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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Ukraine agreed to a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire, and President Trump says it's now up to Russia. This comes after a weeks-long pressure campaign from the White House.
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American vice presidents sometimes play the role of attack dog, to let the president remain above the fray. But analysts say Vice President JD Vance doesn't fall neatly into that category.
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In his address to a joint session of Congress, President Trump talked about his work to secure the border, slash the size of the government and his new tariffs, among other things. Hear a full recap.
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During a joint press conference President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron highlighted their friendly relationship, even when they appeared far apart on the war in Ukraine. -
President Trump is diverging from decades of U.S. foreign policy when it comes to Russia.
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President Trump is escalating his personal attacks on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, calling him a "dictator." It's the latest example in the explosive relationship between the two leaders.
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Many of President Trump's foreign policy moves, including suspending foreign aid and saying the U.S. should take over Gaza, have shaken the globe.
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Jordan's King Abdullah met with President Trump at the White House, where they discussed the contentious issue of Palestinians leaving Gaza.
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President Trump was the first president ever to attend a Superbowl. We catch up on the news from his pregame interview, including his plans to review U.S. military spending.
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Trump said he and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu talked Tuesday about relocating Palestinians and leveling Gaza, which he suggested could be the "Riviera of the Middle East" under U.S. ownership.
