Jeff Mordock

Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt Biden fundraiser with Clinton, Obama: ‘Shame on You’

A lavish Radio City Music Hall fundraiser for President Biden's campaign that featured former Presidents Obama and Clinton was repeatedly interrupted Thursday night as multiple demonstrators shouted over the trio of presidents.

March 29, 2024

Pete Buttigieg: Too soon to tell how expensive, how much time to rebuild Baltimore bridge

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday that federal officials are still working to come up with a cost estimate to rebuild the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.

March 27, 2024

Muslim group says latest Gallup poll a ‘wake-up call’ for Biden

The nation's largest Muslim advocacy group warned President Biden Wednesday that the latest polling on Israel's war with Hamas is a call for him to reverse course and call for an immediate cease-fire.

March 27, 2024

Karine Jean-Pierre abruptly hangs up on radio interview after host asks if Biden has dementia

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre abruptly hung up in the middle of a radio interview with a Charlotte news reporter after she was asked if President Biden has dementia.

March 26, 2024

Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupt speech by Biden, who says they have ‘a point’

President Biden somewhat agreed with Pro-Palestinian protesters who interrupted his speech in North Carolina Tuesday by demanding that he do more to address the spiraling humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

March 26, 2024

Biden pledges to rebuild Baltimore bridge with federal taxpayer dollars

President Biden said the Baltimore bridge collapse was a "terrible accident" and there is no evidence that it was an act of terrorism.

March 26, 2024

Key Bridge collapse closes Baltimore’s busy economic artery to shipping traffic

The collapse of the Key Bridge in Baltimore has closed one of the East Coast's busiest ports to shipping traffic, delivering a severe blow to the region's economy.

March 26, 2024

Biden leans on Clinton, Obama popularity to boost sagging campaign

President Biden will seek to lift his drooping polling numbers Thursday night by teaming up with his more popular Democratic predecessors for a fundraiser expected to add more than $10 million to his campaign's coffers.

March 26, 2024

White House defends its refusal to block U.N. cease-fire resolution

The White House on Monday defended the U.S. abstention on a U.N. Security Council vote on calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, saying that the decision not to veto it wasn't a change in U.S. policy toward Israel in its war against Hamas.

March 25, 2024

Biden, Trump keep it vague on looming Social Security insolvency crisis

Social Security trust fund reserves will be depleted in less than 10 years, but President Biden and former President Donald Trump offer only vague promises to protect the program as they doggedly avoid the notorious "third rail" of American politics.

March 25, 2024

In a shift, U.S. calls for immediate Gaza cease-fire in a draft U.N. resolution

The Biden administration has marked a significant shift in its rhetoric toward Israel by drafting a new United Nations resolution calling for an "immediate cease-fire" and hostage deal in Gaza and upping the pressure on the Jewish state to halt its onslaught on the Palestinian territory.

March 21, 2024

Biden’s policy turns help secure steelworkers union endorsement

The United Steelworkers union endorsed President Biden's reelection on Wednesday, less than a week after he announced his opposition to the proposed sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese-based Nippon Steel.

March 20, 2024

Biden declares London, Rome, Toronto are ‘in America’ in latest flub

President Biden on Tuesday again flubbed what was supposed to be an applause line in a speech about his efforts to lower prescription drug costs.

March 19, 2024

Protesters shift Biden rhetoric on Gaza; young liberals use voting power, louder voices

Pro-Palestinian demonstrations have grown more powerful and more focused since they began in October, even scoring some policy concessions from President Biden, who fears protesters' wrath at the voting booth in November.

March 18, 2024

Biden tapes interviews with Hispanic radio shows as support slips among key demographic

President Biden on Monday taped interviews with two major Hispanic radio news programs as a slew of recent polls show his support slipping among the once reliably Democratic voting bloc.

March 18, 2024

Biden points finger at corporate greed as inflation climbs again

President Biden's ever-changing explanation for rising inflation has shifted to the dual villains of corporate greed and "shrinkflation," but economists say he is missing the real problems: government spending and the high federal deficit.

March 18, 2024

Israeli team heads to Washington after Biden, Netanyahu speak for first time in weeks

President Biden spoke Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, marking the first call they've had in more than a month amid increased tensions over Israel's handling of its war against Hamas.

March 18, 2024

Biden expresses support for Schumer’s speech calling for new leadership in Israel

President Biden expressed his support for Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer's pointed speech excoriating Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the invasion in Gaza and calling for new leadership in Israel.

March 15, 2024

Biden declares U.S. has the lowest inflation ‘in America,’ falsely claims civil rights bona fides

President Biden confusingly declared Wednesday that the U.S. has the lowest inflation rate "in America" and again falsely claimed a role in the civil rights movement -- a story he even debunked himself -- during a rambling speech in Milwaukee.

March 13, 2024

Biden’s combative State of the Union speech falls flat in polls

President Biden's forceful State of the Union address did little to boost his sagging poll numbers, according to a Yahoo News/YouGov survey conducted in the days following his big speech.

March 13, 2024