Jeff Mordock

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

Trump tears into U.N., U.S. allies in blistering speech at annual gathering

President Trump tore into the United Nations on Tuesday for doing nothing to help him end decades-old global conflicts and told delegates in a scathing speech that the organization devoted to world peace is so useless and ineffective that it can't even get its teleprompters and escalators to work.

September 23, 2025

Trump says Ukraine can win back all territory seized by Russia, calls Moscow a ‘paper tiger’

UNITED NATIONS -- Moments after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy here, President Trump offered his most confident statement to date about Kiev's ability to win its more than three-year war with Russia.

September 23, 2025

Trump, Brazil’s Lula use U.N. to trade barbs over tariff standoff, but agree to meet

UNITED NATIONS -- President Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will meet next week to attempt to patch up relations as the U.S. imposes high tariffs on Brazilian goods due to its prosecution of former leader and Trump ally Jair Bolsonaro.

September 23, 2025

Trump says NATO should shoot down Russian jets if they enter alliance airspace

President Trump said Tuesday that NATO members should shoot down Russian jets if they enter an alliance member's airspace while fighting the war against Ukraine.

September 23, 2025

Trump, Brazil’s Lula to meet after trading barbs at U.N.

President Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are planning to meet next week, even after blasting each other at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.

September 23, 2025

Trump says recognition of Palestinian state is ‘reward’ for Hamas

President Trump on Tuesday pushed back at the wave of support for recognizing Palestinian statehood during his remarks at the U.N. General Assembly, saying it's a "reward" for Hamas.

September 23, 2025

Trump blasts U.N. at General Assembly speech, accuses it of not helping to stop wars

President Trump arrived at the United Nations on Tuesday and immediately tore into the organization, accusing it of doing nothing to end global conflicts that have been waged for decades.

September 23, 2025

Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon condemns recognition of Palestinian state at U.N., vows retaliation

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations on Monday condemned a surge of announcements from countries recognizing Palestinian statehood.

September 22, 2025