Jeff Mordock

Biden warns that ‘MAGA Republicans’ are on ‘path to chaos’ in next week’s elections

President Biden on Wednesday made his closing campaign pitch to voters for next week's midterm election, warning that "dark forces" within the Republican Party are trying to subvert democracy.

November 2, 2022

White House deletes tweet about Social Security after Twitter adds fact-check

The White House on Wednesday deleted a tweet crediting President Biden for increasing the size of Social Security payments, which had actually gone up because of a cost-of-living increase tied to inflation.

November 2, 2022

Biden to give big speech to urge Americans to save democracy by voting for Democrats

President Biden will give a speech Wednesday night calling on Americans to defend democracy, a White House official said.

November 2, 2022

Biden tells Floridians that Republicans want to cancel their Social Security and Medicare

President Biden on Tuesday warned voters in the retirement mecca of Florida that a Republican-controlled Congress will imperil social security and Medicare.

November 1, 2022

Supreme Court halts disclosure of Trump’s tax returns

Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has temporarily halted the disclosure of former President Donald Trump's tax returns to House Democrats.

November 1, 2022

Trump files an emergency petition with Supreme Court to keep tax returns away from House Democrats

Former President Donald Trump on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a Democrat-led House Committee from accessing his tax returns.

October 31, 2022

Republicans demand Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen preserve documents on global tax proposal

Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee on Monday sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen requesting the department preserve all documents related to the Biden administration's push for a global minimum tax on multinational corporations.

October 31, 2022

Democrats clamor for police union endorsements, but cops refused to back ‘defunders’

In the wake of George Floyd's death, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee declared "systemic racism" plagued police departments across the country, demanded that the Justice Department investigate police departments and pushed for legislation that would strip away some legal protection for officers.

October 28, 2022

An unusually leaky DOJ keeps Trump’s legal woes in voters’ minds for midterms

A deluge of Justice Department leaks has sprung up in the run-up to the Nov. 8 midterm elections, and legal analysts say it appears to be designed to remind voters about the investigations of former President Donald Trump.

October 26, 2022

Justice Department asks judge to force Trump White House lawyers to testify in Jan 6 probe: Report

The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to force the top two lawyers from the Trump White House to testify before a grand jury about the former president's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to a media report.

October 26, 2022

Chinese nationals charged with crimes of subverting U.S. justice including meddling in Huawei case

The Justice Department announced charges Monday against a total of 13 Chinese nationals for offenses including trying to steal U.S. law enforcement secrets.

October 24, 2022

Biden’s snippy exchanges with reporters mask midterm fears

President Biden increasingly shows flashes of rage, responding to reporters with angry outbursts and prickly retorts when he doesn't like the questions.

October 21, 2022

Jill Biden goes to bat for stepson Hunter Biden: ‘I know Hunter is innocent’

First lady Jill Biden insisted that her stepson Hunter Biden is innocent as federal prosecutors weigh possible tax and gun charges against him.

October 21, 2022

Trump blasts ‘biased, partisan’ jurors who acquitted Steele dossier source in ‘disgraceful’ system

Former President Donald Trump lashed out at a group of Northern Virginia jurors who earlier this week acquitted Igor Danchenko, the primary source for the so-called Steele dossier, on four counts of lying to the FBI about how he gathered information for the dossier.

October 21, 2022

Appeals court ruling threatens to unravel Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

A federal appeals court's severe blow to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is poised to chill the agency's financial oversight authority and possibly imperil much of the work it has already carried out.

October 20, 2022

Biden gets testy when asked if he supports any restrictions on abortions

President Biden snapped at a reporter on Thursday after he asked the commander-in-chief if there should be any restrictions on abortion, telling the reporter to "get educated."

October 20, 2022

Ex-FBI official to face Congress about claims of W.H. pressure to inflate domestic extremism numbers

A former top FBI official will testify before Congress to address claims that the Biden administration pressured agents to label cases as domestic extremism or a White supremacist threat even if it did not meet that criteria, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee announced Thursday.

October 20, 2022

Durham probe falls flat in courtroom but still exposes depth of FBI’s anti-Trump mania

Special counsel John Durham's failed prosecution of Igor Danchenko exposed how FBI officials eagerly accepted unproven claims tying former President Donald Trump to Russia, though Mr. Durham also failed to bring charges against any FBI officials.

October 19, 2022

Primary source of Steele dossier acquitted on charges of lying to the FBI in major defeat for Durham

Special counsel John Durham's likely final trial ended in another defeat Tuesday as a federal jury acquitted Igor Danchenko, a Russian analyst who was the primary source of the anti-Trump Steele dossier, on charges of making false statements to the FBI.

October 18, 2022

Defense attorneys blast Durham investigation as Danchenko jury begins deliberations

Jurors in the trial of Igor Danchenko, the primary source for the Steele dossier, deliberated for roughly four hours on Monday without reaching a verdict and will continue their work Tuesday morning.

October 17, 2022