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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Trump went to Scotland for a golf minibreak, but the political firestorm over the Epstein files followed him there.
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Trump has said he kicked Epstein out of his club for hiring workers away from Mar-a-Lago. When asked Tuesday if the workers included young women, Trump responded, "the answer is yes, they were." -
In Scotland, President Trump pledges more food aid for Gaza and threatens a tighter deadline for Russia sanctions.
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Trump had most recently threatened tariffs of 30% on imports from the European Union. But on Sunday, he met with the president of the European Commission, and they agreed to a lower level. -
President Trump is expected to spend much of his time at his golf courses. He'll also meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. -
President Trump says he was unaware of the latest developments in the Epstein backlash and pivots to his complaints about the Obama administration.
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President Trump says he'll decide in the next two weeks whether launch military strikes against Iran. Meanwhile, the conflict is creating divisions among some of Trump's most vocal supporters.
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In his inauguration speech, Trump said his proudest legacy would be that of peacemaker. Now some of his supporters say he risks betraying that promise if the U.S. joins Israel in its battle with Iran.
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President Trump on Wednesday declined to say whether the United States is moving closer to a decision to strike Iranian nuclear facilities.
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President Trump declined to say whether the U.S. would strike Iranian nuclear facilities, moments after Iran's supreme leader warned the U.S. against an attack and rejected Trump's call to surrender.
