Jeff Mordock

Harris makes pitch to Black women sorority’s meeting in Indianapolis

Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday traveled to solidly Republican Indiana, where she pitched herself to women of color, a voting bloc she hopes turns out for her in droves in November.

July 24, 2024

Justice Department watchdog says no evidence Trump influenced Roger Stone’s sentencing

The Justice Department's internal watchdog said Wednesday there is no evidence that then-President Donald Trump pushed Attorney General William P. Barr in 2020 to reverse prosecutors' stiff sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, a longtime Trump friend and adviser.

July 24, 2024

Harris holds first campaign rally atop ticket as supporters chant to ‘lock up’ Trump

Vice President Kamala Harris took the fight to former President Donald Trump in the battleground of Wisconsin Tuesday in her first campaign stop as the presumptive Democratic nominee, telling voters that they face "a choice between freedom and chaos" in November.

July 23, 2024

Biden says decision to bow out of campaign was ‘right thing to do’

In his first public appearance since dropping out of the presidential race, President Biden said Monday his decision was the "right thing to do" and vowed to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris.

July 22, 2024

Harris takes center stage after stumbling in 2020 campaign and weathering shaky vice presidency

Vice President Kamala Harris is quickly becoming the Democratic Party's likely replacement nominee, receiving plaudits Monday for saving the campaign and energizing the base, but the rosy assessment belies her lackluster performance as vice president and her embarrassingly short presidential campaign in 2020.

July 22, 2024

White House, Democrats dig in against calls for Biden to resign

White House officials and Democratic lawmakers on Monday rebuffed calls for President Biden to resign because of doubts about his ability to serve as commander-in-chief, after he bowed out of his reelection campaign.

July 22, 2024

Harris hails Biden in first public appearance since president dropped out of 2024 race

In her first appearance since President Biden dropped out of the 2024 election, Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday heaped lavish praise upon her boss, saying his legacy of accomplishment is "unmatched in modern history."

July 22, 2024

Harris to travel to Wilmington, meet with campaign staff after Biden’s exit

Vice President Kamala Harris is making a hastily scheduled trip to Wilmington, Delaware, on Monday to say "hello" to the campaign staff in the wake of President Biden's decision to bow out of the presidential race.

July 22, 2024

White House pushes back on GOP calls for Biden to leave office

The White House on Monday pushed back on Republican lawmakers who have called on President Biden to resign as commander-in-chief after he announced that he would no longer seek reelection.

July 22, 2024

Hiding in plain sight: Biden’s mental, physical decline on display from the start

Questions about President Biden's fitness to serve were apparent years before the June 27 debate when he struggled to complete his thoughts and stared vacantly. Though Mr. Biden's deterioration was chronicled by The Washington Times and polls recorded voters' growing doubts about his fitness for office, the story was rarely reported by mainstream media outlets.

July 10, 2024

White House: Parkinson’s expert only examined Biden during his physicals

The neurologist who visited the White House eight times over an eight-month span evaluated President Biden for each of his annual physicals, the president's doctor revealed late Monday.

July 8, 2024

Biden dares House Dems to challenge him at convention if they want to kick him off the ballot

President Biden on Monday dared House Democrats to try to push him out of the presidential race at the Democratic National Convention in August.

July 8, 2024

In letter to congressional Democrats, Biden says he’s ‘firmly committed’ to staying in the race

President Biden on Monday sent a defiant letter to congressional Democrats, saying he is "firmly committed" to staying in the presidential race, pushing back on members of his own party who've called for him to bow out.

July 8, 2024

Democrats still worried about Biden’s mental fitness after his prime-time TV interview

President Biden's TV interview didn't reverse his problems but instead raised new questions about his mental acuity as he said he wouldn't take a cognitive test, sidestepped questions about mental lapses and said he he didn't believe he had a historically low job-approval rating.

July 5, 2024

Biden downplays debate performance; can’t remember if he watched replay

President Biden sought to downplay his disastrous debate performance in a high stakes interview with ABC News, but raised fresh questions about his mental acuity when he couldn't remember whether or not he watched a replay of it.

July 5, 2024

Biden campaign launches ad blitz, voter outreach to save reelection bid

The Biden campaign on Friday announced a massive ad blitz and ramped up media appearances by the president in a desperate bid to save his teetering reelection effort.

July 5, 2024

Biden says he’s ‘first Black woman to serve with Black president’ in rambling radio interview

President Biden made several rambling, incoherent and flat-out odd statements in a string of July Fourth media appearances, including claiming he was the "first Black woman to serve with a Black president" and bizarrely insisting that traffic congestion is no longer a problem.

July 5, 2024

White House again changes debate story; now says Biden was seen by a doctor

The ever-shifting White House explanation for President Biden's disastrous debate performance last week took another turn Thursday, with administration officials now insisting that Mr. Biden saw his doctor in the days after the debate.

July 4, 2024

Democratic governors offer support to embattled Biden, vow to ‘have his back’

A group of 20 Democratic governors emerged from a Wednesday evening White House meeting expressing full support for President Biden as questions about whether he will remain at the top of the ticket continue to swirl.

July 3, 2024

Boston Globe becomes the latest major newspaper to call on Biden to end campaign

The Boston Globe on Wednesday urged President Biden to end his reelection bid, citing a lack of sufficient explanation for his "historically bad" debate performance against former President Donald Trump last week.

July 3, 2024