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Voting in Zimbabwe begins amid fears of fraud. President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu party is expected to dominate the parliamentary elections. Zimbabwe has sunk into international isolation and a deep economic crisis under the Zanu and Mugabe's leadership.

As President Bush nears acceptance of his party's nomination at the Republican Convention, the stage is set for an appeal to voters. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Marc Racicot, the Bush-Cheney campaign chairman, at the Republican National Convention.

President Bush and Sen. John Kerry crisscross the nation from Florida to the Midwest on the last weekend of campaigning before the national election. The two candidates urged their party faithful and independents alike to vote Tuesday. Hear NPR's Andrea Seabrook and Don Gonyea.

Tom Daschle, the former Democratic leader in the U.S. Senate, discusses politics, the party and his new job as a lobbyist.

Republicans have asked former presidential and Senate candidate Alan Keyes to run against Democrat Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate race in Illinois. Keyes has never lived in Illinois. Commentator John Ridley thinks the choice spells desperation for the state's Republican party.

Nevada's Harry Reid, selected to be the Senate's next minority leader, discusses the Democratic agenda for the upcoming session and the party's plans to work with the White House. Hear Reid and NPR's Juan Williams.

NPR's Juan Williams reports on the president's work to draw blacks to the GOP. Issues such as gay marriage and abortion have drawn black ministers and others to the Republican Party

Alberto Gonzales, the president's nominee for attorney general, endured tough questions from senators from both parties about the memos he wrote and the memos he commissioned, as White house counsel, relating to policies on torture. Hear NPR's Nina Totenberg.

Johnson has been heavily criticized for holding parties at government buildings, including Downing Street, during strict COVID-19 lockdowns.

NPR's senior news analyst examines the recent woes of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, saying that a politician's troubles usually begin when he embarrasses his own party.