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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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made it clear, however, that the bill is going nowhere in the Senate. -
The State Board of Elections unanimously voted to hold a new election in the 9th Congressional District after four days of testimony uncovered evidence that last fall's election was tainted. -
In a hearing on Wednesday, John Harris said he had spoken to his father, Mark Harris, about his concerns with the collection of absentee ballots. Mark Harris is expected to take the stand Thursday. -
A key witness described how a political operative hired by the Republican candidate flouted the state's election laws. The political operative declined to testify. -
Whether the party's focus on voting issues has an effect on the nuts and bolts of the next presidential election remains to be seen. -
Would it be politics in 2019 if it didn't inspire memes? -
Immigrants, Border Patrol agents and the first beneficiary of a new criminal justice law will be among those attending President Trump's prime-time address. -
The FBI and the Justice Department have been criticized for what some Republicans say was an excessive presence. But law enforcement veterans called it standard operating procedure. -
The heads of two influential national civil rights organizations challenged William Barr's suitability to be attorney general, citing his record in the early 1990s when he previously led the DOJ. -
William Barr, who served as attorney general under George H.W. Bush, is being grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is full of potential Democratic 2020 presidential hopefuls.
