Jeff Mordock

Biden on CNN town hall ducks questions on mask mandates, more virus restrictions

President Biden on Wednesday stonewalled a question about whether he would impose mask mandates or a new round of COVID-19 restrictions to curtail the deadly virus.

July 21, 2021

Biden promotes union jobs, economic agenda in Cincinnati

President Biden on Wednesday promoted his economic agenda in Ohio, pledging to create thousands of union jobs even as Senate Republicans successfully blocked a vote to advance a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill he championed.

July 21, 2021

Biden to meet Ukraine president next month, talk about Russia, energy, corruption

President Biden will meet at the White House with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Aug. 30, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday.

July 21, 2021

Runaway Texas Dems derailed as outbreak spreads to White House, Pelosi’s office

The Texas House Democrats framed their walkout as a bid to save democracy, but the message was swamped by a growing coronavirus outbreak that spilled Tuesday into the House speaker's office.

July 20, 2021

Biden highlights accomplishments in second Cabinet meeting

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.

July 20, 2021

Biden hosts Super Bowl champs Buccaneers, Tom Brady at White House

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.

July 20, 2021

‘U.S. can count on me’: Jordan’s King Abdullah meets Biden, reaffirms alliance

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.

July 19, 2021

Biden backpedals after saying Facebook is ‘killing people’

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."

July 19, 2021

Biden ignores bipartisan warnings, insists spike in inflation is ‘temporary’

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.

July 19, 2021

Three runaway Texas Democrats test positive for COVID after fleeing to Washington

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.

July 17, 2021

Biden calls DACA ruling ‘disappointing,’ urges Congress to act

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.

July 17, 2021

Biden has confidence in Wray after another embarrassing week for FBI, White House says

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.

July 16, 2021

Biden defends flagging Facebook posts for possible COVID misinformation: ‘They’re killing people!’

President Biden on Friday defended his administration's policing of Facebook and other social media sites for misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines.

July 16, 2021

Biden orders return to low-flow showers, nixes Trump reprieve from environmentalist showerhead rules

President Biden is bringing back low-flow showers of the Obama years.

July 16, 2021

CDC head says rise in COVID variant cases is ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’

The highly infectious COVID-19 delta variant is becoming a "pandemic of the unvaccinated," a top U.S. health official said Friday.

July 16, 2021

Biden on Cuba: Communism is ‘a failed system’

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.

July 15, 2021

Biden: Russia must not be allowed to use energy as a weapon

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.

July 15, 2021

Biden, Merkel meet at WH in German leader’s final visit

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.

July 15, 2021

Biden cheers new Child Tax Credit payment: ‘Lives are about to change for the better’

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.

July 15, 2021

Treasury pays out $15 billion in first Child Tax Credit payments

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.

July 14, 2021