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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 speaks about his administration's plans to combat rising gas prices in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden blames Putin for high gas prices

President Biden on Thursday faulted Russian President Vladimir Putin for soaring U.S. gas prices, pushing back on Republican claims that his energy policies have hurt the industry and the broader economy.

March 31, 2022
Mariya, a local resident, looks for personal items in the rubble of her house, destroyed during fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces in the village of Yasnohorodka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Russia resumes shelling of Ukraine cities despite promise to scale back

Russian forces resumed their bombardment near Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities Wednesday, despite pledges just a day earlier to scale back violent military operations in what world leaders had hoped was a sign of a possible breakthrough in talks aimed at persuading the Kremlin to call off its five-week-old invasion.

March 30, 2022
This June 14, 2018, file photo shows an FBI seal on a podium before a news conference at the agency's headquarters in Washington. The FBI and other federal government agencies are increasingly looking to counter cyberthreats through tools other than criminal indictments. That's according to the bureau’s top cyber official. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Biden scraps Trump plan to keep FBI headquarters in D.C.

Tucked inside President Biden's fiscal 2023 budget request is a plan to move the FBI out of its current location across from the Justice Department in downtown Washington and build a new campus in suburban Virginia or Maryland.

March 29, 2022
President Joe Biden delivers a speech about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the Royal Castle, Saturday, March 26, 2022, in Warsaw. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden casts Ukraine conflict as global battle between democracy and autocracy

President Biden on Saturday said that Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power," as he sought to reassure NATO members of the U.S. commitment to protecting the security of its allies. "Don't even think about moving on a single inch of NATO territory," Mr. Biden told a Warsaw audience, referring to Mr. Putin. "We have a sacred obligation under Article 5 of defending each and every inch of NATO territory with the full force of our collective power."

March 26, 2022