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 again faces the coronavirus in its ranks. But Vice President Pence, who has tested negative, plans to continue his breakneck campaign travel schedule. -
President Trump is racing across swing states in the homestretch of the election, making his closing arguments as he finds himself down in the polls.
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President Trump is 74, an age that makes him more vulnerable to the virus. The first lady, who's 50, also tested positive.
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The Trump campaign is testing the narrative that younger Latinos in the state, who are likely less affected by the scars of Latin American autocrats than older generations, lean Democratic.
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President Trump vehemently denied the Atlantic report, which cited unnamed sources describing offensive comments he has made about America's war dead and wounded veterans.
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President Trump stokes an untrue conspiracy theory being promoted by supporters that Sen. Kamala Harris is not eligible for the vice presidency.
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Former national security adviser John Bolton is promoting a new book in which he accuses President Trump of being uninformed and almost solely focused on his own reelection.
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The White House says pausing immigration and a variety of temporary work visas will help respond to job losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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The drug has not yet been proven to be an effective treatment for the coronavirus.
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After two weeks of wavering on guidelines that put normal American life on hold, President Trump extended until April 30 measures aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus.
