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 U.S. and Iran appeared closer to reaching a peace deal on Friday, as a sequence of social media posts signaled progress. President Trump had previously been amping up his rhetoric against Iran. -
Trump confirmed the two pilots in the U.S. helicopter, downed near the Strait of Hormuz, are safe. The U.S. responded by launching strikes on Iran, with Tehran attacking Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan soon after. -
Gabbard is the latest in a series of Cabinet officials to leave the Trump administration. -
Here is a reminder of some of what he has said - and where the US is now. -
The Trump administration says it is "laser focused" and mission driven, but the messaging has been varied. The range of cited motivations for striking Iran now are sometimes at odds with each other. -
President Trump claimed the justices opposing his position were acting because of partisanship, though three of those ruling against his tariffs were appointed by Republican presidents. -
President Trump's popularity on one of his political strengths is in jeopardy. -
More Republicans are calling for an investigation after a second U.S. citizen was shot by a federal agent in Minneapolis. -
Rubio is the first person to hold both roles at the same time since Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the 1970s. -
Some of the 2025 policies that have been implemented include cracking down on immigration and dismantling the Department of Education.
