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.
President Biden held his second full Cabinet meeting Tuesday and marked six months on the job, boasting of his efforts on COVID-19, infrastructure, climate change and the economy.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Tuesday became the first Super Bowl champion to visit the White House in more than four years, and the team was greeted by President Biden hailing the defending champs' perseverance during the season.
King Abdullah II of Jordan met with President Biden at the White House on Monday and pledged that the U.S. can always count on his nation's support in the Middle East.
President Biden said Monday he wants social media companies to "look in the mirror" and combat bogus information about COVID-19 vaccines on their own, a clarification of prior remarks that seemed to suggest Facebook was "killing people."
President Biden said Monday that a spike in inflation and consumer prices is temporary but the economy is still riding "ups and downs," and urged more Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
In a Saturday statement, the Texas House Democratic Caucus said that a member of the caucus reported testing positive Friday for COVID-19, and that two more legislators received positive test results Saturday after taking the rapid test.
President Biden on Saturday called on Congress to create a citizenship path for illegal immigrant "dreamers," after a federal judge declared the Obama-era DACA program violated federal law and blocked new applicants.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday that President Biden has confidence in FBI Director Christopher Wray, even as blunders keep mounting for the embattled bureau.
President Biden said Thursday he would send more help to the anti-government protesters in Cuba, but would only do so if he received assurances that the communist regime in Havana won't take advantage of the aid.
President Biden on Thursday reiterated his concerns over the completion of the $11 billion Nord Stream 2 pipeline, an undersea gas pipeline that would bypass traditional transit routes and link Russian oil supplies directly to Germany and other Western European markets.
President Biden and Angela Merkel huddled in the White House on Thursday as the German chancellor takes a final trip to Washington to restore and strengthen trans-Atlantic ties and reach for common ground on China, vaccine-sharing and a controversial gas pipeline.
President Biden on Thursday hailed the first monthly payments of the Child Tax Credit that began showing up in families' bank accounts, saying the payouts of as much as $300 per child would slash the child poverty rate.
The U.S. Treasury said late Wednesday that about $15 billion was paid out to families in the first monthly payments of the Child Tax Credit, which was expanded under the Biden administration's COVID-19 relief package.
The Republican mayor of Oklahoma City told reporters Wednesday that he sees bipartisan support among state and local officials for President Biden's $3.5 trillion infrastructure package.
The White House said Wednesday it would send a delegation to meet with officials in Uzbekistan as the tiny Asian nation braces for a flood of refugees from Afghanistan.
President Biden on Tuesday nominated former Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona to be his ambassador to Turkey, a high-profile post for the outspoken anti-Trump lawmaker.
President Biden on Tuesday tore into Republican-led state legislatures for voting laws he called a "raw and sustained election subversion," toughening his rhetoric after Democrats and civil rights activists demanded that he step up to the fight over voting rights.