Jeff Mordock

JPMorgan analyst predicts Biden will drop out of the election

President Biden will drop out of the 2024 presidential race citing health issues and low approval ratings, a top JPMorgan Chase strategist predicted in his list of forecasts for 2024.

January 9, 2024

Increasingly hostile politics breed deadly violence; Trump, Biden both blamed for fanning the flames

President Biden has blamed former President Trump and his followers for the growing wave of political violence in the U.S., but analysts say the surge in threats and attacks is a bipartisan phenomenon.

January 8, 2024

Biden compares Jan. 6 with efforts to harass Black voters in South Carolina speech

President Biden stepped up his outreach to Black voters who appear apathetic about his reelection, warning voters Monday at a South Carolina church where a White Supremacist killed nine Black people in 2015 about the dangers of extremist Republicans.

January 8, 2024

Biden’s speech in South Carolina church interrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters

President Biden was interrupted Monday by pro-Palestinian protesters who shouted "ceasefire now" over his remarks during a campaign speech at a South Carolina church where a White supremacist killed nine Black people in 2015.

January 8, 2024

Biden’s first campaign speech makes 2024 all about Trump

President Biden on Friday delivered his first campaign speech of the year and framed the 2024 election as a fight to save American democracy and freedom from former President Donald Trump.

January 5, 2024

U.S. says Russia fired first North Korean-supplied missiles into Ukraine

Russia deployed North Korean-made ballistic missiles into Ukraine for the first time over the New Year's weekend, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said Thursday, reflecting a growing concern that U.S. adversaries such as North Korea and Iran are helping the Kremlin sustain its military invasion of its neighbor.

January 4, 2024

Biden to speak at South Carolina church where nine Black people were killed in 2015

President Biden will travel to Charleston, South Carolina, next week as part of his campaign's effort to connect with Black voters, with plans to speak at the historically Black church where nine parishioners were murdered by a White supremacist in 2015.

January 3, 2024

Biden, Trump offer road map of 2024 campaign in early attacks

President Biden's initial plan of attack for his reelection campaign will focus on blaming former President Donald Trump for the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol, linking Mr. Trump with White nationalism and faulting Republicans for the migrant crisis at the southern border, campaign and administration officials said Wednesday.

January 3, 2024

Biden’s election was illegitimate, say 36% of voters in new poll

One-third of voters say President Biden's election was illegitimate, according to a new poll released Tuesday marking an increase from the same poll in 2021.

January 2, 2024

Seizure of Trump’s smartphone data puts special counsel in uncharted legal waters

Special counsel Jack Smith disclosed in court filings that he retrieved data from former President Donald Trump's smartphone, potentially crossing what critics call a "red line" for presidential immunity.

December 29, 2023

Biden skips traditional year-end press conference in favor of celebrity softball interviews

President Biden came into office promising to restore relations with journalists after his predecessor's four combative years, but Mr. Biden is again skipping the traditional end-of-year presidential press conference in favor of softball interviews with celebrities.

December 25, 2023

AI pets nip at the human-animal bond

The AI industry hopes robots will unseat the dog someday as man's best friend, but Fido is safe -- for now.

December 24, 2023

Biden says he’s ‘heartbroken’ to learn Israeli-American was killed by Hamas

President Biden said he was "heartbroken" to learn that an Israeli American man who was thought to have been taken hostage by Hamas is now believed to have been killed by the terrorist organization in its Oct. 7 attack in Israel.

December 22, 2023

Biden sets low poll standard among modern presidents

President Biden's approval rating is lower than any others in the office seeking reelection in the past half-century, according to a Gallup poll released Friday.

December 22, 2023

Biden hands out Christmas pardons and commutations of prison sentences

President Biden on Friday granted pardons to people convicted of using and possessing marijuana on certain federal lands and commuted the sentence of 11 inmates convicted of nonviolent drug crimes.

December 22, 2023

White House says sale of U.S. steel to Japanese firm may need ‘serious scrutiny’

The White House said Thursday that the sale of U.S. Steel to a Japanese firm "appears to deserve serious scrutiny" as political pressure mounts to scuttle the deal.

December 21, 2023

Biden cuts deals with rogue gallery of U.S. adversaries but won’t negotiate with Republicans

President Biden was willing to wheel and deal with some of America's intractable adversaries, including nuclear talks with the mullahs in Iran, an immigration agreement with the Maduro government in Venezuela and prisoner swaps with Venezuela and Russia's Vladimir Putin.

December 21, 2023

Biden tries to reassure Black voters that his economic policies are working

President Biden told Black voters in Milwaukee on Wednesday that his economic agenda has increased the economic opportunities available to them and boosted their community, despite eroding support from the key part of his Democratic base.

December 20, 2023

Biden administration releases ally of Venezuela’s Maduro in exchange for jailed Americans

The Biden administration has released one of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's closest allies from U.S. custody in a prisoner swap for 10 Americans held in Venezuela.

December 20, 2023

Biden says there is ‘no question’ Trump supported an insurrection

President Biden said Wednesday that former President Donald Trump "certainly supported an insurrection," but it was up to the courts to decide whether it should disqualify him from running for president.

December 20, 2023