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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Tara Benally, field director for Rural Utah Project, about how the Indigenous vote in Arizona has played a role in flipping the key swing state.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with David Brooks of The New York Times and Jonathan Capehart of The Washington Postabout the presidential election, election security and the state of the U.S. democracy.

With the election winner still undecided, NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with election law expert Michael Kang and Jelani Cobb ofThe New Yorkerabout the state of American democracy.

The crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities has become the next big legal battle against President Trump's policies. Opponents fought Trump's travel ban all the way to the Supreme Court, where it will be heard this fall. Now sanctuary cities are suing over the administration's threat to deny funding if they don't cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

A federal court on Monday ordered the indefinite shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The decision is a victory for Native Americans and other activists who sued over its environmental impact.

Arizona is facing one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the U.S., with the highest ever testing positivity rates. Massachusetts has driven infection rates down and could offer some lessons.

Election officials across the U.S. continued counting votes Friday. The practice of counting ballots after Election Day is not unusual, but President Trump has raised doubts about it.

As the U.S. awaits election results, Tanzania, Guinea and Ivory Coast are simmering in the aftermath of their elections, raising questions about whether democracy is in retreat in Africa.

This year, many national and state polls were off in the presidential election, suggesting a more apparent outcome in favor of Joe Biden. NPR discusses what might have gone wrong.

After the firing of Venezuela's public prosecutor, Luisa Ortega, on Sunday under the newly instituted National Constituent Assembly, NPR's Ari Shapiro checks in with Reuters correspondent Alexandra Ulmer for the latest from Venezuela.