Benjamin Swasey
Ben Swasey is an editor on the Washington Desk who mostly covers politics and voting.
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. -
Sen. Ed Markey has prevailed in the Democratic race over Rep. Joe Kennedy III, who becomes the first member of the legendary Massachusetts political dynasty to lose an election in the state. -
Meanwhile, Joe Biden will not travel to host city Milwaukee for the Democratic convention because of the pandemic — and neither will any other speakers. -
Rep. William Lacy Clay has represented the state's 1st Congressional District, around St. Louis, since 2001. -
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. -
The offers come as many NBA players have upped their involvement in social causes. Superstar LeBron James has a new group aimed at protecting Black citizens' voting rights. -
President Donald Trump on Sunday retweeted a post showing part of a golf cart parade in The Villages in which one supporter shouts, “White power!” at... -
The retweeted video comes as most Americans say President Trump has mostly increased racial tensions in the country. -
The vice president's decision to go without a face covering at the health center was met with public rebuke, especially as it violated the clinic's requirements. -
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.
