Jeff Mordock

Biden to spend $36 billion to bail out troubled union pension fund

President Biden will announce Thursday that he's spending $36 billion of taxpayer funds to bail out a troubled Teamsters union pension plan projected to run out of money in 2025.

December 8, 2022

Biden says recent gun reforms ‘are not enough’ at vigil for mass shooting victims

President Biden on Wednesday said his administration has made important progress toward curbing gun violence but acknowledged there was more work to do as the nation reels from several recent high-profile mass shootings.

December 7, 2022

Biden says border chaos isn’t ‘important’ enough to make visit

President Biden shunned a chance to visit the border Tuesday, saying he had something "more important" to do on a trip to Arizona than see the chaos that's erupted on his watch.

December 6, 2022

Special counsel subpoenas Trump-linked local officials in probe of purported fake electors scheme

Special Counsel Jack Smith has subpoenaed local officials in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Arizona seeking their communications with former President Donald Trump and his team about his efforts to overturn the election results in those states.

December 6, 2022

FBI slammed for ‘inappropriate behaviors’ in judging female agent trainees

A "permissive" culture at the FBI's training facility led to female candidates being dismissed and receiving harsher evaluations than their male counterparts, with half the women saying they were subject to sexist jokes or stories, according to a report released Tuesday by the Justice Department's internal watchdog.

December 6, 2022

Biden defends not visiting border, points to ‘more important’ tasks

President Biden on Tuesday downplayed the importance of visiting the southern border, suggesting that a trip is not a high priority despite soaring illegal immigration and large quantities of fentanyl entering the U.S.

December 6, 2022

Biden will make 2024 decision over holidays, says chief of staff

President Biden will decide over the holidays whether to run in 2024, White House chief of staff Ron Klain said, adding that he expects Mr. Biden will seek a second term.

December 6, 2022

Democratic N.H. senators skip White House ball in protest over Biden’s 2024 primary plan

New Hampshire Democratic Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan announced they are skipping the White House congressional ball Monday in protest over President Biden's support of a plan to end their state's century-long reign as the nation's first primary.

December 5, 2022

Biden’s computer chip law gets mixed reviews from manufacturer ahead of visit

The Taiwan-based company that has emerged as a chief critic of President Biden's efforts to boost computer chip manufacturing in the United States will have a chance to air its grievances in person when Mr. Biden visits the company's $12 billion Arizona construction site on Tuesday.

December 5, 2022

Biden blasted for weaponizing corporations in ‘woke capitalism’ retirement ploy

The Labor Department recently approved a rule affecting roughly 150 million workers and $10 trillion in assets covered under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

December 4, 2022

Biden, Prince Wiliam meet to discuss climate change

President Biden met with the United Kingdom's Prince William at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston to discuss climate change and mental health care.

December 2, 2022

Biden signs bill to block rail strike, says it avoids ‘economic catastrophe’

President Biden signed into law legislation that will block a rail strike amid the holiday season.

December 2, 2022

Ex-FBI official backs out of Hill date to discuss pressure to inflate domestic extremist numbers

A former top FBI official has backed out of scheduled testimony with the House Judiciary Committee to address claims that the Biden administration pressured agents to label cases as domestic extremism or white supremacy, the panel's top Republican said.

December 2, 2022

Federal appeals court shuts down special master review in Trump documents case

A federal appeals court on Thursday shut down the special master review of government documents seized by the FBI during its search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence, a crushing legal defeat for Mr. Trump.

December 1, 2022

Biden says inflation is easing, but there could be ‘setbacks’ before prices decline

President Biden on Thursday welcomed a key sign that inflation might be easing but warned there could be "setbacks" before his administration can wrestle prices down.

December 1, 2022

Biden administration approves rule that funnels workers’ retirement funds into left-wing causes

The Biden administration has quietly finalized a rule allowing employers to funnel workers' 401(k) funds into investments that support woke causes that address issues such as climate change and diversity.

November 30, 2022

Biden underscores commitment to Native Americans at Tribal Nations Summit

President Biden on Wednesday reaffirmed his administration's commitment to American Indian nations at the federal government's first in-person summit on tribal affairs in six years.

November 30, 2022

Split widens between labor, Biden on move to impose contract on railroad workers to avert strike

President Biden and congressional Democrats moved Tuesday with Republicans to impose a freight rail agreement on balky unions to prevent a crippling strike, exposing a rift between the president and his labor base heading into the 2024 election cycle.

November 29, 2022

Biden in Michigan takes credit for new manufacturing jobs but it’s still at pre-pandemic levels

President Biden on Tuesday visited a computer chip manufacturing site in the swing state of Michigan, where he boasted about his record of creating manufacturing jobs.

November 29, 2022

Bipartisan House and Senate leaders vow to avert rail strike

A group of bipartisan House and Senate leaders on Tuesday vowed to adopt a tentative agreement between railroad workers and operators to avert a strike that could upend the U.S. economy.

November 29, 2022