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.
Racial justice activists are cheering the huge budget cuts to police departments across the country, though officers say the downsizing hurts one of the most effective means of changing police culture: recruiting a new generation of officers.
Los Angeles on Wednesday became the latest major city to give in to demands from protesters calling for defunding the police, slashing Los Angeles Police Department's budget by $150 million.
Background checks for gun sales surged again in June, smashing the record for the highest number of background checks in a single month, according to FBI data released Wednesday.
Legislation that would establish a commission to study whether Black Americans should receive reparations for slavery will ultimately head to the House floor for a vote, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee said Wednesday.
Michael Flynn warns of "dark forces" promoting socialism and driving God out of America through attacks on law enforcement in an op-ed published Tuesday.
A New York judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the release of a tell-all book by President Trump's niece until at least July 10, saying it violated a 20-year confidentiality agreement.
The ex-husband of a Real Housewives of New Jersey star was indicted for allegedly hiring a mobster to beat up the star's current husband in exchange for a lavish wedding reception, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday.
The head of the Justice Department's civil division will step down this week, the department announced Monday, making him the third top official to resign this month.
Black officers say they have always faced greater challenges than White cops, but now they find themselves empathizing with the very protesters who are scorning them.
Attorney General William P. Barr late Friday ordered the formation of a task force to take on the "anti-government extremists" he says have disrupted peaceful protests against police brutality by causing chaos and sowing discord.
A federal judge on Friday gave Roger Stone, a longtime associate of President Trump, an extra 14 days before he has to report for prison, but denied his request to push his report date back until September because of coronavirus concerns.
A key witness in former special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for bringing a teenage boy to the United States for sex and possessing child pornography.
The Justice Department will be bringing federal charges against those it's able to identify as taking part in an attempt to pull down the statue of Andrew Jackson on federal property near the White House, Attorney General William P. Barr said in an interview posted Thursday.
Attorney General William P. Barr says to expect a decision on pursuing antitrust action against big tech giants this summer -- and he sounds determined to go after the likes of Google for "censoring" Americans' political debate.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was charged in a superseding indictment alleging he recruited and conspired with computer hackers, including the notorious groups LulzSec and Anonymous, according to a federal grand jury indictment unsealed Wednesday.
Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn took a victory lap Wednesday after a federal appeals court ordered the dismissal of his case by calling into conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh's radio show.
Michael Flynn's attorneys said Wednesday former Vice President Joseph R. Biden discussed the Logan Act during an early January 2017 meeting about the investigation into President Trump's former national security adviser.
President Trump on Wednesday said top Obama-era FBI and Justice Department officials should apologize to former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.