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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Former President Trump and his campaign are working hard to disavow ties to Project 2025, the sweeping conservative plan led by the Heritage Foundation that seeks to transform the American government.
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After calling Project 2025 "ridiculous," Trump continued to distance himself from the conservative roadmap for the next Republican president. Meanwhile, the Biden team wants to tie the plan to Trump. -
With the presidential candidates debate nearing, we present the final installment of our voter's debate prep series. Today we cover foreign policy and abortion.
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Former President Donald Trump has a debate style all his own. It's brash and aggressive while trying to project dominance. At Thursday's presidential debate, he might be limited by a mute button. -
With less than a month until the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, former President Trump is narrowing down his options as he chooses a 2024 running mate.
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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. -
President Biden is laying out new measures to restrict the number of migrants able to cross the southern border — one of the top political issues for his campaign.
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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. -
It’s a historic day: Former president Donald Trump has been found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records. It’s the first time a former president has been convicted of a felony.
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Former President Trump's criminal trial keeps him in New York City much of the week. This means campaign stops at a Harlem Bodega, and a rally in the Bronx.
