Jeff Mordock

Trump threatens ‘irreversible’ cuts to federal programs as government shuts down

President Trump threatened Tuesday to make "irreversible" cuts to federal programs if the government shuts down.

September 30, 2025

Trump says he’ll deploy National Guard to ‘every city’

President Trump on Tuesday vowed a sweeping expansion of his plan to use the National Guard to combat crime and unrest in major U.S. cities.

September 30, 2025

Trump announces pricing deal with Pfizer, will launch TrumpRX website

President Trump said Tuesday that he struck a deal with Pfizer to lower the prices of its medicine as his administration presses pharmaceutical companies to price their drugs in America at the same lower rates as they do overseas.

September 30, 2025

Trump says he’ll lay off ‘a lot’ of federal workers in a government shutdown

Government workers will find a very different shutdown this year, compared with years past.

September 30, 2025

Trump and Netanyahu agree to Gaza peace deal, warn Hamas to accept or Israel ‘will finish the job’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed Monday to support President Trump's 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza, with both leaders saying Hamas must accept the deal or else Israel will have the "full backing" of the U.S. to eliminate them.

September 29, 2025

Trump says agreement to end war in Gaza is very close

President Trump said Monday that a peace deal to end Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza is "beyond close" as he paints an optimistic picture of the chances to end the nearly two-year conflict.

September 29, 2025

In call from White House, Netanyahu expresses ‘deep regret’ to Qatar for air strike

In a call from the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhau on Monday expressed his "deep regret" to Qatar over the Doha air strike on Hamas leadership earlier this month that set back Middle East peace negotiations.

September 29, 2025

Trump greets Netanyahu at White House to discuss Gaza ceasefire

President Trump gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a warm greeting at the White House on Monday as the two try to hammer out a plan for a ceasefire in Gaza, as well as governing the enclave after Israel's military offensive and freeing hostages.

September 29, 2025

Trump threatens to cut off federal funds for NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor

President Trump on Monday threatened to withhold federal funds from New York City if democratic socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the city's upcoming mayoral election.

September 29, 2025

Comey is biggest fish yet in prosecuting Russia ‘hoax’ players, but others got away on lying charges

The Russian collusion probe has spawned four false statement prosecutions against low-level figures that have all fizzled out with not guilty verdicts or a slap on the wrist for the offender.

September 27, 2025

Trump demands Microsoft fire former Biden Justice Department official Lisa Monaco

President Trump on Friday demanded that Microsoft fire Lisa Monaco, who served as deputy attorney general during the Biden administration.

September 26, 2025

Trump cheers Comey indictment, says former FBI director must ‘pay a big price’

President Trump weighed in on the indictment of former FBI Director James B. Comey, saying he was a "destroyer of lives" who must "pay a big price."

September 26, 2025

Trump signs order to dismantle left-wing groups he says are inciting violence

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at dismantling left-wing groups such as Antifa that he says are inciting political violence across the country.

September 25, 2025

Trump signs executive order restoring death penalty for murder in the District of Columbia

President Trump on Thursday reinstated the death penalty for murder cases in the District of Columbia, which went into effect immediately.

September 25, 2025

Trump warns the right could soon retaliate against left-wing political violence

President Trump warned Thursday that people on the right will get fed up with left-wing political violence that has horrified the nation, and could start to respond violently.

September 25, 2025

Trump warns Turkey’s Erdogan about buying Russian oil; may lift fighter jet ban

President Trump warned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday about purchasing Russian oil and suggested he may lift a ban on the sale of U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets to Turkey.

September 25, 2025

White House tells agencies to prepare for mass layoffs, firings if there is a shutdown next week

The White House's budget office has sent a memo to federal agencies telling them to prepare for mass layoffs in case Congress fails to pass a spending bill and the government shuts down on Wednesday.

September 25, 2025

Trump calls for arrests over ‘sinister’ U.N. mechanical failures; claims ‘triple sabotage’

President Trump on Wednesday demanded an investigation into what he claims was "triple sabotage" at the United Nations over multiple mechanical failures ahead of his speech at the General Assembly.

September 24, 2025

White House says broken escalator at the U.N. may have been ‘sabotage’

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the broken escalator at the U.N. that forced President Trump and first lady Melania Trump to walk up it may have been the result of sabotage.

September 24, 2025

Trump says NATO countries should shoot Russian jets entering their airspace

UNITED NATIONS -- President Trump said Tuesday that NATO member countries should shoot down Russian aircraft that enter their airspace, in his boldest statement yet against the Kremlin as the Ukraine war rages on.

September 23, 2025