Jeff Mordock

Biden’s approval rating nears record low amid document drama

President Biden's approval rating has tumbled amid questions that he may have mishandled classified government documents dating back to his time as vice president, according to a new poll released Wednesday.

January 19, 2023

Biden keeps mum about his classified documents mess

President Biden on Thursday again avoided reporters' questions about the Justice Department investigation into classified documents found at his home and former office, marking the seventh straight day he has refused to address the potentially illegal mishandling of government secrets.

January 19, 2023

Congressional probe of Biden documents heats up, National Archives moves to stonewall investigators

The furor escalated Wednesday over President Biden's mishandling of government secrets.

January 18, 2023

Archives says it needs permission from Justice Dept. to share information on Biden document probe

The National Archives and Records Administration told House Republicans Wednesday that it cannot share information about the discovery of classified documents from President Biden's time as vice president unless it is cleared by the Justice Department.

January 18, 2023

Trump says classified folders found at Mar-a-Lago were a ‘cool keepsake’

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday sought to contrast the sensitive materials found at Mar-a-Lago with those found at President Biden's home and former office by insisting his were "cool" keepsakes.

January 18, 2023

DOJ rejected having FBI agents monitor search for Biden documents

The Justice Department decided not to have FBI agents oversee a search for classified documents conducted by President Biden's lawyers partly because his legal team was cooperating with the investigation.

January 18, 2023

Biden’s mislaid classified documents puts Penn Biden Center in crosshairs of congressional probe

The House Oversight Committee is now scrutinizing the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement where classified documents from President Biden's time in the Obama administration were discovered.

January 18, 2023

White House cites special counsel’s probe in declining to be transparent about Biden classified docs

The White House on Tuesday defended its lack of transparency with the public about classified documents that were discovered in President Biden's home and former office, saying a special counsel's probe restricts what can be released.

January 17, 2023

White House uses special counsel probe to duck questions about Biden’s handling of govt secrets

The White House on Tuesday refused to divulge new details about the search for more classified documents at President Biden's homes in Delaware.

January 17, 2023

White House shift to crisis mode tests Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who has struggled to find her stride seven months into her role as spokeswoman for the most powerful man in the world, is now caught in a blistering spotlight.

January 16, 2023

Biden administration announces new regulations on pistol stabilizing braces

The Justice Department has announced new regulations, including higher taxes and longer waiting periods, on braces that transform a pistol into a short-barreled rifle so it can fire faster.

January 13, 2023

Biden dogged by classified documents scandal, special counsel inquiry when meeting with Japan PM

President Biden's troubles with mishandling government secrets seeped into his foreign diplomacy when he was peppered with questions from reporters at a meeting with Japan's prime minister.

January 13, 2023

Republicans demand to know if Hunter Biden lived at Delaware home where classified docs were found

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee on Friday demanded answers about whether President Biden's son Hunter was living at and conducting business deals at his father's Wilmington, Delaware, home while classified files were there.

January 13, 2023

White House melts down as Biden embroiled in classified document turmoil

President Biden's classified document woes deepened on Thursday with more government secrets turning up in yet another location at his Delaware home and his hand-picked attorney general appointing a special counsel to investigate the mess.

January 12, 2023

GOP wants answers over WH refusal to release Biden’s Delaware visitor logs after document discovery

The discovery of classified documents in a storage space in the garage of President Biden's Wilmington, Delaware home has brought fresh scrutiny to the White House's refusal to release the visitor logs for the president's private home.

January 12, 2023

McCarthy readies congressional probe of Biden’s mishandling of classified documents

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday said that Congress is obligated to investigate President Biden's handling of classified documents, comparing it to the Justice Department's criminal probe of former President Donald Trump.

January 12, 2023

AG Garland appoints special counsel; Biden team in turmoil after 2nd batch of documents revealed

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday named a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department's investigation of why classified documents were at President Biden's home in Wilmington, Delaware, and a Washington office he once used.

January 12, 2023

Garland to make statement as GOP presses for special counsel in Biden doc case

Attorney General Merrick Garland was to give a statement Thursday afternoon as Republican lawmakers push him to appoint a special counsel after a second batch of classified documents from President Biden's tenure as vice president were discovered in his garage.

January 12, 2023

Biden says classified documents at his home are as safe as his prized Corvette Stingray

President Biden says the new cache of classified documents found in the garage at his Delaware home was secure because that's where he keeps his mint-condition 1967 Corvette Stingray.

January 12, 2023

More classified documents discovered in garage at Biden’s Delaware residence

President Biden's lawyers discovered additional batches of classified documents from his time as vice president in the garage at his Wilmington, Delaware, residence, the White House announced Thursday.

January 12, 2023