Burns, Alexander: - Alexander Burns is a national correspondent for The New York Times and a political analyst for CNN. He has covered politics at the Times since 2015, including as a national political correspondent in the 2020 campaign. Prior to joining the Times, he was a reporter and editor at POLITICO. Born and raised in New York City, he is a graduate of Harvard College, where he edited the Harvard Political Review. He and his wife, MJ Lee, live in Washington, DC, with their daughter, Penelope, and their dog, Bandit.