Franco Ordoñez
Franco Ordoñez is a White House Correspondent for NPR's Washington Desk. Before he came to NPR in 2019, Ordoñez covered the White House for McClatchy. He has also written about diplomatic affairs, foreign policy and immigration, and has been a correspondent in Cuba, Colombia, Mexico and Haiti.
Ordoñez has received several state and national awards for his work, including the Casey Medal, the Gerald Loeb Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Excellence in Journalism. He is a two-time reporting fellow with the International Center for Journalists, and is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School and the University of Georgia.
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The past couple of weeks have been particularly challenging for Trump with a series of legal and political setbacks. -
President Trump heads to his golf club in Doonbeg while working in some Irish diplomacy.
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President Trump heads to Ireland hoping for a little diplomacy as he watches a tournament at his golf club in Doonbeg.
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Iran has set a high price for President Trump to re-open the Strait of Hormuz, while Israel's PM has rejected his Gaza plan.
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President Trump is confronting a question that has haunted presidents throughout history: how a war - that has gone on longer than predicted - can reshape a presidency. -
President Trump is looking for a breakthrough on the Strait of Hormuz and is feeling the pressure of the ongoing war.
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Washington opens the nuclear door for Saudi Arabia as Trump ties the deal to a broader Middle East realignment.
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President Trump's primetime address Thursday warned of "shocking vulnerabilities" in U.S. elections, but many election experts say much of Trump's claims amount to old news.
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During the last election, when struggling to find a memorable attack line against Kamala Harris, Trump eventually landed on "Comrade Kamala."
