Elena Moore is an editorial assistant for NPR's Washington Desk working as the researcher for the 2020 campaign. She previously worked at NBC News and is also a proud former Washington Desk intern. Moore is a graduate from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and is originally from Brooklyn, N.Y.
Patches is reunited with Norm Borgatello, her late owner's partner, at the Animal Shelter Assistance Program in Santa Barbara County, Calif., on Dec. 31. Jillian Title/Animal Shelter Assistance Program via AP hide caption
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks during a Senate debate on whether to confirm the Electoral College vote, after protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. AP hide caption
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-K.Y., walks from the Senate floor to his office on Capitol Hill Wednesday. The Republican leader is poised to lose control of the Senate. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
U.S. Capitol police officers make their way through pro-Trump extremists who stormed the Capitol building on Wednesday. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks as the House reconvenes after protesters stormed into the U.S. Capitol. (House Television/AP hide caption
Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, here in September, was in the U.S. Capitol complex Wednesday as pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol building. Alex Brandon/Pool/AP hide caption
Demonstrators breached security and entered the Capitol on Wednesday as Congress debated the 2020 electoral vote tally. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Journalists watch on a screen nearby as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia. Fayez Nureldine/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Demonstrators wearing clothes linked to the far-right extremist group Proud Boys attend a pro-Trump rally in Washington last month. Luis M. Alvarez/AP hide caption
Rafael Mariano Grossi, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, attends a press conference at the agency's U.N. headquarters in Vienna last November. Christian Bruna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People watch a drone show while wearing masks in Manila, Philippines. Officials have encouraged people to avoid large gatherings. Ezra Acayan/Getty Images hide caption
Abortion-rights activists in favor of a bill legalizing abortion gather outside the legislative building in Buenos Aires on Thursday. Victor R. Caivano/AP hide caption
Two more Louisville police officers have been told they will be fired in the wake of the death of Breonna Taylor, whose image is seen in a memorial in September. Darron Cummings/AP hide caption
