Dasha Burns

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Playbook Co-Author, Global Anchor, and Host of The Conversation @POLITICO; former @NBCNews Correspondent; dog-lover 🐶 & raw fish addict 🍣 dburns@politico.com

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1Feb 25, '25BREAKING: Press Sec Karoline Leavitt @PressSec announced the White House Correspondents Association will no longer determine the press pool. “White House Press Pool will now be det135×2.5M3.5k1.2k357
2Nov 28, '20THREAD: I just spent 3 days with frontline workers at hospitals in a part of Appalachia where hospitalizations have more than doubled in the last month. But hospital staff say many127×047k12k954
3Nov 6, '24NEW: @NBCNews Exit Poll in Wisconsin: Trump doubles Black support This year Trump is pulling about 20% of the Black vote, versus 78% for Harris. Four years ago, Trump won only abou125×2.3M8.7k1.3k329
4Nov 3, '24NEW: I spoke with Former President Trump by phone this morning. I asked about the stunning new Iowa poll, his message to women thinking about voting Harris, and RFK Jr.'s plans for83.2×1.6M4.2k544889
5May 22, '24DEVELOPING: RNC HQ in DC is under lockdown until further notice. Hazmat team is on site sources tell me.53.1×992k86635152
7May 16, '22NEW: @NBCNews has verified these images of Barnette marching toward the Capitol on Jan 6 alongside member of the Proud Boys who were later arrested and indicted for breaking into t47.4×015k5.2k204
8Nov 19, '25NEW: A senior White House official tells me a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine could come as soon “as soon as this week” and likely by the end of the month. They believe 43.4×812k712265129
9Feb 17, '23NEW: A senior aide to Senator Fetterman tells me he will likely be in inpatient care for clinical depression for "a few weeks."37.7×705k83019729
10Oct 16🚨 NEW in Playbook: Natalie Harp printed our reporting on Susie Wiles’ future for Trump, triggering a “freakout.” Trump “blew up.” Wiles’ allies “burned up phones” to contain the f37.5×700k1.9k360630
11Aug 21, '24BREAKING: RFK Jr. intends to suspend his campaign on Friday and planning to endorse Former President Trump per two sources...who caution that talks are ongoing, but expect clarity 32.4×606k1.9k25570
12Nov 8, '22Big Election Day mess in Luzerne County, PA. Dozens of polling places ran out of printer paper for ballots. Voters had to be turned away. Court just ruled to extend polling hours t31.6×013k3k103
13May 10, '23NEW- I just sat down w/ former VP Mike Pence. On his former boss now held liable for sex abuse in the E. Jean Carroll case he said he "never heard or witnessed behavior of that nat30.4×567k37613425
14Feb 14, '25Watching VP Vance speech in overflow room. European audience sardonically laughs when he mentions “shared values” and groans when he begins talking about the “threat from within” E28.6×534k6.2k1.5k244
15Jun 2, '23DeSantis and Trump are battling it out in the Governor’s first week as a candidate. A surprising split came on the “woke” issue with Trump stepping back and DeSantis leaning in. I 25.5×476k1.1k17641
16Oct 15, '23SCOOP: Former Vice President Mike Pence’s 2024 campaign is facing a potentially existential cash squeeze, with debt already piling up on the balance sheet @NBCNews has an exclusive25.2×470k35312912
18Aug 23, '23‼️This was on the security table near the metal detectors at the entrance to the debate spin room. Jason Miller, Justin Caparole and Danny Tiso — all three Trump staffers — are spe23.2×433k53826420
19Aug 3, '22Kansas Secretary of State on turnout, speaking anecdotally: "It could be almost 50%. And at that point, you're looking at general election numbers...it's looking a lot like the 20023×011k1.6k52
20Jan 10, '24FIRST TO @NBCNews: A source familiar confirmed DeSantis called Christie to say that regardless of his decision he appreciated his role in the race. Then Christie criticized Haley o22.1×414k1.1k33249
21Nov 6, '23BREAKING: Iowa Gov Kim Reynolds formally endorsed Gov Ron Desantis, telling me in their first intv together that “Trump can’t win” and she doesn’t base her decisions on polls but o21.8×407k91018614
22Aug 3, '23BREAKING: Governor Ron DeSantis and Governor Gavin Newsom have agreed to a debate hosted by Sean Hannity20.7×387k6359411
28Apr 28, '24NEW: Multiple sources confirm to @NBCNews Trump and DeSantis met in Miami this morning. A Trump official tells me DeSantis reached out two weeks ago to set up the meeting via a mut18×337k71626336
30May 22, '24NEW: Three sources tell @NBCNews vials of blood were sent to the RNC...17.1×320k40121332
33Apr 11, '25NEWS: Erik Prince is lobbying Trump on a plan to vastly expand U.S. operations to detain migrants in El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison — including relocating thousands currently16.3×305k562306133
36May 1, '25🚨 Just got a message from @LauraLoomer on Waltz ouster: “Loomered” More deets here soon15×280k75119661
