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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.

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President Donald Trump delivers remarks after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, as former President Joe Biden looks on. (Shawn Thew/Pool photo via AP)

Trump says he revoked Biden’s security clearance

President Trump said late Friday that he would bar his predecessor, President Biden, from receiving intelligence briefings traditionally given to former presidents, saying that Mr. Biden could not be trusted with sensitive information because a special counsel report concluded he had a "poor memory."

February 7, 2025

A person carrying a handgun and a sign depicting Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump stands outside the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

Trump orders government to determine where Biden-era directives encroached on gun rights

President Trump on Friday signed an executive order directing all federal agencies to determine if Biden administration directives infringed on Americans' gun rights.

February 7, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says he’ll announce reciprocal tariffs on more countries next week

President Trump on Friday said he'll lay out reciprocal tariffs on several countries next week as he seeks to escalate his trade war.

February 7, 2025

President Donald Trump answers questions during a news conference with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says Nippon will invest in U.S. Steel, rather than buy it

President Trump on Friday said Nippon Steel is planning a significant investment in U.S. Steel, which remains an acquisition target of the Japanese metal giant.

February 7, 2025

President Donald Trump meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says he still opposes Japanese bid to purchase U.S. Steel

President Trump said Friday that his opposition to the purchase of U.S. Steel by a Japanese company remains firm.

February 7, 2025

President Donald Trump, center, greets Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, right, at the White House, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump greets Japanese PM Ishiba as U.S. Steel deal tests ties

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba arrived at the White House on Friday with plans to convince President Trump to reverse his hardline stance opposing the acquisition of U.S. Steel by a Japanese company.

February 7, 2025

Exterior view of the International Criminal Court, or ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Trump signs executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court

President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court, which he accuses of overstepping its authority by targeting the U.S. and Israel.

February 6, 2025

In this March 30, 2021, photo, young minors lie inside a pod at the Donna Department of Homeland Security holding facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley run by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in Donna, Texas. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool) **FILE**

ICE hits limit on detention beds, releases migrants

Homeland Security's deportation agency has bumped up against its detention bed space limit and has begun to release illegal immigrants.

February 6, 2025

A sign regarding the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is posted on the window of a corner store on the day of President Trump's Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in the predominantly Latino Little Village neighborhood Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Trump administration sues Illinois, Chicago over sanctuary policy

The U.S. government filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the sanctuary policies in Illinois and Chicago, arguing they are unlawfully interfering with federal authorities' ability to arrest and deport illegal immigrants.

February 6, 2025

A group of suspected al Qaeda militants accused in the killing of an army general in a suicide bombing stand trial at a state security court in Sanaa, Yemen, in this April 22, 2014 file photo. (Associated Press) **FILE**

USAID’s $200M tab: $10M of meals to al Qaeda-linked terrorists, millions more to DEI

The Trump administration has flagged nearly $200 million in questionable spending by the U.S. Agency for International Development, which Elon Musk and his team have put in their crosshairs for cutting alleged waste and abuse.

February 6, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order barring transgender female athletes from competing in women's or girls' sporting events, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington.(AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump signs order banning biological men from women’s sports

President Trump ordered a ban Wednesday on biological males seeking to participate in girls' and women's scholastic sports, fulfilling a campaign promise and posterizing Democrats on an issue that has become a slam dunk for Republicans.

February 5, 2025

A man sells bread under the destruction of his bakery destroyed by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

White House says Trump’s plan for Palestinian relocation would not be permanent

A day after President Trump shocked the world by floating a plan to take over and redevelop the war-torn Gaza Strip, the White House stood firm on the proposal but said the relocation of Palestinian residents would be only temporary.

February 5, 2025

President Donald Trump presents Attorney General Pam Bondi with a document, after she was sworn in by Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Pam Bondi sworn in as attorney general, pledges to ‘restore integrity’ of Justice Dept.

Attorney General Pam Bondi was sworn in at the White House Wednesday and vowed that cracking down on crime throughout the country will be her top priority.

February 5, 2025

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says U.S. will ‘take over’ Gaza strip, won’t rule out military force

President Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. could take over Gaza and remove Palestinians from the area without ruling out the possibility of sending American troops to the region, saying it could become "the Riviera of the Middle East."

February 4, 2025

President Donald Trump meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Netanyahu hails Trump, calls him ‘greatest friend’ of Israel in White House

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heaped praise on President Trump at a press conference Tuesday, saying he's done more for the Jewish state than any other U.S. president in history.

February 4, 2025

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the 2025 House Republican Members Conference Dinner at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla., Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

Federal workers strategize how to get the most out of Trump’s buyout offer

President Trump's federal worker buyout may backfire in some cases, giving employees who were going to quit anyway months of extra pay.

February 4, 2025

President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives at the West Wing of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump greets Netanyahu ahead of high-stakes meeting

President Trump welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House Tuesday, his first in-person meeting with a foreign leader since he started his second term.

February 4, 2025

Iranian oil tanker Fortune is anchored at the dock of the El Palito refinery near Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, May 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Ernesto Vargas, File)

Trump signs executive order to drive Iran oil exports to zero

President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that will restore his "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran in a bid to stop Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and drive its oil exports down to zero.

February 4, 2025

President Trump continued his crusade to thin out the federal bureaucracy by offering all 2 million federal workers eight months’ salary in exchange for resigning from their positions. Sign at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in Washington, D.C., on June 6, 2015. OPM manages the civil service of the federal government. File image credit: Mark Van Scyoc via Shutterstock.

More than 20,000 federal workers accept Trump’s buyout offer, with ‘largest spike’ yet to come

The number of federal workers who have accepted the Trump administration's buyout offer has exceeded 20,000, with a large increase in resignations expected ahead of Thursday's deadline, the Washington Times has learned.

February 4, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listens in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Washington, as Trump prepares to sign an executive order. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump signs executive order creating a sovereign wealth fund for U.S.

President Trump on Monday signed an executive order to create a sovereign wealth fund for the U.S., which would take government surpluses and invest the money into potentially risky asset classes that could generate high returns.

February 3, 2025