Elena Moore
Elena Moore is a production assistant for the 海角社区 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 海角社区, 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.
-
Frustrated with their party's response to President Trump, young Democrats are challenging incumbents in safe blue districts ahead of next year's midterm elections.
-
The Illinois Democrat has announced he will retire at the end of his term next year after nearly three decades in the Senate. His departure creates a key opening in Democratic leadership. -
Frustrated with their party's response to President Trump, a wave of young Democrats are challenging incumbents in safe blue districts, hoping to mirror Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's upset win in 2018. -
Lawmakers are asking the Defense Secretary to explain how the Pentagon is complying with court rulings blocking President Trump's executive order attempting to ban transgender troops from service. -
The DOJ says Maine is violating Title IX, the 1972 law that prohibits sex-based discrimination at schools that receive federal funding. Gov. Janet Mills has promised to "vigorously defend" the state. -
Many students nationwide say the Trump administration's efforts to address what it calls antisemitism on college campuses have had a chilling effect on speech and political activity. -
An executive order signed by President Trump making English the official language of the U.S. has immigrant advocates worried the move risks real harm for people with limited English proficiency.
-
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is no longer President Trump's nominee for ambassador to the U.N. Stefanik's nomination had been expected to easily clear the Senate 鈥� but Republicans are concerned about holding on to their thin majority in the House of Representatives.
-
James Boasberg, chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., will preside over a case about the Trump administration's use of a Signal group chat to discuss military information. -
The decision by U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes blocks the Department of Defense from carrying through with a policy directive designed to remove transgender service members from the military.
