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Jeff Mordock

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.

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Biden signs stopgap spending bill to keep government running into March

President Biden on Friday signed a stopgap spending bill that prevented a partial government shutdown that would have started at midnight.

January 19, 2024

Poll finds lack of enthusiasm for Biden, Trump among rural voters

A poll released Friday revealed that support among rural voters for both President Biden and former President Trump Donald is lackluster, with nearly one-third of respondents saying their votes are still up for grabs.

January 19, 2024

White House cancels $5B in student debt for 74K borrowers

In the latest wave of student loan forgiveness, the Biden administration canceled $5 billion in student debt for 74,000 borrowers on Friday.

January 19, 2024

Biden touts strong economy, but voters remain unconvinced

President Biden's reelection sales pitch has focused on his recent run of strong economic data, but anger and anxiety over inflation and sky-high grocery store bills have caused many voters to tune out his message.

January 18, 2024

Biden says he took photo with congresswoman in North Carolina before realizing she wasn’t there

President Biden looked into the audience at an event in North Carolina Thursday searching for Rep. Deborah Ross, saying he had just posed for a picture with her before realizing the lawmaker was back in Washington and he'd taken a photo with someone else.

January 18, 2024

Biden dismisses waning support among Muslim Americans

President Biden on Thursday brushed off weakened backing by Muslim Americans amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, saying he still thinks they'll show up for him on Election Day.

January 18, 2024

Biden campaign plans events and rallies to mark Roe anniversary, blast state abortion bans

President Biden's campaign announced it will highlight the battle for abortion rights with a blitz of events ahead of the anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision.

January 18, 2024

Johnson digs in against Senate border deal after meeting with Biden

House Speaker Mike Johnson emerged from the White House after a meeting Wednesday and rejected President Biden's bid for some concession on border policy in exchange for more war aid to Ukraine.

January 17, 2024

Biden designates Houthis as terrorist organization, shifting from 2021 decision

President Biden on Wednesday designated Yemen's Houthi rebels as terrorists, a partial reversal of his earlier decision to remove the Iran-backed group from the list of foreign terrorist organizations. The decision was seen as a way to ease the humanitarian crisis and pursue a diplomatic deal to end Yemen's civil war.

January 17, 2024

Biden allies alarmed at campaign weaknesses, press him with advice

President Biden is struggling to find his footing for the 2024 campaign and a parade of prominent Democrats are warning that he risks losing reelection.

January 15, 2024

Biden says Houthis are a terrorist group, nearly three years after lifting designation

President Biden suggested that the Houthi rebels are a terrorist organization despite formally removing the Trump-era designation from the group nearly three years ago.

January 12, 2024

Biden, in latest gaffe, says he works in the Senate

Maybe he wishes he had his old job back? President Biden left a group of small-business owners in Pennsylvania confused on Friday when he told them that he still works in the Senate, where he served for more than three decades but left in 2008.

January 12, 2024

Biden says Defense Secretary Austin showed lapse in judgment in concealing health woes

President Biden said Friday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's failure to disclose his lengthy hospitalization following a recent prostate operation was a lapse in judgment, but the president insisted he still has confidence in the 70-year-old former general.

January 12, 2024