Eleanor Beardsley

Macron, 39, is the youngest candidate in French history to win the presidency. On Sunday, he defeated far-right candidate Marine Le Pen with 66 percent of the vote after a contentious campaign.

Emmanuel Macron,39, has won the presidential runoff in France. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley and Frank Langfitt report on the reaction in Paris and Northern France.

French voters choose their next president Sunday and turnout on a holiday weekend is likely to be a crucial factor in the result.

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's campaign says it was the target of a "massive" hacking attack after documents from the campaign were released online. Officials are investigating.

The French presidential candidate has always gone against convention, his biographer notes. He married his high school drama teacher and entered the political fray as a little-known outsider.

Democrats mocked House Republicans after Republicans passed their health care measure, suggesting the GOP could lose in 2018. And Barack Obama has endorsed French candidate Emmanuel Macron.

The two remaining candidates in the French presidential race meet in a final debate on Wednesday night.

The far-right candidate in the French presidential election is lagging way behind the front-runner, but supporters of Marine Le Pen say she can still become the next president of France.

The French presidential runoff between the far-right National Front's candidate and that of the left-of-center is less than a week a way. The National Front holds its annual celebration on Monday.

There's a deal to keep the government running. Ishaan Tharoor of The Washington Post discusses Trump inviting Philippine President Duterte to the White House. And, protests are planned in France.

The French presidential race has changed into a head-to-head contest between centrist Emmanuel Macron and a far-right candidate.

France held the first round of presidential voting on Sunday. Centrist Emmanuel Macron and rightist Marine Le Pen are headed to the second round on May 7.

Centrist independent Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen lead the first round of the French presidential election. Both are poised to compete in a May runoff.

The first round of the French presidential election takes place on Sunday and the race has turned into a very close four-way contest thanks to a late surge by a far-left candidate, Jean-Luc Melenchon.

Marine Le Pen grew up in a "house of political violence," a biographer says. Since taking control of the far-right party her father founded, she has tried to expand its reach, and kicked him out.

Just a few days before the first round in France's presidential election, a gunman in Paris killed a police officer. Candidates are now talking about security issues.

One police officer was killed and two others wounded in a shooting on Paris' Champs Elysees, just days before the French presidential election.

Three days before France's presidential election, a shooting on Paris' famous boulevard leaves one police officer dead and two seriously wounded, in an incident that left one attacker dead.

Entrenched politicians have been swept aside, and fringe candidates and untested newcomers have filled the void. Four front-runners lead the field of 11 in Sunday's first round of voting.

The twists and turns of the French presidential campaign have left voters with four leading candidates, anyone of whom could win the first round on Sunday.