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 White House says President Trump will accept the results of a "free and fair election." But he's pointing to an unfolding story in Pennsylvania to cast doubts on the integrity of mail-in voting.
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Latino voters in South Florida like a lot of what they're hearing from President Trump's campaign. That has Democrats in the critical swing state fretting and Joe Biden working to shore up support.
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The former press secretary is not about settling scores. Her book is an unabashed homage to the president and a feathering of her nest for a probable run for governor of Arkansas.
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Pence is a bridge between Trump and evangelicals and social conservatives, reshaping the president's bombast into language more palatable to the Republican mainstream.
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President Trump hit the road Monday for campaign stops in Minnesota and Wisconsin — both states seen as crucial to his reelection. The visits coincide with the start of the Democratic convention.
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The decision to entrust $765 million of taxpayer money to the former maker of photographic equipment raises several questions about the Trump administration's due diligence of Kodak.
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Just minutes after Joe Biden announced Sen. Kamala Harris will be his running mate, President Trump tweeted out his campaign's first ad targeting Harris.
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The Trump administration announced an investment in Kodak with much fanfare. But just weeks later, the deal is under scrutiny, and the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Kodak.
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President Trump gave a foreign investment agency an unusual task: Give loans to domestic companies to help refill the depleted U.S. medical stockpile. House appropriators want an independent review.
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President Trump held a news conference Tuesday about new sanctions over China's actions in Hong Kong — but incendiary comments on race overshadowed the event.