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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President Trump makes his first campaign stop this October in deep red Oklahoma.
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The past couple of weeks have been particularly challenging for Trump with a series of legal and political setbacks.
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President Trump is working in some Irish diplomacy as he attends a golf tournament at his club in Doonbeg.
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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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President Trump seems to be pulling out all the stops to mitigate high gas prices ahead of the midterms.
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President Trump is touting a new deal for the U.S. to access Venezuelan oil fields. Trump says it's a major boon for the American people, but it's unclear when they'll see the benefits.
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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.
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President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's latest meeting comes as the U.S. has paused strikes in Iran as the two sides negotiate.
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President Trump says he will meet with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Tuesday setting up a big day of foreign policy.
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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.