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Jeff Mordock

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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

This drawing shows Maj. William McKinley, the presidential nominee for the Republican Party, make an elaborate front-porch campaign speech at his home in Canton, Ohio in 1896. In the nation's early decades, campaigning for oneself simply wasn't done. It was seen as rude and uncivil. But three Ohio-born presidents, beginning with James Garfield in 1880, found a clever way to sidestep tradition. They stumped from their front porches. (AP Photo, File)

Meet the obscure president from the 1890s who is the model for Trump’s presidency

A controversial Republican president imposes stiff tariffs on America's trading partners, seeks to expand America's footprint abroad, keeps out immigrants he's deemed "criminals" and makes it easier to fire government employees. The year is not 2025, and the president is not Donald Trump. It's William McKinley, elected in 1896, who has become the model for Mr. Trump's second term.

December 24, 2025
President Donald Trump arrives to speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump unveils new ‘Trump Class’ naval battle ships

President Trump announced Monday that the U.S. Navy will begin construction of two new battleships that he says are "bigger, faster and 100 times more powerful" than any ships in the naval fleet.

December 22, 2025
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro points at a map of the Americas during a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Sept 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jesus Vargas) ** FILE **

Trump ramps up pressure on Maduro with sanctions on family members

The Trump administration has issued new sanctions targeting Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, targeting six members of his family and two government officials as President Trump escalates his campaign to remove the South American socialist dictator from power.

December 19, 2025
Workers install Donald J. Trump above the current signage on the Kennedy Center on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building

The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts added President Trump's name to its exterior as part of its rebranding as the "Trump-Kennedy Center," as the debate rages over whether Mr. Trump's hand-picked board had the authority to rename the cultural center.

December 19, 2025
President Donald Trump talks to the media while walking the red carpet before the 48th Kennedy Center Honors, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) ** FILE **

From drag shows to ‘golden age’: Trump’s radical Kennedy Center makeover

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' board of trustees voted Thursday to rename the cultural center in honor of the former president and President Trump, rebranding it as the "Trump-Kennedy Center" over the objections of at least one Democrat who said she was muted during the board's phone meeting.

December 18, 2025
President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, in Washington, en route to Baltimore to attend the Army-Navy football game. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump says his lawsuit against the BBC is imminent

President Trump on Monday said that he will soon file a lawsuit against the BBC over the way the new organization deceptively edited remarks he made in the run-up to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

December 15, 2025