Jeff Mordock

Where’d you go, Joe? Jetsetter Biden travels the world — but noticeably avoids East Palestine, Ohio

President Biden has made 14 trips across the U.S. and around the globe over the past seven weeks, but none to East Palestine, Ohio -- the site of a train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals into the community -- despite repeated promises to do so.

March 26, 2023

Biden defends response to banking turmoil: ‘Damn good job’

President Biden is defending his administration's response to troubles in the banking industry and assured Americans that the financial system remains stable and not "about to explode."

March 24, 2023

Biden, Trudeau announce deal to turn back migrant asylum seekers who cross into Canada

President Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced an agreement to turn back asylum seekers who cross from the U.S. into Canada.

March 24, 2023

Biden downplays Russia-China alliance: ‘We are the ones expanding alliances’

President Biden on Friday said the strength of the Russia-China alliance has been "vastly exaggerated" and that he hasn't seen any evidence of significant economic and military ties between Beijing and Moscow.

March 24, 2023

Biden underscores unity in address to Canadian Parliament

President Biden underscored the partnership between the U.S. and Canada in an address to the Canadian Parliament, saying the two nations are bound by shared prosperity and values.

March 24, 2023

Biden’s approval falls to 38%, nears record low: Poll

President Biden's approval rating dropped to 38% in March, nearing the lowest rating of his presidency, according to a new poll released Thursday.

March 23, 2023

Manhattan DA pushes back on GOP request for documents, testimony in Trump probe

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Thursday hit back at GOP lawmakers demanding that two former prosecutors in his office testify and turn over documents related to the investigation of a hush money payment former President Trump made to an adult film star.

March 23, 2023

House Republicans demand testimony from former prosecutors in Trump NYC case

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee late Wednesday demanded two former Manhattan prosecutors who were overseeing the criminal probe into former President Trump testify before the panel.

March 22, 2023

Biden stumbles over wife’s introduction at women’s history event: ‘The first full-time lady’

President Biden flubbed the introduction of his wife, first lady Jill Biden, at a Women's History Month event at the White House Wednesday, calling her the "the first full-time lady."

March 22, 2023

Biden’s federal ban on private prisons could cost taxpayers $6M, DOJ watchdog says

President Biden's executive order phasing out the federal government's use of private prisons could cost taxpayers $6 million, according to a report issued Wednesday by the Justice Department's internal watchdog.

March 22, 2023

Frequent travels have yet to take Biden to Ohio town beleaguered by toxic spill

President Biden has made 14 trips across the U.S. and around the globe over the past seven weeks, but none to East Palestine, Ohio -- the site of a train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals into the community -- despite repeated promises to do so.

March 21, 2023

Manhattan D.A. not yet coming to arrest Trump

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday anticipated making history as the first former president to be charged with a crime.

March 21, 2023

Biden stumbles over poem — twice — at humanities awards ceremony

President Biden on Tuesday struggled to get through a short poem at a White House event Tuesday, reading it twice and managing to get it wrong both times.

March 21, 2023

White House game of playing media favorites backfires on Biden’s press secretary

White House press secretaries have always played favorites when deciding which journalists to call on for questions at the daily press briefings, a subtle power play that has blown up in the face of Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.

March 21, 2023

Rand Paul joins Trump in suggesting NYC DA is breaking the law as indictment looms

Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday called for jailing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg over multiple media reports that he plans to indict and arrest former President Donald Trump.

March 21, 2023

Trump’s legal peril in New York boils down to a case of falsifying business records

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is said to be nearing a decision on whether to charge former President Donald Trump for alleged wrongdoing involving hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels. If Mr. Bragg does pull the trigger on an indictment, the former president likely would be charged with falsifying business records.

March 20, 2023

Trump hush money a case unyielding DA can’t resist

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has resisted political pressure and endured withering criticism from both parties during his tumultuous 15 months in office, leaving some legal analysts surprised that he is preparing to knuckle under to demands to indict former President Donald Trump.

March 20, 2023

Biden calls on Congress to impose tougher penalties on executives of failed banks

President Biden on Friday urged Congress to levy legal and monetary penalties for executives of failed banks in the wake of the two of three biggest U.S. bank collapses.

March 17, 2023

VP Kamala Harris says restricting abortions is ‘immoral’

Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday called state Republican lawmakers who want to put restrictions on abortion "immoral."

March 16, 2023

Biden signs executive order to expand gun background checks, GOP AGs threaten lawsuit

President Biden on Tuesday signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at increasing gun background checks, bolstering mandates on safe gun storage and redefining who qualifies as a firearms dealer.

March 14, 2023