Jeff Mordock

Biden’s AG nominee on hot seat with left’s racial justice warriors

The biggest hurdle for President Biden's pick of Judge Merrick Garland for attorney general is not Senate Republicans -- he has got to get past the Democratic Party's racial justice activists.

February 20, 2021

DOJ Deports 95-year-old former Nazi camp guard back to Germany

A 95-year-old former German concentration camp guard, who had been living in Tennessee since 1959, was returned to his own country on Saturday, the Justice Department said.

February 20, 2021

Six Capitol Police officers suspended, 29 under investigation for actions during Capitol riot

The U.S. Capitol Police has suspended six officers with pay and another 29 are under investigation for their actions in response to the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.

February 19, 2021

ACLU calls for Merrick Garland to commit to criminal justice reform

The American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday it will push Judge Merrick Garland, who is President Biden's pick for attorney general, to commit to specific criminal justice reform policies during his confirmation hearing next week.

February 18, 2021

Pelosi says commission probing Capitol riot must have subpoena power

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday the commission that will investigate the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol must have subpoena power to compel testimony.

February 18, 2021

Ken Buck demands Merrick Garland keep prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden

A conservative lawmaker on Wednesday urged President Biden's pick for attorney general, Judge Merrick Garland, to keep on the federal prosecutor in Delaware investigating Hunter Biden or appoint a special counsel.

February 18, 2021

Democrats push reparations bill for Black Americans

House Democrats pushed forward a reparations plan for Black Americans on Wednesday despite tepid support from President Biden and stiff opposition from Republicans.

February 17, 2021

Derek Chauvin trial: Minneapolis to call up to 2,000 National Guard troops

Thousands of Minnesota National Guard troops will descend upon Minneapolis ahead of the upcoming trial for the former officer charged in George Floyd's death, city and state officials said Wednesday.

February 17, 2021

Burgess Owens, Black GOP congressman, blasts reparations hearing as ‘unfair and heartless’

Rep. Burgess Owens, a Black Republican congressman from Utah, on Wednesday blasted House Democrats for holding a hearing on reparations for Black Americans, saying it gives them false hope.

February 17, 2021

Gun registry bill from Sheila Jackson Lee called ‘dangerous’

The legislation, H.R. 127, would create a mandatory registry that lists the names of gun owners, the number of firearms they possess and where they keep the guns.

February 16, 2021

Former Capitol Police chief, sergeants-at-arms to testify before Senate on Jan. 6 riot

The former head of the U.S. Capitol Police and other security officials will testify before the Senate next week in the first major hearing on the siege at the U.S. Capitol last month, leaders of two committees said Tuesday.

February 16, 2021

Police forces deny White supremacists have co-opted ranks

While officers concede some White supremacists may have entered their ranks, they say civil rights groups insisting it's a ticking time bomb have exaggerated those numbers.

February 11, 2021

David Kyle Reeves, North Carolina man, charged with threatening to kill President Biden

A North Carolina man was charged with threatening to kill President Biden, according to court documents unsealed Thursday.

February 11, 2021

Georgia prosecutors open criminal probe into Trump phone call with secretary of state

Prosecutors in Georgia's largest county have opened a criminal investigation into former President Trump's phone call to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger urging him to "find" enough votes to overturn the state's election results, a spokesperson for the Fulton County District Attorney's office said Wednesday.

February 10, 2021

Jenny Louise Cudd, charged in Capitol riot, can travel to Mexico, judge rules

A federal judge late Friday granted a woman charged in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol to travel to Mexico later this month.

February 5, 2021

Hunter Biden is ‘working to unwind’ investment in Chinese firm, White House says

President Biden's son Hunter still owns a stake in an investment company affiliated with the Chinese government, according to the White House.

February 5, 2021

Peter Schwartz, alleged Capitol rioter, accused of macing police officers during assault

A Kentucky man arrested in connection with last month's deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol sprayed mace at police officers during the assault, prosecutors said in court documents unsealed Friday.

February 5, 2021

Jacob Chansley, ‘QAnon Shaman’ at Capitol riots, moved to Virginia jail for organic diet

The U.S. Capitol rioter known as the "QAnon Shaman" was transferred to Virginia jail Friday morning after a federal judge ordered authorities to serve him organic food while in custody.

February 5, 2021

D.C. Homeland Security head says FBI shared information about potential for violence ahead of riot

Washington's top security official on Thursday pushed back against claims that the FBI did not share information about the potential for violence ahead of last month's deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol.

February 4, 2021

Capitol riot was a ‘watershed’ moment for White supremacist movement, witness tells Congress

The deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol was a "watershed" moment for the White supremacist movement that will inspire future attacks within the coming months, a panel of counterterrorism terrorism experts told Congress on Thursday.

February 4, 2021