Miles Parks
Miles Parks is a reporter on NPR's Washington Desk. He covers voting and elections, and also reports on breaking news.
Parks joined NPR as the 2014-15 Stone & Holt Weeks Fellow. Since then, he's investigated FEMA's efforts to get money back from Superstorm Sandy victims, profiled budding rock stars and produced for all three of NPR's weekday news magazines.
A graduate of the University of Tampa, Parks also previously covered crime and local government for The Washington Post and The Ledger in Lakeland, Fla.
In his spare time, Parks likes playing, reading and thinking about basketball. He wrote The Washington Post's obituary of legendary women's basketball coach Pat Summitt.
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U.S. intelligence authorities say they see no signs of foreign countries seeking to make counterfeit ballots, a conspiracy theory spread by President Trump. But they do see threats to the election.
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy appeared before a Senate panel Friday. He faced questions on his plans to transform the U.S. Postal Service and how they will affect mail-in voting.
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The DNC has ended, and Democrats are running louder and louder on the issue of voting rights and what they say are attempts to suppress their ballots.
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The U.S. Postal Service is suspending any operational or policy changes until after the November election. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy made the announcement ahead of his congressional testimony.
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Changes at the United States Post Office ahead of a crucial election are causing a loud outcry from many corners.
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In an interview with Fox Business News, Trump said that he was in favor of withholding funding to the postal service to hamper state efforts to expand mail voting. He later walked back on his stance.
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The head of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center is warning that Russia is trying to tarnish Democrat Joe Biden while China prefers that President Trump isn't reelected.
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Washington's lack of congressional representation has prompted some residents — even those who've called the district home for years — to maintain voting registration elsewhere.
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In a wide-ranging NPR interview, William Barr defended the Justice Department amid accusations of political interference, including recently in the case of ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn.
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President Trump's warnings of potential fraud don't line up with what elections experts predict or with how most Americans feel about voting by mail. Here are the facts about mail ballots.