Mia Venkat

Parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members performed a haka — a traditional ceremonial group dance — to disrupt the vote on a controversial bill.

A team from NPR speaks with voters along a 15-mile road that cuts through the Milwaukee area's segregated neighborhoods as election season continues in this crucial swing state.

In a state where every vote matters, both Democratic and Republican campaigns are not only trying to win in counties where they’re strongest, they’re also trying to lose by less.

NPR visits the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, where a white supremacist mass shooting took place 12 years ago.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ben Elkind, a wildland firefighter based in Washington state who has traveled the country fighting fires for 17 years, about what it's like at the frontlines of wildfires.

Vice presidential nominee Tim Walz went from being endorsed by the NRA to a fierce advocate for gun control. That evolution reflects a larger shift that has been happening within the Democratic Party over the last decade.

To win the White House, the Harris-Walz ticket will need to appeal to voters in purple areas, and maybe even red ones. We asked Democrats who live in those parts of the country what could make that happen.

The Harris/Walz ticket will need to make inroads typically Republican states, counties, and districts. So, how can Democrats flip these red areas? NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with strategists and rural delegates at the DNC about how Democrats can win these voters in 2024.

While Night 3 of the DNC was capped with Tim Walz accepting the vice presidential nomination, there were a few other twists along the way — from Oprah to Stevie Wonder and more Republicans.

Stacey Abrams is an expert on voting rights and Georgia, both of which could be crucial for the Democrat's campaign. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with her about the road to election night.