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The Playbook Podcast

A warning to Cabinet officials and pressure from Senate GOP

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

News, Daily News, Politics, Government

3.9 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

More Cabinet news this week—White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is tightening the reins on international travel for all Cabinet members, urging officials to focus on promoting the administration's domestic agenda. Playbook's Megan Messerly and Adam Wren dive into the administration's strategy ahead of a challenging midterm cycle. And Senate Republicans are warning anyone in Trump’s Cabinet to quit now especially before November, and the White House Correspondents’ Dinner weekend officially kicks off today.

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Today on the Playbook podcast, cabinet officials are being limited in their international travel

0:40.8

and being instructed by chief of staff, Susie Wiles, to stay domestic ahead of the midterms.

0:46.5

Meanwhile, if any cabinet members are looking for the exit signs, they need to find them

0:52.3

quickly because the Senate GOP is ready to lock things down.

0:57.5

And tomorrow kicks off the White House Correspondence dinner weekend. Hello, I'm Adam Wren.

1:02.6

And I'm Megan Messerly. It's Thursday, April 23rd.

1:07.7

Megan, welcome back. Where in the world are you today? Good morning, Adam. I, like last week,

1:14.0

I'm still in Nevada. I'm in Vegas doing some more exciting reporting that I will not tease here,

1:20.0

but folks can look out for early next week on politico.com. So that little tease for you.

1:25.3

Looking forward to that. Well, Megan, the first story driving the day today, cabinet officials are being limited on international travel.

1:32.8

And they're being instructed by Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, to focus on President Trump's domestic agenda.

1:39.7

Sources told Politico that Trump's chief of staff has told cabinet members to stay closer to the home

1:45.6

and that she needs to approve their travel herself. The administration is, of course,

1:51.5

nervous about waning Republican support. Megan, we've seen over the last two years the president

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