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, ...

This kind of whiplash foreign policy isn’t new,” one historian said. “Many presidents have changed course on foreign policy — ...

told McClatchy News. But, within a few short years, following a series of unexpected events, he declared war on Spain and annexed two of its colonial outposts: Cuba and the Philippines ...