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 largest chunk of funding — about $40 billion — would be for FEMA's disaster relief fund, so that it has enough money to last through the coming year. But there are requests for 16 agencies. -
Trump has made some unconventional and surprising choices when it comes to his foreign policy and defense team, like his plan to nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense.
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One of the architects of Trump's family separation policy during his first time in office, Miller will return to the White House in a key role. -
President-elect Donald Trump and his allies have already articulated ambitious plans for his first 100 days in office.
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A longtime veteran of Florida politics, Wiles served as a senior staffer on Trump's campaign, helping guide his path to victory. She will be the first female chief of staff in U.S. history. -
Trump declared victory in a speech at the Palm Beach convention center in Florida. Vice President Kamala Harris did not speak last night at a campaign rally on the campus of Howard University in D.C.
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Trump's goal is to unwind Biden's policies and resume where he left off after his first term. He has promised to close the border and launch the largest domestic deportation operation in U.S. history. -
Trump’s overall closing focus on the economy and immigration ultimately resonated with enough Americans — more than the message from Harris, who called for unity and warned that Trump was a “petty tyrant” obsessed with revenge. -
NPR speaks with Evelyn Pérez-Verdía, founder of We are Mas, about the role of Latino voters in the 2024 election.
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Becoming just the second president to be defeated and then reelected to a subsequent term, former President Donald Trump defeated Vice President Harris and will be the 47th president.
