Jeff Mordock

Hunter Biden says staying sober key to defeating Trump

Hunter Biden said his sobriety is critical to helping his dad win reelection in November and he fears a relapse could hand victory to former President Donald Trump.

February 26, 2024

Biden continues streak of celebrity softball interviews with Seth Meyers appearance

President Biden is traveling to New York on Monday and will tape an interview with late-night talk show host Seth Meyers, the latest in a series of softball interviews with celebrities as he eschews questions from traditional media outlets.

February 26, 2024

Biden’s SOS to governors: Press Congress to pass Ukraine aid package

President Biden on Friday implored governors to put pressure on their representatives in Congress to pass a $95 billion package of U.S. aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan that has stalled in the House.

February 23, 2024

Biden calls Navalny’s widow Yolanda in latest gaffe

President Biden on Thursday mistakenly referred to Alexei Navalny's widow as Yolanda instead of Yulia in his latest blunder.

February 23, 2024

Bye-bye: Katie Couric’s old colleagues will leave U.S. if Trump wins, says Biden

President Biden said two of Katie Couric's former colleagues told him they'll flee the country if former President Donald Trump is reelected.

February 23, 2024

Biden meets with Navalny’s widow and daughter in Calif. ahead of new Russian sanctions

President Biden met with the wife and daughter of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny Thursday ahead of an announcement of major new U.S. sanctions against Moscow on Friday.

February 22, 2024

Biden’s latest equity push could backfire and reduce salaries

President Biden's push to end racial and gender disparities in the job market by requiring employers to divulge workers' salaries could backfire and result in lower pay for all workers, several studies have found.

February 22, 2024

Biden presses the flesh in L.A., swipes at Trump before donor events

President Biden entered full campaign mode Wednesday, yukking it up and gaining a warm reception at a Mexican/soul-food restaurant in a California strip mall before he tapped well-heeled donors for cash later in the evening.

February 21, 2024

Tensions between dueling press secretaries threaten to undercut Biden’s election-year message

Tensions between the White House's dueling spokespeople have muddied the messaging in a tough election year in which the administration has struggled to answer tough questions such as foreign policy and the president's memory.

February 21, 2024

Biden emails 153,000 borrowers: Your student debt is gone

President Biden said Wednesday he is canceling $1.2 billion in student loans for nearly 153,000 borrowers under the SAVE Plan he created after a separate forgiveness plan was blocked by the Supreme Court.

February 21, 2024

Biden to unveil new sanctions on Russia one week after Navalny’s death

President Biden on Tuesday said he plans to announce "major" new sanctions on Russia at the end of the week in response to the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

February 20, 2024

Biden ditches ‘Scranton Joe’ persona, heads to California for glitzy, high-dollar fundraisers

President Biden will ditch his folksy "Scranton Joe" persona to hobnob with Hollywood elites and Silicon Valley executives this week in a series of high-dollar California campaign fundraisers.

February 19, 2024

Biden says U.S. considering more Russian sanctions after Navalny’s death

President Biden said Monday that his administration is considering new sanctions on Moscow over the death of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

February 19, 2024

White House confirms Russian ‘space’ threat, says there’s no immediate danger

The White House confirmed Thursday that Russia is developing a space-based military capability that poses a national security threat, but insisted there is no immediate danger to the U.S.

February 15, 2024

House Intel chief calls on Biden to disclose national security threat

House Permanent Select Committee Chairman Mike Turner demanded Wednesday that President Biden go public about a national security threat, issuing a cryptic warning that caught the White House off guard.

February 14, 2024

House Democrats threaten to override Speaker Johnson on Ukraine-Israel aid

Democrats on Tuesday tore into former President Donald Trump and House Republicans, saying conservatives' hostility toward a $95.3 billion national security package with aid for Israel and Ukraine jeopardizes the country.

February 13, 2024

Biden assails Trump NATO’s remarks, accuses him of torpedoing foreign aid bill

President Biden on Tuesday tore into former President Donald Trump, saying the presumptive Republican nominee's comments encouraging Russia to attack defense-shirking NATO members were "dangerous," "un-American" and a threat to U.S. security.

February 13, 2024

White House says it was Biden’s idea to hold widely panned press conference

The White House on Tuesday defended President Biden's hastily called press conference last week to rebut claims in special counsel Robert Hur's report that the president's memory is so poor he couldn't be prosecuted for willfully retaining classified documents.

February 13, 2024

White House considers releasing transcript of Biden’s special counsel interview

The White House on Tuesday said it's reviewing whether to release the transcript of President Biden's interview with special counsel Robert Hur as part of the probe into whether the commander in chief mishandled classified documents.

February 13, 2024

Most Americans figure Biden got a free ride in classified documents case, says poll

More than half of Americans say President Biden was treated with kid gloves when special counsel Robert Hur didn't file criminal charges after his classified documents probe, according to a survey released Tuesday.

February 13, 2024