Jeff Mordock

Biden to hold first press conference as administration looks for reset

President Biden on Wednesday will hold his first formal press conference in nearly a year after a difficult end to 2021 and an especially bad two weeks ringing in 2022.

January 19, 2022

Biden warns of ‘dear price’ for Russia as Blinken huddles with Ukraine

President Biden told a White House press conference Wednesday that Russia would pay a "dear price" if it took military action against neighboring Ukraine, hours after Secretary of State Antony Blinken huddled with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv to kick off a hastily organized European mission to head off a new war in Europe.

January 19, 2022

VP Harris to travel to Honduras as migrant caravans from that country headed for U.S.

Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Honduras next week to attend the inauguration of the country's new president, the White House announced Tuesday.

January 18, 2022

Biden’s fiery, angry speeches set tone for 2022 midterms

President Biden's first two speeches of 2022 set the tone for the midterm election year: angry and combative.

January 18, 2022

Psaki invokes Biden’s dead wife, child while dodging question about Delaware visitor logs

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday invoked President Biden's dead wife and child in an unusual move to sidestep questions about why the administration won't release visitor logs from the president's Delaware residences.

January 18, 2022

Biden boasts $27 billion in bridge repair spending

President Biden on Friday announced that his administration will distribute $27 billion to repair or replace 15,000 bridges across the country.

January 14, 2022

Biden’s policies hit his home state in the pocketbook, skewer Delaware’s biggest industries

President Biden may be Delaware's favorite son, but he has aggressively pushed policies that stick it to the state's largest industries that together generate roughly $10 billion in annual revenue.

January 14, 2022

Biden to hold rare press conference next week

President Biden will hold a rare, formal press conference next week, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday.

January 14, 2022

Biden keeps his promise to add diversity to Fed, nominates women, minorities to central bank

President Biden on Friday nominated a Black man and two women, one of whom is Black, for key roles at the Federal Reserve, fulfilling a campaign pledge to increase diversity at the central bank.

January 14, 2022

Michael Avenatti files complaint against Bureau of Prisons

Disgraced celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti is seeking $94 million from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, alleging that he was brutally mistreated while in federal custody as punishment for criticizing former President Donald Trump and former Attorney General William P. Barr.

January 14, 2022

Biden administration slaps sanctions on North Korea for ballistic missile test

The Biden administration slapped sanctions on five North Korean officials in response to the totalitarian regime's latest ballistic missile test.

January 13, 2022

Biden goes nuclear on the filibuster and Republicans, but his ploy runs into Democratic resistance

President Biden in a major speech Tuesday called for blowing up the Senate filibuster rules to fight against what he says is a Republican assault on American democracy, but Sen. Joe Manchin III is again poised to derail the president's plans.

January 11, 2022

Biden delivers battle cry for ripping up Senate filibuster rules, rewriting election laws

President Biden on Tuesday forcefully demanded Senate Democrats blow up the chamber's filibuster rules to advance a package of partisan voting laws, throwing himself into the cause after the rest of his economic agenda collapsed.

January 11, 2022

Biden shrugs off Stacey Abrams skipping his big voting speech in Georgia

President Biden on Tuesday dismissed plans by voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams to not attend his major speech on Democrats' legislation to overhaul the nation's election laws.

January 11, 2022

U.S. to provide $308 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan as Taliban gov’t falters

The White House said Tuesday it will provide $308 million in new humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, as the country teeters toward a full-scale humanitarian crisis and economic collapse under the Taliban.

January 11, 2022

Voting-rights activists warn Biden to skip Atlanta speech without plan for legislation

Voting-rights activists are warning President Biden to skip his speech on voting rights -- set for Tuesday in Atlanta -- unless he intends to unveil a concrete plan to pass legislation that would reform the nation's election system.

January 10, 2022

Source for Trump-Russia dossier clings to Clinton-linked law firm to fight lying charges

The same law firm that represented members of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign will defend the man who was the main source for Christopher Steele's bogus dossier on former President Donald Trump, despite warnings that it is a conflict of interest.

January 10, 2022

#BareshelvesBiden trending as Americans vent about empty stores amid supply chain crisis

The hashtag #BareshelvesBiden is trending on Twitter as Americans across the country flocked to social media over the weekend to vent their frustration about shelves empty of goods and produce at their local stores.

January 10, 2022

White House denies report Biden is considering withdrawing U.S. troops from Eastern Europe

The White House on Friday denied a report that it is considering scaling back troop deployments and military exercises in Eastern Europe ahead of next week's talks with Russia.

January 7, 2022

Biden shrugs off worst jobs report of his presidency; critics say he botched the economy

President Biden on Friday shrugged off the worst jobs report of his presidency as the U.S. economy added less than half the number of jobs expected in December amid a massive surge in COVID-19 cases.

January 7, 2022