Jeff Mordock

Trump threatens to ‘eradicate’ Hamas if the Palestinian militant group doesn’t abide by ceasefire

President Trump threatened Monday to "eradicate" the Palestinian militant group Hamas if it doesn't follow through with its ceasefire deal with Israel.

October 20, 2025

Trump says Ukraine could win war with Russia, but it’s unlikely

President Trump said Monday that Ukraine could win its more than two-year war with Russia, but the odds of victory are unlikely.

October 20, 2025

How Trump rewrote the government shutdown playbook

The current government shutdown is like no previous shutdown in that, this time, the president has labored to reduce the pain on everyday Americans, putting the suffering almost exclusively on federal workers and congressional Democrats' pet projects.

October 18, 2025

Trump takes steps to reduce cost of fertility medicines

President Trump announced a plan to make in vitro fertilization more accessible to American women with an employer benefit option to offer coverage of the treatments directly to their workers.

October 16, 2025

Trump tariff threat spurs domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing

Some of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world this year are planning to announce an unprecedented $500 billion to bolster their American research and manufacturing amid President Trump's threat that drugmakers ramp up their domestic manufacturing or face steep tariffs.

October 16, 2025

Trump says there’ll be ‘no choice’ but to kill Hamas terrorists if they continue executions

President Trump said Thursday there would be "no choice" but to eliminate members of Hamas if they continue carrying out mass executions in Gaza as the terrorist group desperately tries to retain control of the enclave.

October 16, 2025

White House insists all Gaza hostages will be returned as Israelis’ anger grows over delays

The Trump administration expressed confidence Wednesday that the remains of all deceased hostages in Gaza will be returned, even as Hamas said it handed over all the bodies it has been able to recover.

October 15, 2025

Israel Defense Forces says a body returned by Hamas is not one of its hostages

A body returned to Israel by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas as part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal is not one of its hostages, the Israel Defense Forces said Wednesday, potentially imperiling the fragile truce in Gaza.

October 15, 2025

Trump threatens to move World Cup and Olympics because of Democratic officials

President Trump on Tuesday threatened to press FIFA and the Olympic Committee to change locations for the World Cup and Olympics because of the policies of Democratic elected officials, calling out Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

October 14, 2025

Trump warns Hamas to disarm, or ‘we will disarm them’

President Trump on Tuesday said if Hamas doesn't disarm as part of the second phase of his plan for peace in Gaza, the U.S. will step in to make that happen.

October 14, 2025

Trump confirms 5th ‘lethal’ attack on alleged drug boat off Venezuelan coast

President Trump said Tuesday he ordered another strike on a vessel off the coast of Venezuela, killing "six male narcoterrorists" and marking the fifth time he used lethal force to stop an alleged drug boat.

October 14, 2025

Biden, Blinken take credit for Gaza peace plan, hostage release

Former President Joseph R. Biden and his former secretary of state, Antony Blinken, took credit for the ceasefire in Gaza and the release of the 20 living hostages, accusing President Trump, who brokered the deal, of plagiarizing their own peace plan.

October 14, 2025

Johnson will team up with Israeli speaker to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that he will work with Israeli Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and other legislative leaders around the world to nominate President Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

October 14, 2025

Trump blasts Time magazine over ‘super bad’ cover photo

President Trump on Tuesday complained about Time magazine's new cover photo of him, saying the "super bad" picture overshadows what he described as a "relatively good" story about him.

October 14, 2025

Trump ushers in ceasefire, peace plan: ‘At long last, we have peace in the Middle East’

President Trump declared the war in the Gaza Strip over as he and other world leaders signed a peace deal, ushering in an elusive truce between Israel and Hamas to end one of the bloodiest and devastating chapters in the volatile Middle East.

October 13, 2025

Trump inks Gaza peace accord in Egypt as hostages freed, prisoners released: ‘It’s going to hold up’

President Trump on Monday signed an agreement to end the more than two-year war in Gaza.

October 13, 2025

Trump says Phase Two of the Gaza peace plan has already begun

President Trump said Monday that the second phase of his 20-point plan for peace in Gaza is already underway, as the first phase of military pull-backs and the release of hostages nears its end.

October 13, 2025

Hamas to release bodies of four deceased hostages; hostage families say that’s not enough

Hamas plans to release Monday the bodies of four of the 28 dead Jewish hostages remaining in Gaza, the terrorist group said.

October 13, 2025

Netanyahu to award Israel’s highest award to Trump

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that he is awarding President Trump the Israeli Prize, the Jewish state's highest award, which has never before gone to a non-Israeli citizen.

October 13, 2025

Trump declares ‘dawn of a new Middle East’ as all 20 living hostages released

President Trump heralded a seismic shift in the Middle East as he addressed the Israeli parliament on Monday, hours after the final 20 living hostages taken by Hamas were returned to Israel as the first phase of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire takes shape after two years of war.

October 13, 2025