Maegan Vazquez

Washington, D.C.

Politics breaking news reporter

Education: New York University, BA in journalism and social and cultural analysis

Maegan Vazquez is a reporter on National’s politics breaking news team. She joined The Washington Post in 2023. She previously worked at CNN for five years, writing for CNN.com as a breaking news reporter and then a White House reporter. She grew up in Laredo, Tex., and now resides in Washington.
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Suspicious mail sent to election officials in several states

The FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating after officials in at least 14 states were sent the pieces of mail.

September 18, 2024
A postal worker sifts though mail from a mailbox in Homestead, Pa., on Nov. 1, 2020.

Trump holds town hall; Harris denounces ‘hateful rhetoric’

Get the latest news from the 2024 campaign trail in the contest between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.

September 17, 2024

Trump pledges ‘large deportations’; Harris held rally in Pa.

Get the latest news from the 2024 campaign trail in the contest between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.

September 13, 2024

Pope Francis says Harris and Trump are ‘against life’

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris’s immigration and abortion stances drew a stern response from Pope Francis, who advised Catholics in the U.S. to choose the “lesser evil.”

September 13, 2024
Pope Francis holds a news conference Friday aboard the papal plane on his flight back after his 12-day journey across Southeast Asia and Oceania

Vance says Trump’s plan to end war in Ukraine could include creating demilitarized zone

In a podcast interview, Vance also said a “peace settlement” could involve barring Ukraine from joining the NATO alliance.

September 13, 2024
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) speaks at a campaign event in Big Rapids, Mich., on Aug. 27.

Harris makes a play for N.C.; Trump seeks to shore up Ariz.

Get the latest news from the 2024 campaign trail in the contest between Vice President Harris and former president Donald Trump.

September 12, 2024

Harris, Trump attend 9/11 events after contentious debate

Get the latest news from the 2024 campaign trail as Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump hold events a day after they debated in Philadelphia.

September 11, 2024

‘I’m talking now’: Most memorable lines from the Trump-Harris debate

Trump doubled down on false claims about immigrants eatings pets in Springfield, Ohio, and Harris reiterated that she and her running mate Tim Walz are gun owners.

September 11, 2024

Trump delivers economic speech; Harris in Pittsburgh for debate prep

Get the latest news from the 2024 campaign trail in the contest between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.

September 5, 2024

Republican Liz Cheney says she will vote for Kamala Harris this election

“Because of the danger that Donald Trump poses, not only am I not voting for Donald Trump, but I will be voting for Kamala Harris,” Cheney said Wednesday at Duke University.

September 5, 2024
Liz Cheney, a former Republican congresswoman representing Wyoming, said Wednesday she plans to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.