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 30-day ban is an attempt to stem the spread of coronavirus. The president announced that measure, along with some economic relief efforts, in a primetime address Wednesday night.
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Bernie Sanders' supporters are making a big push in what could be the senator's last opportunity to regain front-runner status.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden is in Missouri, which has a sizable number of black voters in St. Louis. Sen. Bernie Sanders needs to win big if he hopes to slow down Biden's momentum.
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Vice President Pence will travel to the state hit hardest by coronavirus. "I want to assure the people ... that we're with them," Pence said.
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The White House had rebuffed suggestions to name an official "czar" to lead the coronavirus response. But on Thursday, Vice President Pence announced Birx would coordinate the administration's effort.
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Wrapping up his state visit, the president opened his news conference up for questions — including one on the intelligence communities' warnings about Russian interference in the 2020 election.
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President Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law has been meeting with business leaders, immigration hard-liners and other allies. The goal: revive a plan to overhaul immigration laws before November.
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Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman was reportedly escorted out of the White House, while Gordon Sondland was recalled from his post as ambassador to the European Union.
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Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman and his brother were fired from National Security Council staff and ambassador Gordon Sondland was recalled from Europe in moves top Democrats called shameful and weak.
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Juan Guaidó's appearance at the State of the Union was intended to send a strong message of U.S. support for his efforts to unseat Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.