Jeff Mordock

Protesters who wore horned helmet, put feet up on Nancy Pelosi’s desk IDed

Two rioters whose images became emblematic of the chaos caused when pro-Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday have identified themselves.

January 7, 2021

FBI asks public for help identifying Capitol rioters

The FBI on Thursday asked the public for help identifying the rioters who stormed the Capitol.

January 7, 2021

Ashli Babbit identified as Air Force vet killed at Capitol

The civilian woman who was shot to death Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol as protesters swarmed the building was identified as Air Force veteran Ashli Babbit.

January 6, 2021

Police arrest 13 people in Capitol seige

Washington's Metropolitan Police Department arrested at least 13 people at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday as rioters laid siege to the building.

January 6, 2021

Woman shot at U.S. Capitol dies

The civilian woman who was shot Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol as protesters swarmed the building has died, a law enforcement official told The Washington Times.

January 6, 2021

Pipe bombs discovered at RNC headquarters, top GOP official says

The headquarters for the Republican National Committee was cleared Wednesday after two suspicious devices were found nearby, a top GOP official said.

January 6, 2021

Joe Biden taps Supreme Court reject Merrick Garland for next attorney general

President-elect Joseph R. Biden will select federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland, a one-time nominee for the Supreme Court, to serve as attorney general, according to reports.

January 6, 2021

Activists seek to delay for 3 federal executions

Anti-death penalty activists on Tuesday launched last-minute bids to push back three scheduled federal executions until President-elect Joseph R. Biden takes over, hoping he will spare their lives.

January 5, 2021

Lisa Montgomery, only woman on federal death row, petitions Donald Trump for clemency

In a last-ditch effort to stop her execution, lawyers for Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, on Tuesday petitioned President Trump for clemency.

January 5, 2021

Republican AGs unveil new initiative to undercut Biden-Harris agenda

Republican attorneys general across the country are gearing up an initiative to undercut the liberal agenda of the Biden-Harris administration.

January 4, 2021

Proud Boys sued over attack on Black church in Washington

A civil rights group on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Proud Boys and one of its leaders over allegations its members last month vandalized a historically Black church in Washington.

January 4, 2021

Sonia Tabizada of California pleads guilty to threatening to bomb D.C. Catholic school, kill nuns

A California woman on Monday pleaded guilty to threatening to bomb a Catholic school in D.C. and kill its nuns because she opposed its decision to publish same-sex wedding announcements in its alumni magazine.

January 4, 2021

Justice Department vows to extradite Julian Assange after British judge blocks request

The Justice Department on Monday vowed it would bring WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the U.S. to face trial after a British judge rejected its extradition request.

January 4, 2021

Lisa Montgomery execution: Appeals court refuses delay

A federal appeals court on Friday refused to delay the execution of the only woman on federal death row, reversing a lower court's decision that halted the execution last week.

January 1, 2021

Pelosi names first female chaplain for Congress

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday named Rear Adm. Margaret Grun Kibben as the chaplain for the U.S. House of Representatives, making her the first woman to serve as chaplain for either chamber of Congress.

December 31, 2020

Louie Gohmert sues Mike Pence in bid to overturn election results

A group of Republicans led by Rep. Louie Gohmert on Monday sued Vice President Mike Pence in an unusual gambit aimed at overturning President-elect Joseph R. Biden's election victory.

December 28, 2020

Elections officials, local lawmakers target of violent threats

Anger and suspicion over the results of the Nov. 3 presidential election are fueling threats and intimidation toward elections officials and lawmakers.

December 24, 2020

Politicians respond to Give-a-Ham challenge during coronavirus pandemic

Politicians across the country this holiday season have responded to the Give-a-Ham challenge, a social media effort encouraging people to donate hams to the needy.

December 24, 2020

Donald Trump pardons Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, Charles Kushner, others: Report

President Trump has reportedly released a new set of presidential pardons and commutations benefiting political allies and relations.

December 23, 2020

William Barr thanks DOJ employees on final day for meeting ‘historic challenges’

Attorney General William P. Barr on Wednesday spent his last day as head of the Justice Department, thanking his colleagues for their "outstanding work" and for meeting "historic challenges."

December 23, 2020