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 Biden is using new executive actions to block migrants from seeking asylum at the southern border. The ACLU says this goes against U.S. asylum laws. -
Promising to revaluate NATO and reshape global trade, former President Donald Trump is crafting foreign policy that picks up where he left off after his first term and takes things to the next level. -
Allies of former President Donald Trump say his felony conviction Thursday in a New York hush money case has helped energize and unify the Republican Party. -
The U.S. Capitol Police later issued an all-clear. USCP noted that the source of the package and its contents will be further investigated. -
President Biden has been trying to get young voters excited about his 2024 reelection bid, even though polls show they're disappointed with some of his policies. -
President Biden met with top cabinet officials and national security advisers in the White House Situation Room after Iran launched attacks on Israel. -
President BIden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Fumio announced efforts to strengthen military ties, as well as collaborations on space exploration and artificial intelligence. -
The Biden reelection campaign and Democratic National Committee significantly outraised former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party last month, new fundraising numbers show. -
A star-studded cast appeared with the former presidents and Biden, including Mindy Kaling, Ben Platt and Stephen Colbert hosting the event. -
Support for Israel's war in Gaza has fractured along political and religious lines. But Trump's own remarks about Jewish Americans have been sharply criticized.
