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 says his planned arch will also serve as a military complex as he faces pushback on his multiple construction projects in the nation's capital.
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President Trump is again hoping to use economic pressure to force Iran to the negotiating table.
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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 throws out a new negotiating point with Iran even as he says he's "low-keying" the ongoing talks.
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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 under pressure to find a breakthrough with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, but it's proven elusive.
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President Trump announced on social media what he called an historic agreement to disarm Hamas, but a senior Hamas official told NPR they will only disarm if Israel leaves Gaza first.
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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.
