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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

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt arrives to speak with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House says U.S. is achieving its goals in Iran war

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday reiterated the administration's reasoning behind the military strikes on Iran, saying that if the U.S. had not acted swiftly, the Islamic republic would have threatened America with its nuclear program and ballistic missiles.

March 10, 2026
Pegah Jalili, 52, from Frontenac, chants and waves a U.S. flag with Donald Trump's image on it as she celebrates the military action against Iran with a group of Iranians in Kiener Plaza in St. Louis on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. Jalili came to the United States in 1996 as a student and was granted political asylum. "I'm not just worried about my family in Iran. I'm worried about the 80 million people in Iran, they are all my family, my brothers and sisters." (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) **FILE**

Iran strikes test Trump’s anti-war promise

President Trump campaigned on an "America First" foreign policy, vowing that the U.S. would no longer serve as the world's policeman, entangled in unaffordable forever wars. Yet he has unleashed America's military might time and again.

March 6, 2026