Jeff Mordock

Biden’s senior adviser on migration stepping down, report says

President Biden's senior adviser for migration, Tyler Moran, will leave her post at the end of January after roughly seven months on the job, according to a media report Tuesday.

December 14, 2021

Biden signs order to make government services more customer friendly

President Biden signed an executive order that directs federal agencies to streamline routine government services like renewing a passport or applying for college loans so they are simple tasks instead of time-consuming nightmares.

December 13, 2021

The crisis that didn’t happen: How Dems got it wrong about ending the COVID-19 eviction ban

The flood of evictions that politicians and housing advocates desperately warned of has yet to materialize three months after the Supreme Court revoked the Biden administration's COVID-19 eviction ban.

December 12, 2021

Biden scolds ‘extreme’ GOP partisanship in late-night appearance on Fallon

President Biden steered clear of jokes Friday night in his first late-night television appearance as president on NBC's Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. He instead used the platform to scold "extreme elements" of the GOP for their lack of cooperation towards a bipartisan agenda in Washington.

December 11, 2021

Biden blasts Supreme Court on Texas abortion law, urges Congress to codify Roe v. Wade

President Biden on Friday said he is "very concerned" that the U.S. Supreme Court let a Texas abortion law remain in effect pending legal challenges.

December 10, 2021

Psaki on Smollett verdict: Lying about hate crime is ‘shameful’

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Friday said lying about a hate crime is "shameful" and hurts real victims of such incidents as she reacted to Thursday's guilty verdict against actor Jussie Smollett.

December 10, 2021

Biden calls for passage of federal voting rights legislation during Summit for Democracy

President Biden on Friday closed out his virtual Summit for Democracy by urging Congress to pass federal voting rights legislation, strictly partisan measures that are stuck in the evenly split Senate.

December 10, 2021

Biden to award Medal of Honor to first Black veteran of Iraq, Afghanistan

President Biden will award three Medals of Honor for combat heroism in Iraq and Afghanistan, including one to the first Black veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the White House said Friday.

December 10, 2021

Recycled speeches, low wattage events drown out Biden’s infrastructure message

A public relations blitz aimed at energizing the American public about President Biden's big infrastructure win has fallen on deaf ears with voters tuning out recycled speeches and low-wattage events.

December 8, 2021

Biden says he’s not planning to deploy U.S. troops to Ukraine to unilaterally confront Russia

President Biden said Wednesday putting U.S. troops on the ground in Ukraine to deter a potential Russian invasion "was not on the table."

December 8, 2021

White House officials push for favorable Biden coverage in secret meetings with news outlets

The White House is reportedly unhappy with the media coverage of President Biden and has embarked on a mission to change that, according to a report late Tuesday.

December 8, 2021

United Kingdom announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics

The United Kingdom on Wednesday announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing becoming the fourth country to keep officials away from the games because of China's poor human rights record.

December 8, 2021

Embattled Biden banking nominee withdraws herself from contention

President Biden's controversial choice to become comptroller of the U.S. currency has withdrawn her name from consideration.

December 7, 2021

Biden warns Putin of sharp reaction if Russia invades Ukraine

There were some blunt words but no "finger-wagging" as President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin talked face-to-face Tuesday on how to avoid a war over Ukraine.

December 7, 2021

Defense team claims new evidence clears Clinton campaign lawyer indicted in Durham probe

Defense attorneys for a Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer who stands accused by special counsel John Durham of lying to the FBI to promote the Trump-Russian collusion case said that newly uncovered evidence will clear their client.

December 7, 2021

China fumes, Uyghurs cheer, EU shrugs about U.S. diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics

China on Tuesday slammed the U.S. for its diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, but the move was hailed by Uyghur rights groups for drawing attention to China's abuses of ethnic minorities.

December 7, 2021

White House announces a diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics

The U.S. will stage a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing to protest the Chinese government's human rights abuses, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday.

December 6, 2021

Biden, Putin to hold video call Tuesday amid Ukraine tensions

President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak via video call this week to discuss fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine and other topics, the White House said Saturday.

December 4, 2021

Biden administration won’t remove tariff that experts say could ease supply chain bottleneck

The Biden administration could ease the supply chain crisis simply by removing the massive tariff it has slapped on a relatively obscure piece of trucking equipment imported from China, experts say, but the administration has refused to budge.

December 3, 2021

Biden blames raspy voice, cough on cold he got from grandson

President Biden on Friday assured reporters that his raspy voice and persistent cough are the result of a cold he contracted from his toddler grandson, and not a case of COVID-19.

December 3, 2021