Jeff Mordock

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

President Biden to deliver his State of the Union address on March 1

President Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address on March 1, the White House announced Friday -- the latest date in a new year that a president has ever delivered the annual speech.

January 7, 2022

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

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

Psaki: Maybe Trump ‘learned something’ from Biden’s Jan. 6 speech

White House press secretary Jen Psaki suggested Thursday that former President Donald Trump could learn a lesson from President Biden's speech commemorating the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

January 6, 2022

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

Biden takes direct aim at Trump in speech marking Jan. 6 anniversary of Capitol riot

President Biden on Thursday marked the first anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol with an impassioned speech casting it as an attack on the very heart of American democracy and blaming former President Donald Trump and Republicans for the riot.

January 6, 2022

Biden warns against threats to democracy in Jan. 6 speech, marks anniversary of Capitol riot

President Biden marked on Thursday the first anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol by warning against threats to democracy.

January 6, 2022

Psaki says Biden’s Jan. 6 speech will address Trump role in riot

President Biden will discuss his view that former President Donald Trump was responsible for the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in his speech on the first anniversary of the attack.

January 5, 2022

White House official says it’s ‘hard to tell’ if supply chain problems have peaked

A top White House official on Wednesday said supply chain disruptions could continue into 2022 because the omicron variant could impact the supply networks both overseas and in the U.S.

January 5, 2022

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

Record number of Blacks buy firearms, boost overall gun sales during COVID-19 pandemic

Firearm purchases by a record number of Black Americans have accelerated a surge in gun sales since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an analysis of government records.

January 4, 2022

Biden says postponed 5G rollout by telecom giants is step in the right direction

President Biden on Tuesday hailed the decisions by AT&T and Verizon to postpone their planned rollouts of 5G information networks near airports over fears of widespread disruption to air travel and shipping.

January 4, 2022

Biden to spend $1 billion to challenge meat industry giants that he blames for high inflation

President Biden on Monday pledged $1 billion of taxpayer money to boost independent meat and poultry producers and undercut industry giants, escalating his months-long battle with the meat industry over high inflation.

January 3, 2022