Jeff Mordock

White House says court ruling won’t derail upcoming trade deals

White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said the administration is finalizing three trade deals, with more to come despite a federal court ruling blocking President Trump's tariff proposals.

May 29, 2025

Stocks mixed after court ruling against Trump tariffs

Wall Street had a mixed reaction after a federal court struck down most of President Trump's sweeping tariffs.

May 29, 2025

Freed Israeli hostage says he was treated better after Trump win, Hamas was rooting for Harris

An Israeli hostage freed from Hamas captivity said his treatment improved after President Trump's landslide victory in November.

May 29, 2025

Trump liberally doles out pardons and commutations in clemency spree, signals possibly more to come

President Trump embarked on a pardoning spree Wednesday, granting clemency to nine individuals, including a former congressman and three-term Connecticut governor, and commuted the sentence of three more people, including a Chicago gang leader.

May 28, 2025

Trump dismisses question about ‘chickening out’ on tariffs as ‘nastiest’

President Trump on Wednesday dismissed a reporter's inquiry about a derisive new Wall Street acronym to describe his trade policies, saying it was "the nastiest question" that the journalist could ask.

May 28, 2025

Trump says convictions in Whitmer kidnap plot were ‘railroad job,’ floats pardon

President Trump on Wednesday said he might pardon two men in prison for planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, suggesting the duo "got railroaded."

May 28, 2025

Jeanine Pirro sworn in as D.C.’s top prosecutor

Jeanine Pirro took the oath of office as the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia during an Oval Office ceremony Wednesday, making her the latest Fox News host to jump to the White House.

May 28, 2025

Trump says feds to keep oversight at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac as he takes mortgage giants public

President Trump said the federal government will retain its guarantees for and oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, even as he seeks a public offering for the mortgage giants.

May 28, 2025

Trump honors border patrol’s 101st anniversary, blames Biden for gala cancellation

President Trump signed a proclamation Tuesday honoring the 101st anniversary of the U.S. Border Patrol and blamed former President Joseph R. Biden for the abrupt cancellation of the agency's anniversary gala last year.

May 27, 2025

NPR sues Trump over executive order slashing funding

National Public Radio filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Trump and administration officials over his executive order cutting federal funding to the nonprofit news organization and the Public Broadcasting Service.

May 27, 2025

FBI to revisit cases of cocaine in Biden White House, pipe bombs, Supreme Court leak

The FBI will revisit three high-profile unsolved political mysteries, including who brought cocaine into the White House during the Biden administration.

May 27, 2025

Gold rush fizzles: Trump drops plan to check on Fort Knox inventory

The Trump brand has long been associated with gold, but the president suddenly lost interest in the famous U.S. Bullion Depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

May 26, 2025

Biden makes first public appearance since cancer announcement

Former President Joseph R. Biden made his first public appearance since announcing last week that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, attending his grandson's high school graduation in Connecticut.

May 24, 2025

Trump administration official meets with Syrian president as U.S. eases sanctions

Thomas Barrack, the U.S. special envoy to Syria, met Saturday with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharra one day after the Trump administration officially began dismantling sanctions on the war-torn Middle Eastern Country.

May 24, 2025

Trump says Golden Dome missile defense system will be complete before he leaves office

President Trump said his "Golden Dome" missile defense system will be completed before he leaves office in January 2029, laying an ambitious timetable for an incredibly costly and complex project.

May 24, 2025

Trump tells West Point cadets he’s returning military to core function: ‘Annihilate’ America’s foes

President Trump addressed the 2025 graduating class at West Point on Saturday, telling the cadets that he's bringing back the U.S. military to core functions of destroying America's enemies and will end using soldiers for nation-building in countries that "didn't want anything to do with us."

May 24, 2025

Trump scores a string of victories, but Americans’ economic frustrations aren’t going away

President Trump heads into the summer having racked up a series of second-term wins, including curtailing runaway illegal immigration and netting trillions of dollars in business investment from the Middle East. However, he also roiled the stock market with get-tough trade policies, and his poll numbers are starting to slide after spending much of the past four months above water.

May 23, 2025

Trump says some foreign students at Harvard can’t even do remedial math

President Trump said his administration revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll international students because some of them don't have the basic math skills to attend an Ivy League university.

May 23, 2025

Trump tears into NBC’s Peter Alexander over Qatar plane question: ‘Ought to be ashamed’

President Trump called NBC News White House reporter Peter Alexander "a disgrace" and a "terrible reporter" after he asked about the plane the U.S. has accepted from Qatar to be the next Air Force One.

May 21, 2025

Trump delves into thorny IVF recommendations that threaten to split Republicans

President Trump must navigate a delicate tightrope when he proposes a plan to expand access to in vitro fertilization.

May 17, 2025