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's tariffs remain after yet another court determines them illegal. Meanwhile, warships are off the Venezuela coast and Monday is Trump's deadline for Moscow-Kyiv talks to be scheduled.
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President Trump has been focusing on some of the lesser-known conflicts in the world as peace remains elusive for Ukraine and Gaza.
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President Trump signed a series of orders doubling down on law enforcement in America's cities, just ahead of hosting South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.
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Trump made the announcement after a day of talks with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a delegation of top European officials. He said he'd meet with the two leaders afterward, but did not say when. -
President Trump said that he and Russia's Vladimir Putin made progress in talks to end the war in Ukraine, but the two leaders did not announce any steps toward reaching a ceasefire. -
President Trump took questions from reporters about his plans to boost federal law enforcement in D.C. — and his plan to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
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President Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to discuss a possible ceasefire in Ukraine. NPR takes a look at what's at stake.
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The White House says President Trump is now open to meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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President Trump says prospects look good for a meeting on ending the war in Ukraine with Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy. But he's been disappointed before.
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Until recently, the MAGA world was solidly on the side of Israel in its conflict with Hamas. But the news of starvation in Gaza has created a rift.
