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Melissa Nann Burke
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Washington bureau chief @detroitnews. President @regionalreports. Tips to mburke (at) detroitnews.com
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    Melissa Nann Burke
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    Nov 21, 2020
    I spotted Michigan GOP legislators Mike Shirkey & Dan Lauwers leaving Trump Hotel this morning w/ staff, the morning after their meeting with Trump @ White House. They did not respond to my questions shouted from behind a security barrier and left in a black SUV for airport
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    Melissa Nann Burke
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    Jul 22, 2024
    .@RepRashida Tlaib did not express support for Harris in a statement tonight. She endorsed an open nominating convention + says she is eager to speak to Harris re issues incl. a permanent ceasefire, an end to funding "genocide" in Gaza.
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    Melissa Nann Burke
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    Oct 8, 2023
    Statement from ⁦@RepRashida⁩ Tlaib
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    Melissa Nann Burke
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    Jan 3, 2025
    Michigan's newest senator, Elissa Slotkin, brought ~40 family members to the Old Senate Chamber for reenactment of her swearing-in w/ VP Harris + photo She swore her oath on a Torah gifted to her by rabbis across Michigan. Slotkin said she's 4th Jewish woman to serve in Senate
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    Melissa Nann Burke
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    Jan 13, 2021
    NEWS: GOP @RepFredUpton will vote yes on impeachment, per spokesman
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    Melissa Nann Burke
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    Feb 1, 2025
    News: @PeteButtigieg has ruled out running for MI governor and is “very seriously focused” on a potential run for US Senate, per a source familiar. #MISen
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    Melissa Nann Burke
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    Nov 21, 2020
    Replying to @nannburke
    Michigan Sens. Aric Nesbitt and Tom Barrett also left the hotel on foot and returned but did not respond to my questions about their meeting with Trump or whether Michigan’s election should be certified.
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    Melissa Nann Burke
    @nannburke
    Jan 28, 2025
    🚨SCOOP: @SenGaryPeters tells me he won’t run for reelection, leaving his seat in battleground Michigan up for grabs in '26 #MISen
    Michigan’s Gary Peters won’t seek reelection to U.S. Senate. Here's why
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    Melissa Nann Burke
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    Nov 21, 2020
    A source shared these photos. Democratic protestors are projecting a message onto the Trump Hotel in DC tonight, where Shirkey and Chatfield are thought to be staying: “The World is Watching. Voters Decided.”
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    Melissa Nann Burke
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    Jan 4, 2019
    Office of @RashidaTlaib comments after MF video: “The Congresswoman absolutely believes he needs to be impeached.”
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    Melissa Nann Burke
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    Oct 24, 2024
    News: Republican former U.S. Rep. Fred Upton backs VP Harris' president detroitnews.com/story/news/pol… via @detroitnews
    GOP's Fred Upton backs Kamala Harris' presidential campaign
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    Melissa Nann Burke
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    Apr 5, 2022
    BIG NEWS: Longtime GOP U.S. Rep. Fred Upton is retiring from Congress, not running for reelection in Michigan, sources say
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    Melissa Nann Burke
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    Jan 6, 2021
    House Sergeant at Arms just informed the Hill press pool that the Capitol has been cleared. Loudspeaker here where we are sheltering in place in the Capitol complex just announced that the DC curfew is going into effect in a few minutes.
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    Melissa Nann Burke
    @nannburke
    Aug 17, 2021
    An administration official tells WaPo there's an estimated 10k U.S. citizens in Afghanistan, the majority in or near Kabul. Many are "hiding and hoping someone saves them before roaming Taliban gangs find them." via @joshrogin
    Opinion | Biden must rescue thousands of U.S. citizens trapped in Afghanistan
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