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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President Trump heads to his golf club in Doonbeg while working in some Irish diplomacy.
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President Trump is working in some Irish diplomacy as he attends a golf tournament at his club in Doonbeg.
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President Trump heads to Ireland hoping for a little diplomacy as he watches a tournament at his golf club in Doonbeg.
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President Trump is again hoping to use economic pressure to force Iran to the negotiating table.
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President Trump seems to be pulling out all the stops to mitigate high gas prices ahead of the midterms.
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President Trump is touting a new deal for the U.S. to access Venezuelan oil fields. Trump says it's a major boon for the American people, but it's unclear when they'll see the benefits.
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Iran has set a high price for President Trump to re-open the Strait of Hormuz, while Israel's PM has rejected his Gaza plan.
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President Trump throws out a new negotiating point with Iran even as he says he's "low-keying" the ongoing talks.
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President Trump is confronting a question that has haunted presidents throughout history: how a war - that has gone on longer than predicted - can reshape a presidency. -
President Trump is looking for a breakthrough on the Strait of Hormuz and is feeling the pressure of the ongoing war.
