
Alex Burns
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@POLITICO Senior Executive Editor, North America
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https://www.amazon.com/This-Will-Not-Pass-Americas/dp/1982172487 04-10-2009 14:35:25
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NEW: Senate Republicans say House GOP's IRA clean energy tax credit cuts won't work and will have to be changed. Early phaseouts could harm deployment of nuclear, geothermal and other new technologies needed to meet growing power demand, Cramer told me subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…


The 3 a.m. clash between Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Randy Weber politico.com/live-updates/2…

.Senator Ron Johnson told me this morning that he doesn’t want to undermine President Trump’s trade strategy by undercutting his flexibility, but “he only has so much time.” #POLITICOTrade

scoop from Camille von Kaenel Gavin Newsom is set to propose a 15-year extension of California’s signature cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gases — a cornerstone of the state’s climate policies and a reliable revenue generator. politico.com/news/2025/05/1…

Among the things Speaker Mike Johnson has to deal with in the next 9-ish days: Most of his members have not been poring over these bills and are getting blindsided by what's in them. Ben Leonard Meredith Lee Hill politico.com/news/2025/05/1…

📺A double dose of POLITICOs on CBS News this evening‼️ White House Reporters Sophia Cai and Jake Traylor joined Major Garrett to unpack speculation about Democrats' 2028 presidential bids. Watch the full segment👇 cbsnews.com/video/pete-but…


WATCH LIVE: General Chance Saltzman Gen. Chance Saltzman joins our reporter samskove to discuss the Trump’s administration's space priorities, how they plan to achieve “space superiority" and more. #POLITICOSecurity POLITICO Live x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Crypto SCOOP, first on POLITICO Pro 👇

Biden's former national security adviser Jake Sullivan tells our Jack Blanchard the former president's debate performance was "a shock to me."



NEW: House GOP leaders want Trump to dissuade hardliners’ push for deeper Medicaid cuts - w/ the megabill in peril White House officials have been huddling for hours w/ some of the Budget holdouts Mods raising alarm W/ Jake Traylor Megan Messerly politi.co/3FaRCeM

“An unmistakable nudge to lawmakers that investors are … concerned about legislation that could pile trillions of dollars more onto an already staggering national debt.” — with Benjamin Guggenheim Meredith Lee Hill Jordain Carney and shepherded by Mike DeBonis politico.com/news/2025/05/1…

In @politicomag, I review books about the 2024 campaign by Alex Thompson @JakeTapper Jonathan Allen Amie Parnes Chris Whipple: “The lie that Joe Biden, his family, and his underlings foisted on the American public was severe as any Donald J. Trump has ever told." politico.com/news/magazine/…



