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Good Tuesday morning, I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing.

And I'm Jake Sherman. Some interesting nuggets from the White House world this morning.

First up, searching for leakers. The Trump administration has opened an internal investigation

to try to uncover who leaked intelligence about Russians paying the Taliban bounties to kill American soldiers.

The administration maintains the story is overcooked, despite a steady stream of follow-ups

from media outlets across the globe. The administration has interviewed people with access to

the intelligence and believes it has narrowed down the universe to fewer than 10 people.

Of course, the administration has said it would search for leakers in its ranks on many

occasions.

Notably, they vowed to find out who wrote an anonymous op-ed in the New York Times almost two years

ago.

They said they'd find who leaked the president's calendars in February of 2019.

Most of these probes fizzled out or faded away.

But the administration seems a bit more worked up about these leaks due to the nature

of the intelligence.

Also, here's some new travel on the books this week.

The president will travel to U.S. Southern Command in Dorell, Florida, Friday to get a

briefing on drug trafficking from South America.

The White House is looking at a few executive actions targeting China. One would curb special

exemptions for Chinese businesses operating in the U.S. and another would target trade with Hong Kong.

Also look for the administration to try to enact some tax policy by executive order, although

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