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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In response to the coronavirus pandemic, dozens of states have modified their rules for absentee voting in November's elections.
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Most notably, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro had previously tested positive. -
President Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017, according to the Times, which also says he's fighting an IRS audit that could cost him over $100 million. -
The Maine Republican says, "The decision on a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court should be made by the President who is elected on November 3rd." -
The Democratic vice presidential nominee visited the court Saturday morning. -
The Big Ten conference announced that the college football season would resume at the end of October with new coronavirus protocols. President Trump had been calling for the games to start up again. -
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. -
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.
