Jeff Mordock

Biden pleads ignorance on DOJ’s special prosecutor for Trump probes

President Biden said Monday that he was not informed before Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department's investigation of former President Donald Trump.

November 21, 2022

Biden pardons two Thanksgiving turkeys, sends them back to school to get poultry science degrees

President Biden on Monday upheld the White House tradition of granting pardons to turkeys, sparing them from ending up on somebody's Thanksgiving dinner table.

November 21, 2022

Ex-AG Barr says DOJ likely has enough evidence to ‘legitimately’ indict Trump

Former Attorney General William P. Barr said he believes the Justice Department likely has enough evidence to "legitimately" charge former President Donald Trump with a crime stemming from his storage of White House documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence.

November 21, 2022

Trump fumes that another special counsel was sicced on him, calls it ‘politicized’ and a ‘disgrace’

Former President Donald Trump has lashed out against Attorney General Merrick Garland for sending a special counsel after him, calling it "the worst politicization of justice in our country."

November 18, 2022

AG Garland appoints special counsel to weigh criminal charges against Trump

Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed Jack Smith, a longtime Justice Department prosecutor, as a special counsel to explore criminal charges against former President Donald Trump.

November 18, 2022

Biden administration asks Supreme Court to save imperiled student debt package

The Biden administration has asked the Supreme Court to rescue its student forgiveness plan, which has been blocked by two federal courts.

November 18, 2022

DOJ says Trump ‘abandoned’ privilege claim that seized documents are privileged

The Department of Justice has told the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals that former President Donald Trump has dropped his claims that documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago residence are protected by executive or attorney-client privilege, so a special master is no longer required to review the documents.

November 18, 2022

Attack on Pelosi’s husband comes into focus, but questions remain

Questions still remain about the lack of security for the home of the person second in line to succeed the president and the suspect's motivations.

November 17, 2022

Biden disputes Zelenskyy’s claim that missile in Poland wasn’t Ukrainian, says ‘not the evidence’

U.S. President Biden on Thursday disputed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's claim that the missile that struck Poland was not launched by Ukrainian troops.

November 17, 2022

Harris hits her stride as White House grooms her to replace Biden on 2024 ticket

Vice President Kamala Harris departed Wednesday for a weeklong trip to the Indo-Pacific region, the latest move by the White House to burnish her image as the logical successor to President Biden if he won't or can't run in 2024.

November 16, 2022

Harris to visit South China Sea island, move tempts inflamed tensions with Beijing

Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the island of Palawan next week during her trip to Asia, according to a senior administration official.

November 15, 2022

Biden huddles with Erdogan, rallies opposition to Russia as G-20 winds down

President Biden unexpectedly skipped the gala dinner Tuesday at the G-20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, returning to his hotel room for the evening.

November 15, 2022

Biden has unannounced meeting with Turkey’s Erdogan at G-20; U.S. aid to Kurds still a sore point

President Biden on Tuesday held an unannounced meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, amid strained relations between the two North American Treaty Organization allies.

November 15, 2022

Rudy Giuliani won’t face criminal charges in foreign lobbying case

Federal prosecutors said Monday they have declined to file criminal charges against former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in connection with a foreign lobbying case involving Ukrainian business associates.

November 14, 2022

Federal appeals court blocks Biden’s student debt program

A federal appeals court on Monday blocked President Biden's student-loan forgiveness program, dealing a second serious blow to the plan, which already had been declared unconstitutional by a Texas court.

November 14, 2022

DOJ says Trump must verify documents seized from Mar-a-Lago

The Justice Department urged a federal judge to force former President Donald Trump to confirm whether the FBI's list of classified materials and other documents seized in the raid of his South Florida home is correct before an independent arbitrator decides whether any of the materials should be off-limits to federal prosecutors.

November 14, 2022

Biden: No ‘imminent attempt’ by China to invade Taiwan after talks with Xi

President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping sought to thaw tensions between their nations during a nearly three-hour meeting Monday on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia.

November 14, 2022

Taiwan tensions and push to prevent war shroud Biden’s meeting with China’s Xi

U.S. President Biden said Monday his goal for a high-stakes meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping is to avoid a war between the two countries.

November 14, 2022

Biden woos Southeast Asia nations at summit as China bids for greater influence

President Biden on Saturday stressed the importance of the United States' partnership with Southeast Asian countries, saying the partnership is necessary to "tackle the biggest issues of our time."

November 12, 2022

Trump lawyers fear ‘political bias’ in special master’s plan to speak with National Archives on docs

Former President Trump's legal team on Friday warned the judicial "special master" reviewing the documents seized from Mar-a-Lago against contacting National Archives officials about their procedures, saying it could inject "political bias" into the case.

November 11, 2022