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Franco Ordoñez

White House Correspondent

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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Wednesday

In this file image, then-President Donald Trump and then-former Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speak during the first presidential debate on Sept. 29, 2020, in Cleveland. Morry Gash/Getty Images hide caption

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Tired of the Republican primary, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump shifts focus to Biden

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Tuesday

Sunday

The U.N. logo on a door at the United Nations headquarters in New York. President Biden and other world leaders will meet there next week for the annual general assembly. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters outside of his office at the US Capitol Building on September 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday that he endorsed launching a formal impeachment inquiry into US President Joe Biden. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The West Wing of the White House on July 5, 2023. Tech executives are meeting with top Biden administration officials on Tuesday to agree to voluntary measures to reduce risks posed by AI. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption

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Tuesday

Jack Lew (left) with former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta at a White House event on Sept. 7, 2022. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption

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Sunday

Jennifer Nuno checks her 11-year-old son's back-to-school haircut in the Lincoln Village neighborhood of Milwaukee on August 21. Franco Ordoñez/NPR hide caption

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In a state where elections can be close, Wisconsin Latinos learn their political power

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Wednesday

Battleground Wisconsin suburbs historically voted Republican, but that's shifting

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Monday

Migrants wait outside the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan, New York City, on July 31, 2023. Many newly arrived migrants have been waiting outside the Roosevelt Hotel, which has been turned into a migrant reception center, to try to secure temporary housing. KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

Republicans see an opportunity in Wisconsin with Latino voters

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Former President Donald Trump's legal and political calendars are filling up

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Thursday

The stage is pictured ahead of the first Republican Presidential primary debate at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 23, 2023. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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What Happened At The First 2024 Republican Primary Debate

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Wednesday

The view from the GOP debate venue in Milwaukee

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Most GOP presidential candidates will be in Milwaukee for the party's primary debate

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Tuesday

A candidate's podium is seen on the stage at Hofstra University on September 26, 2016 in Hempstead, New York. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, President Joe Biden and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, meet on Fri, Aug. 18, 2023, at Camp David. Andrew Harnik/Associated Press hide caption

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How Biden used Camp David to elevate a summit with Japan and South Korea

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Tuesday

What to know about the Trump indictment in Georgia

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Wednesday

FBI officials unload the equipment as they process the home of Craig Robertson who was shot and killed by the FBI in a raid on his home this morning on August 9 in Provo, Utah. George Frey/Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

Trump attorneys near deadline to respond to prosecutors' request for protective order

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Sunday

Politics chat: Trump, Biden use indictment and economic recovery to win support

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Friday

Then-President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the certification of Joe Biden as the next president on Jan. 6, 2021. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

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Raising money and poll numbers, Donald Trump stays 'Teflon Don' amid indictments

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Thursday

Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Court House ahead of his arraignment on August 03, 2023 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Trump entered a plea of 'not guilty' on all counts in arraignment

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Trump to be arraigned on charges connected to attempts to overturn 2020 election

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