, POLITICO’s Juan Perez Jr. reports. AD-VERSE EFFECTS: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s controversial multimillion-dollar ad campaign to clamp down on illegal migration to the U.S. is not playing so well south of the border. The Mexican government is “calling for the ads to be pulled and promising to ban such foreign ‘propaganda’ in the future,” WaPo’s Mary Beth Sheridan, Marianne LeVine and Aaron Schaffer report. FOR YOUR RADAR: “ICE arrested Columbia protester without a warrant, court documents show,” by WaPo’s Susan Svrluga HAPPENING TODAY: Former Rep. George Santos faces sentencing for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, which is expected to drop at least a two-year sentence on the disgraced New York Republican. He’s prepared for worse: “Right now, my expectation is I’m going to prison for 87 months,” he told NYT’s Grace Ashford. “I came to this world alone. I will deal with it alone, and I will go out alone,” he added.
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A new national survey shows overwhelming support for pro-housing policies in TCJA. Learn More. | | | | THE WEEKEND AHEAD TV TONIGHT — PBS’ “Washington Week”: Panel: Kaitlan Collins, Stephen Hayes, Asma Khalid and Ashley Parker. SUNDAY SO FAR … ABC “This Week”: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent … Jake Sullivan. Panel: Donna Brazile and Reince Priebus. CBS “Face the Nation”: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. FOX “Fox News Sunday”: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.). Panel: Annie Linskey, Julia Manchester, Cal Thomas and Juan Williams. Sunday special: Dana Perino. NBC “Meet the Press”: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Panel: Lanhee Chen, Amna Nawaz, Ryan Nobles and Jen Psaki. CNN “State of the Union”: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Panel: Jaime Herrera Beutler, Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.), Karen Finney and David Urban. NewsNation “The Hill Sunday”: Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) … Jonathan Adler. Panel: Shadi Hamid, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Jessica Taylor and John Tamny. Fox News “Sunday Morning Futures”: U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker … Kari Lake … Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.). MSNBC “Inside with Jen Psaki”: Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) … Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-Colo.).
| | | | Cut through policy complexity and turn intelligence into action with POLITICO’s Policy Intelligence Assistant—a new suite of tools designed to save you time and demonstrate your impact more easily than ever—available only to Pro subscribers. Save hours, uncover critical insights instantly, and stay ahead of the next big shift. Power your strategy today—learn more. | | | | | | | TALK OF THE TOWN | | WELCOME TO WHCD WEEKEND — The social marathon that is White House Correspondents’ Dinner begins tonight, with more than a handful of parties and soirées. Today’s events include … Morning Consult’s kickoff happy hour gets everything going at 3 p.m. … after which you can roll on to drinks with Crooked Media or the Motion Picture Association WHCD Reception, both of which start at 5:30 … Voto Latino Foundation’s “Our Voices” Event begins at 6 … the Australian Embassy and DC Magazine gala and the CAA/Conde Nast Kickoff event go off at 6:30 … the Creative Coalition Dinner and the British Embassy and Brunswick Group/Daily Mail reception start at 7 … the Washingtonian/Qatari Embassy soirée opens at 8 … and the UTA WHCD Party tips off at 9. Over the next few days, we’ll be sharing some of our best “spotteds,” photos and behind-the-scenes details in our morning editions. And while members of the Playbook team will be fanned out across Washington this weekend, we need your help: If you spot something or someone noteworthy, email us at playbook@politico.com or text us on Signal here. (Don’t worry, all tips will be anonymous.) — Story Partners and the Washingtonian