Benjamin Swasey
Ben Swasey is a deputy editor on the Washington Desk, covering politics and voting.
A Massachusetts native, Swasey was previously a political editor and digital manager at WBUR in Boston.
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Combating the coronavirus pandemic has been job one for the Biden administration's first 100 days. Here's a quick look back at cases, deaths and vaccinations over that time. -
"We know that true justice is about much more than a single verdict in a single trial," the nation's first Black president and the former first lady said in a statement.
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The program will begin with about 1 million doses a week sent to thousands of retail pharmacies. The White House is stressing that equity of vaccine distribution is a key component of the effort.
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The Biden administration says it plans to buy an additional 100 million doses from both Moderna and Pfizer and pledges greater transparency with state and local leaders about supply expectations.
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Ten Republican House membersjoined with all Democrats to impeach the president for a second time.
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The president-elect picks Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a Biden ally with deep ties to unions, as his labor secretary,
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The Capitol was engulfed in chaos, as pro-Trump extremists responded to his call to head there and breached the complex, resulting in violence in the seat of America's federal government.
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The U.S. Senate continues to take up President Biden's nominees for key roles.
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"I am honored and humbled by the trust the American people have placed in me and in Vice President-elect [Kamala] Harris," Joe Biden said in a statement.
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Most notably, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro had previously tested positive.