37Jun 13, '25NEW: a senior administration official tells me that Trump is appealing for diplomacy with Iran — and sending a message to Israel to hold off on further attacks: “Saying to Iran now14.6×273k42213184
38May 14, '22Media have been aggressively banned from the Doug Mastriano rally… meanwhile security just let @TheGoodLiars with their MAGA hats in with a pat in the back. … they may regret that 14.3×06.5k1k27
39Aug 27, '21*VIDEO* that says it all about how school board meetings have become the new frontier for culture wars. This is in Williamson County, TN school district. We spoke to people in the 14×04.4k1.3k200
42Nov 10, '25NEW: Bill Pulte gained Trump’s favor with his crusade to criminalize the mortgage records of the president’s most prominent adversaries. But Trump’s allies are souring on Pulte aft12.4×232k90837279
43Mar 29, '25🚨NEWS: Vance and Wiles told Trump he should fire Waltz But Trump doesn’t want to give Goldberg a scalp… yet W/ @rachaelmbade12.4×232k858305111
44Apr 2, '25NEWS: It wasn’t just Yemen. Mike Waltz set up Signal chats for more than 20 national security crises around the world12×224k2.5k1.4k143
45Mar 24, '25NEW: Waltz’s future in doubt following accidental war plan leak, as WH officials speculate whether he may need to be forced out. “You can’t have recklessness as the national securi11.9×222k47814643
46Nov 5, '23SCOOP: Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds will endorse Gov Ron DeSantis for President, sources close to both governors tell me. She’ll make it official at a rally in Des Moines tomorrow ni11.4×213k4691107
47Aug 30, '24BREAKING: Former President Trump tells Fox News he’s voting NO on Florida’s abortion ballot initiative, which means he’s voting against overturning the 6 week ban he told me @NBCNe11.2×209k71219931
48Mar 6, '25🚨SCOOP: The President convened his cabinet and Elon Musk in person this afternoon to send a clear message: You’re in charge of your departments, not Elon Musk. READ THE DEETS:10.9×204k690273125
49Nov 11, '25EXCLUSIVE: We obtained private documents that reveal the administration’s close-held concerns about the future of Gaza. The 67 slides were presented last month during a two-day sym10.7×200k815411381
50Jun 9, '23According to indictment doc: On 12/7/21 Nauta found several boxes and their contents spilled on the floor of the storage room, including a doc with info releasable only to the Five10.3×193k1k40835
51Oct 12, '22We were happy to accommodate closed captioning. Our reporting did not and should not comment on fitness for office. This is for voters to decide. What we do push for as reporters i10.3×01.4k15636
52Dec 11, '24Some ME NEWS for the New Year:9.9×185k5183423
53Oct 12, '22It's possible for two different reporters to have two different experiences w a candidate. Our team was in the room w him & reported what happened in it, as journalists do. Bef9.2×02.5k30440
54Sep 8, '23NEW: From me & @katiadoyl on Trump's troubles in Iowa, where despite a big polling lead his allies urge a wake-up call for a lagging campaign operation. A dozen sources reveal 8.9×167k30210710
55Oct 11, '22Unlike any political interview I’ve ever done. Unlike any race I’ve ever covered. WATCH:8.1×01.2k222117
56Oct 28, '22#PASEN the Oz Campaign is playing the PA Senate Debate on repeat outside the PA Democratic Party fundraiser in Philadelphia tonight with President Biden and VP Harris7.4×03.1k4908
57Jun 16, '23“This is the most expansive, most in-depth, most cooperative, most intensive — fill in however many words you want to there that mean the same thing — program that I've ever seen" 6.7×124k4109516
58Jan 23, '25SCOOP: Trump staff ‘furious’ after Musk trashes AI project “It’s clear he has abused the proximity to the president.” “The problem is the president doesn’t have any leverage over h5.4×101k41211058
60Jun 4, '23NEW: Never Back Down, the super pac supporting DeSantis, got 583 people committing to caucus in Iowa in the campaign’s first week on the trail in the Hawkeye state. Why care? About4.7×88k401662
62Oct 29, '24NEW: Trump campaign tells me his event in minority-majority Allentown, PA today will be heavy on Puerto Rican supporters speaking, including PR Shadow Senator Zoraida Buxo.4.6×85k76011662
63Jun 3, '22Powerful words on the sometimes harmful way men tend to approach their own health from @JohnFetterman as he released details around his heart condition, and what led to his stroke.4.4×01.9k35424
64Jun 2, '23Standing ovation for Riley Gaines at DeSantis event in Greenville, SC - the competitive swimmer who has become an advocate against trans athletes in women’s sports4.2×79k1k1566
66Aug 3, '23When you’re busy doom scrolling this website and forget you’re still on tv…🤦‍♀️4.0×75k715204
67Feb 14, '25COMING UP: VP JD Vance has his first major chance to present himself as President Trump’s proxy on the world stage in Munich. Ahead of his speech, read our reporting on the tough t4.0×75k4525810
