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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Trump has made some unconventional and surprising choices when it comes to his foreign policy and defense team, like his plan to nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense.
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President-elect Donald Trump and his allies have already articulated ambitious plans for his first 100 days in office.
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Trump declared victory in a speech at the Palm Beach convention center in Florida. Vice President Kamala Harris did not speak last night at a campaign rally on the campus of Howard University in D.C.
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NPR speaks with Evelyn Pérez-Verdía, founder of We are Mas, about the role of Latino voters in the 2024 election.
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Hear the latest on results of the 2024 U.S. election.
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As former President Donald Trump enters his third -- and likely final -- campaign close, his message has naturally evolved, even when it hasn't changed much.
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It's the final day of campaigning for Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump. Reporters who covered the campaign reflect on their time on the trail as Election Day draws near.
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With Tuesday being Election Day, it's the last leg of the presidential campaign. The candidates have been racing around the swing states.
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In the final days of his presidential campaign, Donald Trump is traveling to the reliably blue states of Virginia and New Mexico after visits to New York and California.
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Former President Donald Trump’s supporters in key swing states are expressing cautious optimism.