Miles Parks

With no results declared in Iowa's caucuses Monday night we discuss the implications, and look forward to New Hampshire, as candidates flock to that state for the Feb. 11 primary.

The Iowa Democratic Party says an unusual delay in reporting caucus results Monday night is due to "inconsistencies" they found in a few results sets, not "a hack or intrusion."

The proceedings are expected to close out next week, with a final vote set for Wednesday and the acquittal of President Trump likely.

Local governments could perform a simple upgrade to make it clear to voters that they are reading from a legitimate source. But on the whole, they aren't doing it.

Elections officials could improve their cybersecurity in a simple way — by using dot gov website domains instead of the others they use. Why don't they?

The president's team told senators that House managers selectively withheld evidence in their arguments.

New polling from NPR shows that Americans find misleading information the biggest threat to election safety. How can voters be prepared to detect misinformation ahead of the election?

King County, Wash., plans to allow all eligible voters to vote using their smartphones in a February election. It's the largest endeavor so far as online voting slowly expands across the U.S.

The Life Kit podcast team looks at misinformation in an election year.

The bureau was faulted after the Russian attack on the 2016 election for keeping too much information from state and local authorities. It says it'll use a new policy going forward.

Iowa's Democratic Party plans to use a smartphone app in its upcoming caucuses. Despite warnings about cybersecurity since 2016, party bosses are sanguine.

The Iowa Democratic Party confirmed to Iowa Public Radio and NPR that it plans to use an Internet-based app to transmit results, but it declined to provide any more specifics or security details.

North Korea has threatened to send a "Christmas present" for the United States if sanctions aren't eased by the end of the year. Trump says he isn't worried about it.

Democrats say heavily redacted emails published by the Center for Public Integrity show there is more to uncover about military aid that was withheld from Ukraine.

The bipartisan agreement was completed on Monday. Critics say the money is better than nothing but that more structure — and more consistency — are needed.

Gov. Matt Bevin is demanding a recanvassing and alleging fraud after he came up about 5,000 votes short in the Nov. 5 Kentucky gubernatorial election.

Elections specialists worry that politicians' scurrilous claims about voter fraud — when it seldom has a decisive effect on outcomes — erode confidence in democracy.

Despite unanswered questions about security and transparency, mobile voting pilots aimed at overseas and military voters move forward in a number of states.

We bank, apply for mortgages, order dinner and even look for dates on our phones. Why don't we also vote in elections on them, too?

Timothy Morrison verified to House investigators that President Trump leaned on Ukraine to launch investigations he thought might help him. He worried about blowback — but not legal implications.