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Jeff Mordock

jmordock@washingtontimes.com

Jeff Mordock is the White House reporter for The Washington Times. A native of Newtown, Pennsylvania, he previously worked for Gannett and has won awards from both the Delaware Press Association and the Maryland Delaware D.C. Press Association. He is a graduate of George Washington University and can be reached at jmordock@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Jeff Mordock

President Donald Trump attends a reception celebrating Greek Independence Day in the East Room of the White House, Monday, March 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FIEL **

Trump, Waltz shrug off new reporting on Signal chat: ‘Not a really big deal’

President Trump and embattled national security adviser Michael Waltz dismissed new reporting from The Atlantic detailing messages from a Signal group chat that inadvertently included journalist Jeffrey Goldberg and featured administration officials discussing the timing of an attack on Houthi rebels.

March 26, 2025
White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for ‘embarrassing’ Signal leak

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz accepted "full responsibility' Tuesday for an extraordinary security breach in which the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic magazine ended up in a group chat where Trump administration officials discussed a military strike against the Houthis in Yemen.

March 25, 2025
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, joined at right by CIA Director John Ratcliffe, answer questions as the Senate Intelligence Committee holds its worldwide threats hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Intel leaders say leaked Signal chat didn’t include classified info

Trump officials on Tuesday described the leak of a high-level discussion about attacks on Houthi rebels in Yemen as a "mistake" but said the president's critics were blowing the incident out of proportion to undercut the success of the airstrikes themselves.

March 25, 2025