Elena Moore
Elena Moore is a production assistant for the NPR Politics Podcast. She also fills in as a reporter for the NewsDesk. Moore previously worked as a production assistant for Morning Edition. During the 2020 presidential campaign, she worked for the Washington Desk as an editorial assistant, doing both research and reporting. Before coming to NPR, Moore worked at NBC News. She is a graduate of The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and is originally and proudly from Brooklyn, N.Y.
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President-elect Donald Trump has announced he will nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as secretary of defense. Hegseth is a combat veteran who has long advocated for veterans. -
President Donald Trump has filled out his Cabinet and advisory roles with those considered to be fierce loyalists. Here's how his new administration is taking shape. -
President-elect Donald Trump said the New York Republican would help push deregulation and support American businesses. Environmental groups decried the nomination. -
President-elect Donald Trump won the election by flipping Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin after President Biden won them in 2020. Looking at how Democratic counties voted explains how he did it. -
Vice President Harris had hoped young voters would be a key part of a winning coalition. Instead, they shifted — sometimes by double digits — toward President-elect Trump, especially in swing states. -
Young voters were part of President Biden's winning coalition four years ago. But early exit polling this year seems to paint a different picture, with Harris receiving comparatively less support.
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It is a crucial win for the former president, who carried the state twice before. -
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Casting a ballot after serving in prison comes with joy and pain for the formerly incarcerated, particularly because not everyone has their rights restored after completing their sentence. -
In the rural, red parts of Pennsylvania, young Democratic organizers have a plan to lose by less to win the state for Vice President Harris. But former President Donald Trump's campaign isn't worried.
