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Alex Burns

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Alex Burns

@alexanderburns

@POLITICO Senior Executive Editor, North America

Washington

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Joined October 2009

Alex Burns
@alexanderburns
Apr 20, 2025
Tonight @politico: We have published a piece from John Ullyot, who just resigned as a top Pentagon spokesman, warning the department is in chaos – and predicting it will likely cost Pete Hegseth his job "The last month has been a full-blown meltdown"
Opinion | Former Top Pentagon Spokesperson Details ‘Month From Hell’ Inside the Agency
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Alex Burns
@alexanderburns
Mar 7, 2025
NEWS: Kamala Harris is now seriously considering a run for Calif governor, report @ccadelago @EugeneDaniels2 Harris drawn to idea of being "chief executive of the 5th-largest economy in the world and the first Black woman to be governor in America"
Kamala Harris sets a deadline for her next move
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Alex Burns
@alexanderburns
May 5, 2025
"A person close to the White House, granted anonymity to share details of internal conversations, also attributed the new tariff policy to Voight." That's Jon Voight – the actor, not the periodontist @meganmesserly @melmason
Trump seeks to reopen Alcatraz, place tariffs on movies made abroad
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Alex Burns
@alexanderburns
Apr 24, 2025
Eye-opening scoop from @alexcguillen: The Trump admin was warned that its strategy to freeze climate grants had "significant legal vulnerabilities" and could expose the government to billions in damages And Alex has the email chains to prove it ...
Quest to retake $20B in climate money puts Trump agencies at ‘significant’ risk, attorney warned
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Alex Burns
@alexanderburns
Apr 20, 2025
Replying to @alexanderburns
Our Pentagon reporter @paulmcleary writes: "The remarkable accusations by a former official — who left only two days ago and insists he still supports the Trump administration’s national security policies — underscores the infighting and upheaval" politico.com/news/2025/04/2…
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Alex Burns
@alexanderburns
Apr 20, 2025
Replying to @alexanderburns @paulmcleary and 2 others
Ullyot makes plain in his piece that he is not breaking with Trump on policy. On the contrary, he argues: "The president deserves better than the current mishegoss at the Pentagon." And: "In short, the building is in disarray under Hegseth’s leadership."
Opinion | Former Top Pentagon Spokesperson Details ‘Month From Hell’ Inside the Agency
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Alex Burns
@alexanderburns
Sep 18, 2025
In @politico interview, Buttigieg delivers a response to the Harris book that is dignified, restrained – and also quite stinging From @adamwren & @lisakashinsky politico.com/news/2025/09/1…
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Alex Burns
@alexanderburns
Apr 20, 2025
Replying to @alexanderburns and @paulmcleary
This follows the scoop on Friday from @dlippman & @JackDetsch on Hegseth's chief of staff leaving his role, the latest in a series of senior staff suspensions and departures at the Pentagon
Pentagon turmoil deepens: Top Hegseth aide leaves post
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Alex Burns
@alexanderburns
Mar 7, 2025
Just posted @politico: DOGE staffers have turned parts of a federal building into a dorm, "complete with beds from IKEA, lamps and dressers" A washer and dryer may be next ... Read the whole story from @HMNorthey & @dannyn516 👇
IKEA beds? Dressers? Inside the ‘exceedingly odd’ DOGE office setup
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Alex Burns
@alexanderburns
Jul 10, 2025
Scoop from @jordainc @rachaelmbade: Joni Ernst has told people she has not decided whether to run again and Senate Republicans are concerned she is going to call it quits
politico.com
Joni Ernst is the next GOP senator on retirement watch
The Iowan has had a tough few months, and Rep. Ashley Hinson is waiting in the wings.
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Alex Burns
@alexanderburns
Jun 18, 2025
Essential reading, pt. 1 – the sidelining of Tulsi Gabbard Trump thinks she “doesn’t add anything to any conversation.” Advisers have discussed collapsing ODNI into another agency From @rachaelmbade @ak_mack @felschwartz @johnnysaks130 👇
Inside the clashes between Trump and Gabbard
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Alex Burns
@alexanderburns
May 9, 2025
The problem for Trump's first trade deal: nobody trusts him to keep it Read @drdesrochers on exclusive @politico / Public First polling 👇
Poll shows big problem for Trump’s trade deal: It’s Trump
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Alex Burns
@alexanderburns
Feb 14, 2025
Really important low-confidence vote in Hegseth from top Senate Republican, in an interview with @jmart
POLITICOEurope
@POLITICOEurope
Feb 14, 2025
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made a “rookie mistake” when he said a return to Ukraine’s pre-war borders was “unrealistic,” Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker said today. politico.eu/article/senate…
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Alex Burns
@alexanderburns
Nov 5, 2025
Democratic voters embrace disruption From NYC to California, party looks to be done mourning broken norms and conventions – and turning toward radical options
Democratic Voters Bury Bidenism and Embrace Disruption
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