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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President Trump said he has activated the National Guard to assist New York, California and Washington. -
In a press conference, the Vermont senator acknowledged calls for him to drop his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination but said he plans to debate former Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday. -
After a disappointing Super Tuesday, the billionaire former mayor of New York City announced he is suspending his campaign. -
Just ahead of the single most important day of the Democratic primary, former Vice President Biden picked up the endorsements of two former rivals. -
Seven months ago, Trump scrapped his plan to nominate Ratcliffe over concerns that he would not have the backing of Senate Republicans. It's unclear what has changed. -
The proceedings are expected to close out next week, with a final vote set for Wednesday and the acquittal of President Trump likely. -
The president's team told senators that House managers selectively withheld evidence in their arguments. -
The U.S. Supreme Court says partisan redistricting is a political question, not one that federal courts can weigh in on. -
Mueller underscored that his report did not exonerate the president. In his first public remarks, he said that he did not believe the Justice Department could charge a sitting president with a crime. -
The attack had not been publicly known until last month's release of the Mueller report. The governor said no vote tallies were affected and that no data had been manipulated.
