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Jeff Mordock

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.

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Biden to announce deal with U.K., Australia on defense technology

President Biden will announce Wednesday a partnership with the United Kingdom and Australia to share defense technology in a bid to contain China, Australian newspapers reported.

September 15, 2021

Biden urges Congress to act on climate change by passing spending packages

President Biden on Tuesday pitched his nearly $4 trillion economic agenda by touting it as a solution to climate change.

September 14, 2021

Biden warns California voters: Donald Trump is on the ballot in recall election

President Biden on Monday urged California voters to keep Gov. Gavin Newsom in the state's recall election by warning that his chief opponent will enact former President Trump's conservative agenda in the liberal state.

September 13, 2021

Biden pitches massive spending packages during tour of wildfire damage

President Biden took his pitch for a massive spending bill to the West Coast on Monday, saying the federal money will combat climate change and reduce wildfires.

September 13, 2021

Biden promotes spending plan during meeting to discuss wildfires

President Biden on Monday surveyed wildfire damage and pushed for action to combat climate change during his first trip to the West Coast as president.

September 13, 2021

Trump rips Bush’s 9/11 speech: ‘He shouldn’t be lecturing anyone’

Former President Donald Trump on Monday tore into former President George W. Bush over his speech marking the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, saying Mr. Bush shouldn't "lecture" Americans about right-wing terrorists.

September 13, 2021

Major consumer lobby has questions on Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate

A trade group that represents the $2 trillion packaged goods industry says businesses have critical questions about President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate and need answers within hours, not weeks.

September 13, 2021

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