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 Trump administration is shifting their public approach on immigration as Congressional Republicans push to fund ICE through the end of Trump's term.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with China correspondent Jennifer Pak and White House correspondent Franco Ordonez about the relationship between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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President Trump has granted pardons to officials who were convicted of public corruption while also dismantling a federal office responsible for investigating and prosecuting corruption allegations.
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The Trump administration is in a new full-court press to message optimism on the unpopular war in Iran.
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President Trump's stalemate in Iran spells trouble for the rest of his second term.
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In an address to the U.S. Congress, King Charles told lawmakers that "time and again, our two countries have always found ways to come together," and called for "reconciliation and renewal."
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President Trump and the First Lady were whisked away from the White House Correspondents' dinner on Saturday night after a suspect fired shots in the hotel where the dinner was being held.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with White House Correspondent Franco Ordonez and National Security Correspondent Greg Myre about how President Trump's Cabinet is shaping the process of the Iran war.
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President Trump again backs down ahead of a critical ceasefire deadline with Iran.
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President Trump announced that he's extending the ceasefire with Iran, just one day before it was set to expire. He said he's waiting for Iran's leaders to come up with a proposal to end the war.