co-hosted the 12th Annual Washington Women in Journalism awards at the Larz Anderson House. Among the honorees, NYT’s Elisabeth Bumiller was given the Hall of Fame Achievement Award, CBS’ Margaret Brennan received the Outstanding Journalism in Broadcast Television, WSJ’s Vivian Salama took home the Outstanding Journalist in Print and USA Today’s Francesca Chambers was named as a Star to Watch. SPOTTED: Gloria Story Dittus, Cathy Merrill, Matt Shay, Melissa Hockstad, Heather Podesta, David Chavern, Anna Palmer, Kelly O’Donnell, Tamara Keith, Kristen Welker, Mary Louise Kelly, Ayesha Rascoe, Rebecca Kutler, Alayna Treene, Meridith McGraw, Kasie Hunt, Josh Dawsey, John Hudson, John McCarthy, Stephanie Penn, Betsy Klein, Lynn Sweet, Molly Ball, Carol Leonnig, Carl Hulse, Karen Knutson, Sally Quinn, Abby Godard, Neil Grace and Christina Sevilla. ALSO SPOTTED: Members of the Washingtonian Guild’s editorial staff were stationed outside of the party with signs in an attempt to bring attention to what they say are the two-thirds of women in the union who don’t make a livable salary for D.C. Pseudo-celebrity Tony P joined in with the staffers, donning a “Journalists Deserve Fair Wages” stickers. Pics — SPOTTED at the Status WHCD Kickoff Party at Fish Shop last night: Oliver Darcy and Elise Shae, Jon and Katie Passantino, Kaitlan Collins, Dasha Burns, Rachael Bade, Kara Swisher and Amanda Katz, Dylan Byers, Taylor Lorenz, Kristen Holmes, Jim Acosta and Liz Landers, Sam Feist, Andrew Bates, Amanda Wills, Emily Kuhn, Richard Hudock, Maggie Schultz, George Conway, Jon Kelly, Bradley Singer, Josh Dawsey, David Chalian, Sam Feist, Ed O'Keefe, Fin Gómez, Sara Fischer, Mary Noonan, Michael Grynbaum, Max Tani, Erik Wemple, Alex Isenstadt, Andy Stone, Katie Rogers, Amber Phillips, Jessica Dean, Alex Thompson, Charlotte Klein, Sophia Cai, Teddy Schleifer, Marshall Cohen, Will Sommer, Michelle Jaconi, Jesse Rodriguez, Zeke Miller, Jay Sures, Phil Kent, Ryan Hayden, David Gruber, Claudia Russo, Sahil Kapur, Josiah Ryan, Tara Copp, Ted Johnson, Aidan McLaughlin, Elie Honig and Olivia Petersen. — SPOTTED at the Semafor Gala in celebration of the 2025 World Economy Summit last night at the National Portrait Gallery: Rep. Mike Haridopolos (R-Fla.), Bill de Blasio, Wolf Blitzer, Stephanie Ruhle, Penny Pritzker, David Rubenstein, Ari Melber, Liz Claman, Justin Smith, Ben Smith, Katherine Maher, Bill Nye, Kasie Hunt, French Ambassador Laurent Bili, Australian Ambassador Kevin Rudd, Troy Fitrell, Filipino Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez, Lithuanian Ambassador Audra Plepytė, Athina Lawson, Molly Ball, Josh Dawsey, Katie Robertson, Charlotte Klein, Ally Biasotti, Shelby Talcott, Burgess Everett, Phil Lewis, Sean Cooksey, Mike Froman, Dana Bash, Mike Inacay, Yinka Adegoke, Fin Gómez, Liz Hoffman, Dave Weigel, Stephanie Penn, Kadia Goba, Valdis Dombrovskis, Max Tani, Slovenian Ambassador Iztok Mirošič, Matthew Prince, Sam Feist, Rich Lesser, José Muñoz, Tim Doyle, Will Baskin-Gerwitz, Jim Bankoff, Jon Clifton, Maya Valentine, Brennan Adelaide, Paige Willey, Michael Kikukawa, Tara Palmeri, Alex Pfeiffer and Jane Mayer. PLAYBOOK METRO SECTION — “While D.C. braces for cuts, Bowser proposes another boost for schools,” by WaPo’s Lauren Lumpkin: “The mayor said she wants to direct an additional $11 million to programs that reduce the cost of childcare and improve preschool teacher salaries.” FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Mark Halperin’s new podcast, “Next Up with Mark Halperin,” has booked Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for its first episode (airing on Tuesday, April 29) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom for its second episode (airing on Thursday, May 1). The show is part of Megyn Kelly’s MK Media podcast network. — The Democratic Governors Association is announcing a slate of new comms hires: Izzi Levy and Kevin Donohoe will be senior comms advisers, Johanna Warshaw will be deputy comms director, Julia Hamelburg will be adviser for strategic comms and media and