Jeff Mordock

Trump to propose allowing Americans to tap 401(k)s for home down payments

The Trump administration is proposing to allow Americans to take money out of their retirement funds without a penalty to make a down payment on a house, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said.

January 16, 2026

Trump threatens to impose tariffs on countries opposing his plan to take Greenland

President Trump is threatening to impose tariffs on countries such as Denmark that aren't on board with his plan for the U.S. to annex Greenland.

January 16, 2026

Trump threatens Insurrection Act as protesters, politicians rail against ICE raids in Minneapolis

Another ICE-involved shooting has put Minneapolis on edge, left a federal officer and a migrant hospitalized and drawn a new warning from President Trump, who threatened Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy troops.

January 15, 2026

WATCH: Leavitt berates reporter asking about ICE, ‘You shouldn’t even be sitting in that seat’

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt berated a reporter Thursday for asking about the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis last week, raising her voice and accusing him of showing his "left-wing" bias.

January 15, 2026

Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to ‘put an end’ to protests in Minneapolis

President Trump warned Thursday that he would invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy the military in Minnesota if protesters continue to attack federal agents carrying out immigration raids.

January 15, 2026

How Minnesota became the Somali capital of America, center of welfare

Somali immigrants have flocked to Minnesota over the past two decades because of the state's liberal social policies and plentiful jobs that others won't do.

January 14, 2026

Iran promises not to execute protesters

Iran notified the U.S. on Wednesday that it won't execute protesters after sparking international outrage by threatening to kill a 26-year-old protester who had been sentenced to death.

January 14, 2026

Autoworker who called Trump ‘pedophile protector,’ got flipped off by president has ‘no regrets’

The autoworker who was flipped off by President Trump on Tuesday said he has no regrets about heckling the commander-in-chief over his administration's slow-walking of the Epstein files.

January 14, 2026

Trump to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities, states

President Trump announced Wednesday that he will stop federal funding to sanctuary cities and states on Feb. 1 as he escalates his efforts to crack down on illegal immigrants and the jurisdictions that are resisting his administration's efforts to deport them.

January 14, 2026

Trump gives middle finger to heckler during Ford factory tour in Michigan as video goes viral

President Trump appeared to give the middle finger to an autoworker during his tour of a Ford plant in Michigan on Tuesday, according to a video obtained by TMZ.

January 13, 2026

Trump calls GOP senators who criticized Venezuela operation ‘real losers’

President Trump on Tuesday tore into the five Republican senators who voted to limit his authority to carry out a second military operation in Venezuela, ripping each of them individually as well as dubbing the group collectively as "real losers."

January 13, 2026

Trump offers few details in pledge to address economy as cost of living climbs ahead of midterms

President Trump will soon roll out a series of actions designed to boost the economy and address Americans' concerns about affordability.

January 13, 2026

Trump cancels talks with Iranian officials, tells protesters ‘help is on its way’

President Trump on Tuesday said he canceled talks with Iranian officials over their violent crackdown on protesters and vowed that the U.S. will "help" the protesters, encouraging them to continue with the unrest.

January 13, 2026

Trump tells Minnesotans that ‘day of reckoning & retribution’ is coming

President Trump cryptically warned Minnesota residents on Tuesday that "the day of reckoning & retribution is coming."

January 13, 2026

Trump imposes 25% tariff on any country doing business with Iran

President Trump on Monday imposed a 25% tariff on any country doing business with Iran amid Tehran's violent crackdown on mass protests.

January 12, 2026

Trump threatens to keep Exxon out of Venezuela oil plan

U.S. oil companies are prepared to invest $100 billion to rebuild the oil infrastructure in Venezuela, President Trump announced Friday during a roundtable meeting with executives.

January 9, 2026

U.S. expected to reap 30 million barrels of Venezuelan oil

As much as 30 million barrels of Venezuelan oil is on its way to the United States, according to President Trump, which would be the equivalent of one month's worth of Venezuelan production.

January 9, 2026

Trump moves to address housing costs by ordering feds to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds

In a move he says will lower monthly mortgage costs and put more money in homeowners' pockets, President Trump has directed the federal government to purchase $200 billion in mortgage bonds.

January 8, 2026

Vance says ICE officer’s fatal shooting of victim in Minneapolis was ‘tragedy of her own making’

The White House rejected Democrats' demands to pull immigration enforcement out of Minnesota in the wake of the ICE shooting this week, saying that would "give in to terrorism," and blamed sanctuary city politicians for encouraging the victim to confront officers.

January 8, 2026

White House ballroom planners propose second story over historic colonnade, new visitors center

Planners developing a massive ballroom on the East side of the White House want to expand the project to include other additions and amenities, among them a second story on the West Wing colonnade and a new visitors center.

January 8, 2026