Jeff Mordock

America celebrates heroes, mourns losses on 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

Americans from first responders to former presidents spent Saturday honoring the heroes of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and mourning those who died to remember the 20th anniversary of America's darkest day.

September 11, 2021

Biden gets tough on unvaccinated ‘minority’ with mandates, pivots from Afghanistan mess

The percentage of Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 quietly passed the 50% mark in early August, a milestone overshadowed by Senate wrangling over an infrastructure bill, a House probe into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and the Taliban's march through Afghan provinces.

September 11, 2021

Former presidents call for unity on 9/11 anniversary; Trump takes different path

Most of America's former commanders-in-chief on Saturday joined President Biden in urging unity as the country remembers the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Former President Trump took a different tack, however.

September 11, 2021

Bush, Harris honor heroes of Flight 93; Biden lays wreath at Shanksville site

Former President Bush and Vice President Harris were among those who gathered in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks to honor the 40 brave souls who valiantly stopped four hijackers from crashing the plane into another target.

September 11, 2021

Loved ones remember victims at Ground Zero ceremony on 20th anniversary of 9/11

Twenty years after a pair of hijacked airplanes destroyed the World Trade Center towers slaughtering thousands in lower Manhattan, mourners, survivors and others gathered at the spot where the twin towers once stood for remembrance and reflection.

September 11, 2021

Trump uses 9/11 anniversary to slam Biden: ‘He surrendered in defeat’

Former President Trump on Saturday commemorated the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, by torching President Biden for the bungled withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

September 11, 2021

Biden honors those who died on 9/11 in video message

President Biden honored the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, and those they left behind, and called for unity in a video message released Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks.

September 10, 2021

U.S. halts Afghan evacuation flights after measles outbreak

The U.S. has halted in-bound flights carrying Afghanistan evacuees after four cases of measles were detected among Afghans who already arrived in the country, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday.

September 10, 2021

‘You can’t say everyone has to do this’: Biden vaccine mandates break his 2020 campaign promise

President Biden's sweeping new COVID-19 vaccine mandates contradict his 2020 campaign promise that he wouldn't make the shots mandatory.

September 10, 2021

Biden scrambles to defeat the surging virus, salvage agenda

President Biden on Thursday forced federal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine and compelled private employers to crack down, too, as he resorts to heavy measures in a scramble to fend off a delta variant that could tank his campaign pledge to defeat the virus and "build back better."

September 9, 2021

Americans, others evacuated from Afghanistan in first airlift since withdrawal

The first commercial flight to leave Afghanistan since the full U.S. withdrawal from the country landed safely in Qatar on Thursday, the White House announced.

September 9, 2021

Federal employee unions push back against Biden’s vaccine mandate

Unions that represent federal workers pushed back Thursday against President Biden's plan to require all federal employees and contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

September 9, 2021

‘Show some respect’: Biden vaccine mandates target 100 million Americans

President Biden said Thursday he is forcing 100 million Americans across federal agencies, large businesses and hospitals to "show some respect" and get the COVID-19 vaccine.

September 9, 2021

Biden withdraws embattled ATF nominee David Chipman

President Biden on Thursday pulled the plug on his nomination of David Chipman to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

September 9, 2021

Psaki says Taliban government hasn’t earned recognition by global community

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday declined to say if the U.S. would validate Afghanistan's Taliban government, saying it hasn't earned the respect of the global community.

September 8, 2021

Biden admin vows to crack down on illegal price-fixing in meat industry

The Biden administration vowed Wednesday to crack down on illegal price-fixing in the meat industry and blamed soaring food prices on the practice.

September 8, 2021

Biden cheers unions, promises labor a piece of his $3.5 trillion spending bill

President Biden on Wednesday celebrated labor unions by underscoring the important role they will play in implementing his $3.5 trillion expansion of the social safety net.

September 8, 2021

Biden uses tour of storm devastation to tout climate change agenda

President Biden on Tuesday used a trip to survey the destruction across New York and New Jersey from the remnants of Hurricane Ida to push his climate agenda.

September 7, 2021

Biden wants $30B for disaster aid, Afghan resettlement and stopgap spending bill

The White House budget office on Tuesday urged Congress to spend more than $30 billion to fund natural disaster aid and the resettlement of Afghan refugees.

September 7, 2021

Chinese muscle in on Afghanistan’s rare earth mineral deposits, create headaches for Biden

President Biden's hasty exit from Afghanistan and the Taliban's rapid takeover left the U.S. in a tough spot for getting at the country's rare earth minerals, while China positioned itself to cash in.

September 7, 2021