Terra Hernandez will be a press assistant. MEDIA MOVE — Ben T.N. Mause is joining the Baltimore Sun as a congressional reporter. He previously was an Allbritton Journalism Institute fellow for NOTUS. TRANSITIONS — Megan Deusenberry is joining Venture Strategies as VP of operations. She previously was deputy chief of staff to Rep. Laurel Lee (R-Fla.). … Alberto González is now deputy senior director for state government relations at Families USA. He previously was chief policy adviser for the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service in the Biden administration. … … Alan Inouye is retiring as interim associate executive director at the American Library Association, where he will be succeeded by Lisa Varga. She previously was executive director of the Virginia Library Association. … Paul Kisslinger is joining Barnes & Thornburg as partner and co-chair of the firm’s financial and regulatory litigation group. He previously was a partner at Lewis Brisbois and is an SEC alum. WEDDING — Matt Whitworth, a documentary filmmaker and creator of HBO’s “The Swamp,” and Kara Panzer, a humor writer and director of PR at Stevens Institute of Technology, got married on April 18 at a surprise ceremony for 30 guests at The Fifth Avenue Hotel (they knew they were getting married, but the couple told them they were going to City Hall). The couple met on Tinder but took a while to start dating while Matt was filming a project about ISIS. Pics by Sylvie Rosokoff … Another pic WELCOME TO THE WORLD — Meredith Casey McPhillips, VP of membership and marketing at Business Roundtable and a POLITICO alum, and Richard McPhillips Jr., principal at Trammell Crow Company, welcomed Claire Casey McPhillips on April 18. She joins big sister Brooke. Pic — Kathryn Sorenson, a principal at Technicolor Political, and Chris Walsh, chief of staff to Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) welcomed Riley Marie Walsh on Wednesday, just missing by two days the anniversary of the first time Kathryn and Chris met eight years ago at a suburban Duck Donuts. Pic HAPPY BIRTHDAY: PBS NewsHour’s Geoff Bennett … John Anzalone … Erica Suares of American Policy Ventures … Steve Murphy of MVAR Media … Ashlee Strong Gault … Peter Daou … David Gardiner … Andy Sigmon … Bill Duhnke … Teddy Goff of Precision Strategies … POLITICO’s Alex Nieves and Emory Roberts … Smythe Anderson … Mike Tuffin of AHIP … former Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) … Seth Amgott … former Rep. Keith Rothfus (R-Pa.) … Jaclyn Rothenberg … Julie Roginsky … Raben’s Michael Yudin … Patrick Mellody … Wendy Anderson … Kathy Baird … Kristen Ricciardelli … Emily Singer … Jim Mustian … J.P. Brandt of Thorn Run Partners … Garrett Quinn Jr. Did someone forward this email to you? Sign up here. Send Playbookers tips to playbook@politico.com or text us at 202-556-3307. Playbook couldn’t happen without our deputy editor Zack Stanton and Playbook Daily Briefing producer Callan Tansill-Suddath. Correction: Yesterday’s Playbook misstated the organizations sponsoring a WHCD week party last night. It was hosted by the Meridian International Center and NOTUS.
| | | | A message from The National Association of REALTORS®: A new survey shows Americans overwhelmingly back key real estate provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act—policies that expand homeownership and drive our economy. A whopping 91% support preserving homeowner tax incentives like the mortgage interest deduction. 83% back the 20% tax break for small businesses and independent contractors. And 61% want to see SALT deduction limits increased.
Homeownership is the main way Americans build wealth, with a homeowner's net worth 40 times that of a renter. But with a 4.7 million home shortage, millions of middle-class Americans are locked out of the American Dream.
NAR supports bold, pro-housing policies like fixing the home equity penalty, converting empty commercial spaces into homes, attracting private investment, and cutting red tape.
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