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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 the 2021 jobs report in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden says COVID ‘is not here to stay’

President Biden said Friday that he doesn't believe the COVID-19 pandemic will be permanent for Americans, despite rising numbers and the surging omicron variant.

January 7, 2022
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris arrive to speak from Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol to mark the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol by supporters loyal to then-President Donald Trump, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Harris slammed for comparing Jan. 6 riot to Pearl Harbor, 9/11

Vice President Kamala Harris marked the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot by comparing it to the Pearl Harbor bombing and 9/11 terrorist attack, an analogy critics blasted as wildly overblown and historically inaccurate.

January 6, 2022
Then-President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives to speak at a rally in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Trump blasts Biden’s Jan. 6 speech as ‘distraction’

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday blasted President Biden's claims that he is a threat to democracy, dismissing his successor's Jan. 6 speech at the U.S. Capitol as "a distraction" from his handling of the issues facing America.

January 6, 2022
In this March 31, 2017, file photo, dairy cattle feed at a farm near Vado, N.M. Canada violated its trade agreement with the U.S. and Mexico by reserving a share of the dairy market exclusively for Canadian farmers, a trade dispute panel ruled late Tuesday in a decision that could boost sales for American dairy farmers. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

U.S. wins trade spat with Canada over dairy

Canada violated its trade agreement with the U.S. and Mexico by reserving a share of the dairy market exclusively for Canadian farmers, a trade dispute panel ruled late Tuesday in a decision that could boost sales for American dairy farmers.

January 5, 2022
President Joe Biden Jill Biden walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 27, 2021, en route to Rehoboth Beach, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden suffered nine nominees yanked from consideration in 2021

Despite the tense political climate and several high-profile defeats that suggest President Biden's nominees are dropping quickly, his withdrawal rate is on par with the last three presidents, according to an analysis by The Washington Times.

December 30, 2021
This May 4, 2021, file photo shows the Federal Reserve building in Washington. Federal Reserve officials agreed at their last meeting that if the economy continued to improve, they could start reducing their monthly bond purchases as soon as next month and bring them to an end by the middle of 2022. The discussion was revealed in the minutes of the Fed’s Sept. 21-22 meeting, released Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Biden considers diverse slate of nominees for Fed Board

President Biden is considering nominating two women, one of whom is Black, and a Black man for key roles on the Federal Reserve in a bid to increase the central bank's diversity, according to a report Monday.

December 28, 2021