Jeff Mordock

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

New Hampshire woman charged with sending threatening texts to Republican Michigan election official

A New Hampshire woman was charged Wednesday with sending threatening texts, including photos of a mutilated female body, to a Republican election official in the Detroit area who refused to certify the results from the Nov. 3 presidential election.

December 23, 2020

Trump authorizes John Durham to present classified information to grand jury in Russia probe

President Trump has authorized U.S. Attorney John Durham to present classified information to a grand jury as part of his investigation into the FBI's Russia collusion probe, an unusual power that would help him make a stronger case if he pursues indictments.

December 23, 2020

Donald Trump pardons Duncan Hunter, Chris Collins, others

President Trump on Tuesday handed out 20 pardons and commutations, including two to men snared in former special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe and three to Republican former congressmen.

December 22, 2020

Detroit, police sue Detroit Will Breathe in bid to hold Black Lives Matter rioters accountable

Detroit police officers are fighting back against Black Lives Matter protesters in court, saying demonstrators are not being held accountable for their actions in the streets.

December 22, 2020

Federal judge: Crime victims’ groups can file motion supporting Carter Page’s right to address court

A federal judge on Tuesday granted a request by a coalition of crime victims' rights groups to file a motion in support of Carter Page's request to weigh in on the sentencing of an ex-FBI lawyer.

December 22, 2020

Kevin Clinesmith lawyers say crime victims groups shouldn’t intervene for Carter Page

Attorneys for ex-FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith asked a federal judge Tuesday to block crime victim rights groups from speaking out in support of Carter Page's request to weigh in on Clinesmith's sentencing.

December 22, 2020

Fate of Hunter Biden probe prosecutor a ‘personnel decision’: Biden spokeswoman

President-elect Joseph R. Biden is promising to stay out of the federal investigation of his son Hunter Biden but will not pledge to protect the U.S. attorney leading the probe.

December 20, 2020

Hunter Biden probe must continue in the Biden administration: Republicans

Pressure is mounting from Republicans to protect a federal investigation into Hunter Biden's taxes and business dealings with China, with fears his father, President-elect Joseph R. Biden, will shut it down when he takes office in January.

December 19, 2020

Cory Johnson, death row inmate, tests positive for coronavirus

A second federal inmate set to be executed next month has tested positive for the coronavirus, his lawyer said Friday.

December 18, 2020

Crime victim rights groups say Carter Page should speak at sentencing for FBI lawyer

A coalition of crime victim rights groups on Friday said Carter Page, a Trump campaign foreign policy adviser, should be allowed to speak at the sentencing hearing for an ex-FBI agent who falsified an email to justify surveillance of Mr. Page.

December 18, 2020

Dustin Higgs, federal Inmate set for execution, has coronavirus

A federal inmate scheduled to be executed in the final days of the Trump administration has tested positive for coronavirus, his lawyer said Thursday.

December 17, 2020

FBI lacks comprehensive strategy to combat darknet activity, DOJ watchdog says

The FBI is dropping the ball on investigations into illegal darknet activity, including the sale of opioids and distribution of child pornography, a Justice Department watchdog said Thursday.

December 17, 2020

Joe Biden says he’s ‘confident’ son Hunter did nothing wrong

President-elect Joseph R. Biden on Wednesday said he's confident his son, Hunter Biden, did nothing wrong amid a federal investigation and increasing calls for a special counsel to probe the younger Biden's business dealings.

December 16, 2020