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Jeff Mordock

jmordock@washingtontimes.com

Jeff Mordock is the White House reporter for The Washington Times. A native of Newtown, Pennsylvania, he previously worked for Gannett and has won awards from both the Delaware Press Association and the Maryland Delaware D.C. Press Association. He is a graduate of George Washington University and can be reached at jmordock@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Jeff Mordock

President Joe Biden delivers a toast as he and first lady Jill Biden host a dinner during the Summit of the Americas, Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden, first lady say they’ve defied political prognosticators

President Biden and First lady Jill Biden on Friday rebuked political naysayers who think their political star is waning, telling Democratic donors the administration held the West together, predicted Vladimir Putin's ill designs in Ukraine and will repel the GOP in November.

June 10, 2022
Matthew McConaughey, a native of Uvalde, Texas, talks about the mass shooting in Uvalde, as he joins White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Matthew McConaughey urges gun reform at White House press briefing

Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey delivered a fiery, emotional speech on gun control at the White House press briefing on Tuesday, sharing stories of the children who died in a mass shooting last month in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas.

June 7, 2022
Rudolph W. Giuliani, an attorney for President Trump, tweets various allegations against former Vice President Joseph R. Biden and his son Hunter. (Associated Press)

Trump-affiliated attorneys face discipline while Russia-gate lawyers get a pass

Courts and bar associations have rushed to discipline lawyers who assisted former President Donald Trump in pursuing his claims of a "stolen" election, yet the lawyers who helped Democrats peddle now-discredited "Russia-gate" theories about Mr. Trump have faced no apparent discipline from their colleagues.

June 3, 2022
The 118-meter (387-foot) Motor Yacht A belonging to Russian oligarch Andrey Melnichenko is anchored in the port of Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. In the dusty, northern-most sheikhdom of the United Arab Emirates, Motor Yacht A, one of the world's largest yachts, sits in the quiet port — so far avoiding the fate of other luxury vessels linked to sanctioned Russian oligarchs. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

U.S. imposes more sanctions on Russian oligarchs

The Biden administration on Thursday announced a slate of new sanctions against Russia, targeting the financial networks that the country's elites use to hide and move money for luxury purchases.

June 2, 2022
In this file photo, special counsel John Durham, center, the prosecutor appointed to investigate potential government wrongdoing in the early days of the Trump-Russia probe, leaves a federal courthouse in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Durham team seeks redemption with Danchenko trial

Special counsel John Durham's stinging loss in federal court this week cast doubt over the future of his probe of U.S. intelligence community wrongdoing in pursuing Trump-Russia collusion theories, but the Durham team still has a narrow window in which to redeem themselves.

June 1, 2022