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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

Biden unveils new sanctions as Russia advances in Ukraine

President Biden on Thursday ordered a series of what he called "strong" economic sanctions on Russia as punishment for its devastating invasion of Ukraine, saying Russian President Vladimir Putin "chose this war."

February 24, 2022
President Joe Biden speaks about Ukraine in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 22, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Biden speech on Ukraine crisis pushed back again

One of the most important speeches of President Biden's presidency, his speech Thursday outlining the U.S. response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has been pushed back again.

February 24, 2022
A Ukrainian serviceman stands at his position at the line of separation between Ukraine-held territory and rebel-held territory near Svitlodarsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. U.S. President Joe Biden announced the U.S. was ordering heavy financial sanctions against Russia, declaring that Moscow had flagrantly violated international law in what he called the "beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine." (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Biden imposes new sanctions as Putin escalates war in Ukraine

President Biden widened the slate of U.S. sanctions against Russia in response to military moves on Ukraine on Wednesday, but it was not enough to prevent Russian President Vladimir Putin from ordering a major escalation of his war against Ukraine.

February 23, 2022
Pipes at the landfall facilities of the "Nord Stream 2" gas pipeline are pictured in Lubmin, northern Germany, on Feb. 15, 2022. The White House is expected to announce Wednesday that President Joe Biden is allowing sanctions to move forward against the company that built the Russia-to-Germany Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and against the company's CEO. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

Biden expands Russian sanctions to Nord Stream 2

President Biden on Wednesday expanded U.S. sanctions against Russia to include penalties against the builder of the $11 billion Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline that connects Russia and Germany.

February 23, 2022
Ukrainians attend patriotic action "Mariupol is Ukraine" in Mariupol, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Russian lawmakers on Tuesday authorized President Vladimir Putin to use military force outside the country a move that could presage a broader attack on Ukraine after the U.S. said an invasion was already underway there. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

World watches ‘the beginning of a Russian invasion’ in Ukraine

Moscow marched down a path toward war Tuesday as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Ukraine's disputed Donbas region and suggested that he is prepared to go much further, while President Biden and America's NATO allies unleashed a coordinated package of sweeping economic sanctions in a last-ditch bid to halt a full-blown invasion.

February 22, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin has convened top officials to consider recognizing the independence of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine. Such a move would ratchet up tensions with the West amid fears that the Kremlin could launch an invasion of Ukraine imminently. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin orders troops to ‘protect’ breakaway Ukrainian provinces

Defying warnings from the U.S. and its allies, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized two breakaway enclaves in neighboring Ukraine as independent states and authorized Russian troops to cross into Ukrainian territory as a "peacekeeping" force.

February 21, 2022