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 six-day pause from the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky comes as the administration ramps up efforts to secure an agreement to end the war in Ukraine. -
President Trump made the 2026 midterms all about him - and the Iran war and economic undertow took their toll.
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President Trump's touted his record at rallies across the country before the midterms. But voters didn't agree with his assessment on the state of the economy.
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President Trump lashed out on his social media platform Truth Social Tuesday night, blaming others for losses in key races across the country.
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President Trump focused on renovations in the nation's capital in his closing speech ahead of the midterms.
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President Trump's relationship with Russia's Vladimir Putin is under scrutiny again as the president makes deals with Moscow ahead of the midterms.
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Less than two weeks before Election Day, President Trump continues to crash through barriers that he wouldn't dare cross in his first term. -
President Trump is leaning into unprecedented power ahead of midterm Election Day.
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President Trump makes his first campaign stop this October in deep red Oklahoma.
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The past couple of weeks have been particularly challenging for Trump with a series of legal and political setbacks.