68Sep 10, '25I interviewed Charlie multiple times. I often pressed him on his statements and views. He was always willing to engage, and always cordial even after tough back-and-forth. Having w3.6×67k6908342
69Aug 22, '22NEW #PASEN: Oz campaign pressing Fetterman on debates this morning: “If John is too sick to debate and is concerned he can not stand in front of cameras for more than 10 minutes, t3.5×01.2k3494
70Jul 15, '20One doctor in Alabama just broke down in tears talking to me about the toll this covid surge is taking on his staff. ICU beds are 85% full in Alabama... as of today only 252 beds l3.3×092051215
71May 25, '20Reporting today from Montgomery, AL where cases are on the rise and hospitals are out of ICU beds... while the state continues reopen and lift restrictions. Catch the story on @MSN3.3×01k4515
72Sep 22, '22SCOOP #PASEN: Oz took jabs at Fetterman for buying a house for $1. But records show his in-laws' home--where he and his wife currently live according to the campaign--was also purc3.3×01.2k31312
73Jan 17, '21National Guard at the ready on a snowy morning in Lansing, MI. We will be bringing you the latest all day on @MSNBC3.2×01.1k23527
77Oct 13, '25Special MAGA-style hats being handed around and worn by audience members in the Knesset3.0×56k97314427
78Oct 20, '25🚨 Another major set of leaked texts to @politico, this time from Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel. Stunning scoop from my colleague @dlippman3.0×56k60023836
79Sep 26, '25NEW: “We are going to extract maximum pain,” a WH official tells me about their government shutdown strategy. As for negotiating with Dems? Not looking likely: “He read all the shi2.9×54k42717565
80Jul 23, '25NEW: Donald Trump is ‘furious’ as he finds himself in an unfamiliar position — unable to control the Washington narrative and shake off the Epstein news cycles. We take you inside 2.9×53k75326037
82Jan 12, '25Goodbye and thank you Brooklyn 🧡 Hello DC 🚚 Take it easy on this newbie2.8×52k486610
83Feb 10, '22PERSONAL NEWS: Thrilled to keep pursuing the big stories and working to put *people* at the forefront of politics and policy at @NBCNews !!2.4×0767438
84Oct 14, '22Don't miss it2.3×0665664
85May 18, '22Before this wild primary ride is over I need to memorialize that time @NicolleDWallace called me a “badass” on national television. Not even a humble brag. Just a brag. Not sorry. 2.2×01.2k6215
86Sep 19, '22#PASEN Oz spent time in Kensington, PA today for a “Safer Streets” initiative. The event was initially focused on crime and violence, but became more about addiction as he ran into2.1×05581567
87Aug 3, '22Kansans have struck down a proposed amendment that would have stripped abortion rights from the state constitution according to @NBCNews Endless cheers at the no vote victory party1.8×07541608
88Jan 20, '21We didn’t know how much we needed you @TheAmandaGorman. What an incredible moment... the 22-year-old becomes the youngest inaugural poet... reading a piece she completed after the 1.7×07871308
89Aug 5, '22Quite the statement from the Oz campaign to @NBCNews in response to rival Fetterman's return to the campaign trail. Campaign manager Casey Contres tells me Fetterman is a "spoiled 1.7×03828420
90Oct 5, '20It’s official... @Delta has changed their capacity and seating policy so that people not flying together will be sitting next to each other. If someone is uncomfortable sitting nex1.7×04601873
92Nov 9, '22#PASEN NEWS: Oz called Fetterman this morning to concede.1.5×0745543
93Jun 28, '19Wow. @JulianCastro wins 2 nights in a row with this crew, made up of young democrats, republicans, and independents.1.4×06501084
94Aug 3, '2253% turnout in Johnson County, Kansas…about 47% statewide so far according to preliminary results. This kind of showing is virtually unheard of in a midterms primary. And sends a b1.3×05921023
95Sep 20, '21On a @Delta flight to Tennessee for an assignment covering the surge in Covid bringing hospitals to a breaking point there…the pilot just came to the front of the plane before take1.3×06161002
96Nov 3, '20Good morning from Grand Rapids! Lots of folks here ready to vote 🗳1.3×0578714
97Sep 20, '22#PASEN: ~500 people packed into a college gym in ruby red Indiana Co for @FettermanLt. Met more than a few Trump voters here who support the Democratic Senate candidate. Repeatedly1.3×04251018
98Jun 2, '231,500 at DeSantis’ final event of the week in Greenville, SC. 7,000 total attendees across the candidate’s 4-day, 3-state tour - according to campaign.1.2×22k350431
100Dec 9, '21It's official. Buffalo, NY is now home to the first ever unionized Starbucks store in the U.S. The workers leading the movement just learned the results of the vote. More soon on @1.0×0418711
101Nov 2, '20Hanging out w/ 52,000 absentee ballots & 50 election workers in Grand Rapids, MI. The state can start pre-processing absentee ballots today. No counting YET but it’s a head sta1.0×0386893

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