Jeff Mordock

Trump seeks reset on economy in State of the Union address

President Trump will stand before Congress and address the nation Tuesday night as a president in desperate need of a reset after a series of domestic setbacks have left his second-term agenda on thin ice.

February 23, 2026

Armed 21-year-old killed at Mar-a-Lago reportedly did not know how to use a gun

The 21-year-old North Carolina man who was killed Sunday after entering the north gate of Mar-a-Lago with a shotgun and a gas can did not know how to use a gun and comes from a family of Trump supporters, according to his cousin.

February 23, 2026

Trump addresses dead Mar-a-Lago intruder: ‘I want to be a little less consequential’

President Trump said Monday that people are "gunning for me" in the wake of an armed intruder being shot to death by Secret Service and a sheriff's deputy over the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago residence.

February 23, 2026

Trump honors ‘angel families’ of those slain by illegal immigrants

President Trump on Monday honored the families of victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants in a White House ceremony where he signed a proclamation designating "Angel Family Day."

February 23, 2026

Trump says taxpayers won’t pay cost overruns for tunnel project between N.Y. and N.J.

President Trump said Monday the federal government won't be on the hook for any cost overruns for the proposed $16 billion Gateway rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey, which has been tied up in legal fighting.

February 16, 2026

Trump threatens death penalty for Nancy Guthrie’s kidnappers

President Trump on Monday called for those responsible for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie's disappearance to return her unharmed or face the death penalty.

February 16, 2026

European Union to send observer to Trump’s Board of Peace meeting

The European Union announced Monday that EU Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Suica will attend the first formal meeting of President Trump's Board of Peace, which will oversee the post-war reconstruction of Gaza, as an observer.

February 16, 2026

Trump meets with elite troops who captured Venezuela’s Maduro

President Trump on Friday honored the troops and elite special forces soldiers who captured former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a brazen raid last month.

February 13, 2026

Trump says he’ll visit Venezuela, touts good relations with interim president

President Trump said he plans to visit Venezuela and hailed his relations with Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez.

February 13, 2026

Trump endorses his friend Viktor Orban, a Putin ally, for reelection in Hungary

President Trump endorsed for reelection Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, his friend and a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

February 13, 2026

Trump pardons 5 former pro football players for crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking

President Trump pardoned five former pro football players, including one posthumously, for a variety of offenses ranging from perjury to drug trafficking.

February 13, 2026

‘Media tribalism and media bias’: Trump’s flurry of lawsuits changes the game for news outlets

President Trump has buried media outlets in an unprecedented avalanche of lawsuits alleging they defamed him and sullied his reputation, a move legal scholars say could strike the largest blow against media bias ever seen.

February 13, 2026

Inflation cools in January, defying Wall Street expectations

Consumer prices grew at a 2.4% pace in January, falling slightly below Wall Street predictions and providing ammunition for President Trump to argue that his policies have lowered living costs for Americans.

February 13, 2026

Trump invites Latin America leaders to attend summit in Florida

President Trump has invited Latin American leaders to attend a summit in Florida next month in a bid to counter China's expanding influence in the region, a White House official confirmed to The Washington Times.

February 12, 2026

Trump says staffer who posted racist video of Obamas hasn’t been fired or disciplined

President Trump said Thursday that the unidentified staffer who posted a video that included racist animation of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama with the bodies of apes was not fired or disciplined.

February 12, 2026

Trump rescinds long-standing EPA rule curbing greenhouse emissions

President Trump announced Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency will no longer regulate greenhouse gases emitted from cars, trucks and power plants, rescinding the legal finding it used for nearly two decades to advance a climate change agenda.

February 12, 2026

Trump blasts Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, over NGA meeting flap

President Trump on Wednesday assailed Oklahoma's Republican governor, escalating his dispute with the National Governors Association over its annual bipartisan gathering at the White House.

February 12, 2026

Trump directs Pentagon to buy coal-fired energy; honored as ‘Undisputed Champion of Coal’

President Trump on Wednesday directed the Pentagon to buy its electricity through coal-powered plants, making the announcement at a White House event where an industry lobbying group presented him with its inaugural "Undisputed Champion of Coal" award.

February 11, 2026

Trump tells Netanyahu he wants to keep negotiating with Iran over nuclear program

President Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday that he wants to keep trying diplomacy to pressure Iran into curbing its nuclear program, in hopes of averting a war in the Middle East.

February 11, 2026

Netanyahu arrives at White House for talks with Trump about Iran, Gaza

President Trump kicked off his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday as the Middle East remains uneasy over fears of an American attack on Iran.

February 11, 2026