Benjamin Swasey
Ben Swasey is a deputy editor on the Washington Desk, covering the 2020 presidential campaign through the inauguration.
A Massachusetts native, Swasey was previously a political editor and digital manager at WBUR in Boston.
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President Trump and Republicans could've set a one-month fundraising record — had their Democratic counterparts not hauled in some $150 million more. -
Meanwhile, Joe Biden will not travel to host city Milwaukee for the Democratic convention because of the pandemic — and neither will any other speakers.
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Rep. William Lacy Clay has represented the state's 1st Congressional District, around St. Louis, since 2001.
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Some Republicans worry that Kris Kobach, a polarizing conservative who lost the Kansas governor's race in 2018, would put a solid GOP Senate seat in jeopardy along with their Senate majority.
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The retweeted video comes as most Americans say President Trump has mostly increased racial tensions in the country.
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As overlapping crises convulse an anxious nation, Trump seeks to cast blame for widespread protests gripping cities on "radical-left anarchists" like Antifa.
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Richard Bright says he was removed from his post because of his "insistence" that the government spend funds on "safe and scientifically vetted solutions" to address the coronavirus.
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How did the president respond to key moments during the pandemic? And how did representatives of the World Health Organization respond during the same period?
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Biden was already the presumptive presidential nominee, after Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign. Wisconsin controversially held in-person voting despite the pandemic.
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Sanders had long said he'd support whoever won the Democratic nomination. He made it official on Monday.
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After an 11th-hour scramble, Wisconsin forged ahead with its election despite fears about the coronavirus outbreak and an ongoing stay-at-home order.
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Sunday's planeload comes as the Trump administration faces criticism over its distribution of medical supplies that are in short supply across the country.
