Alex Burns
@alexanderburns
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Head of news @POLITICO. Columnist. @HarvardIOP board. Co-author of This Will Not Pass.
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Joined October 2009
RT @nahaltoosi: EXCLUSIVE: USAID was always going to be a target for Trump/Musk. But a seemingly routine $153M payment made it enemy No. 1.…
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RT @ec_schneider: Scoop - Hakeem Jeffries met w/ 150+ Silicon Valley donors last week, first step in mending relationships w/ “pissed” dono…
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RT @ebazaileimil: SCOOP with @ak_mack: Trump is eyeing former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich for the role of U.S. ambassador to Serbia. ht…
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RT @hollyotterbein: Elon Musk’s team on Friday entered the headquarters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday, sources tell…
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RT @ben_guggenheim: NEW: House W&M Chair Jason Smith says Lindsey Graham’s new plan for Trump’s policy agenda “would never” pass the House.…
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RT @ktullymcmanus: Senate Budget will move NEXT WEEK to mark up their resolution as frustration w House delays simmers w/ @jordainc htt…
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Big scoop from California Playbook: Rob Bonta will NOT run for governor, report @dustingardiner and @jonesblakej Don't miss the Kamala Harris context/subtext ...
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RT @meredithllee: NEW from @JAscholtes — The president in charge during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history has returned to t…
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RT @jmart: >>> After weeks of promising “one big, beautiful bill,” House Republican leaders are at serious risk of being outmaneuvered by…
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RT @Zachary: Prominent Dems are warning it’s a huge mistake to go to war with Trump and Musk over USAID — and Republicans are hoping Dems t…
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RT @meredithllee: News - As Mike Johnson is desperately hunting for new spending cuts: vulnerable Republicans are privately making clear th…
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RT @meredithllee: NEW: Speaker Johnson is planning to discuss spending cut options w/ key GOP holdouts tonight as he tries to salvage his p…
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even more 🚨🚨 news from the @politico Congress team
NEW from @meredithllee/@jordainc: Mike Johnson’s budget plan is at risk of collapse "Some House Republicans are now privately acknowledging the problems in their ranks are so intractable that they might need the Senate to go first."
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RT @ccadelago: News: Gavin Newsom, who recently revived his relationship with Donald Trump as he pushes for federal assistance for the cata…
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RT @Hailey_Fuchs: SCOOP: Senate Judiciary Democrats are asking for a second hearing with Kash Patel
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RT @meredithllee: News: @RealPNavarro leaves door open to pause on Trump’s 10% China tariffs today Tells @DashaBurns incoming USTR Greer w…
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