Jeff Mordock

White House threatens to veto GOP bill that would ban transgender women from sports

The White House on Monday threatened to veto a House Republican bill that would bar transgender women and girls nationwide from competing in female sports.

April 17, 2023

White House invokes Reagan, Trump to slam McCarthy’s debt-ceiling plan

The White House on Monday cited examples of Democrats working with Republican Presidents Trump and Reagan to condemn House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's Wall Street pitch for his plan to address the debt ceiling.

April 17, 2023

Clinton rape accuser dismayed by the left’s lauding of Stormy Daniels

Juanita Broaddrick, who accused Bill Clinton of raping her in 1978, is troubled by the dismissive treatment she has received from liberal news media compared with its embrace of pornography actress Stormy Daniels, who has been lauded as a "feminist hero" for her legal tangle with former President Donald Trump.

April 7, 2023

Kamala Harris meeting with expelled lawmakers in Tennessee

Vice President Kamala Harris is planning to stop in Nashville, Tennessee, to meet with two Democratic state lawmakers expelled from the Republican-controlled General Assembly after participating in a gun-control protest in the chamber.

April 7, 2023

Biden condemns Tennessee House for expelling two Democrats over gun protest

President Biden on Thursday condemned Tennessee's Republican-controlled House of Representatives for expelling two Democratic lawmakers after they participated in a gun-control protest in the chamber.

April 6, 2023

House Judiciary Committee subpoenas former prosecutor in Manhattan DA’s Trump probe

The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday issued a subpoena demanding congressional testimony from Mark Pomerantz, a former prosecutor in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office who worked on the hush money probe of former President Donald Trump.

April 6, 2023

DOJ ‘inadvertently’ hid evidence in case of FBI agent accused of colluding with Russia

The Justice Department acknowledged Thursday that it "inadvertently" withheld evidence from defense attorneys representing a former top FBI official who was involved in the Trump-Russia collusion investigation and is now charged with conspiring with Russia to violate U.S. sanctions.

April 6, 2023

Felony elevations weaken Bragg’s case against Trump; DA vague on further crime

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's historic 34 felony charges against former President Trump hinge on dubious legal theories that critics say make it an extraordinarily weak case.

April 5, 2023

Unsealed indictment describes 34 felony counts against Trump for falsifying business records

The indictment unsealed Tuesday against former President Donald Trump charged him with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records for his role in paying $310,000 in hush money to silence three individuals who threatened to come forward with salacious stories, including allegations of sexual encounters with Mr. Trump.

April 4, 2023

Trump pleads not guilty at arraignment to 34 felony counts; first former president to be arrested

Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday in front of a New York state judge to 34 felony charges of falsifying business records as he became the first ex-president in history to be arrested, in a prosecution hotly challenged by Mr. Trump and his lawyers as a partisan probe.

April 4, 2023

Trump under arrest ahead of court arraignment

In a historic moment, former President Donald Trump became the first current or former commander in chief to be placed under arrest when he arrived at the Manhattan district attorney's office Tuesday.

April 4, 2023

Marco Rubio on Trump indictment: ‘We are going to regret this day for a long time’

Sen. Marco Rubio took to social media Tuesday warning that the arrest and indictment of former President Trump is reaching a point of no return.

April 4, 2023

Sen. Hyde-Smith endorses Trump hours before his arraignment

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith announced her endorsement of former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, hours before he was set to be arraigned on criminal charges.

April 4, 2023

House Republicans slam potential gag order in Trump case

The Republican chairmen of two House committees on Tuesday voiced their concerns that the judge overseeing former President Trump's criminal case may impose a gag order, calling it "unconstitutional."

April 4, 2023

Trump attorney: ‘There will be no guilty plea’

Former President Trump's attorney Joe Tacopina on Tuesday said his client will not plead guilty when he appears in a Manhattan court for an arraignment on criminal charges.

April 4, 2023

Alvin Bragg to hold press conference after Trump arraignment

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and former President Trump will have dueling press conferences Tuesday after the two face off in a Manhattan courtroom.

April 3, 2023

Trump campaign: Gag order would be ‘tyrannical, Third World country move’

President Trump's campaign said a gag order from the New York judge handling his case would be a "tyrannical, Third World country move."

April 3, 2023

Trump arrives in New York to face criminal charges: ‘America was not supposed to be this way!’

Former President Donald Trump on Monday bolstered his legal team with a white-collar criminal defense lawyer and traveled to Manhattan, where heavy security precautions were erected ahead of his court arraignment and booking as the first ex-president to be charged with crimes.

April 3, 2023

Trump brings in new lead defense attorney in hush money case

Former President Donald Trump has bolstered his legal team by hiring an experienced white-collar criminal defense attorney to defend him from criminal charges filed by the Manhattan District Attorney.

April 3, 2023

Lawmakers threaten to revoke federal funding for Manhattan DA over Trump case

House Republicans, irate over the indictment of former President Trump, are threatening to strike back at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg by revoking the federal funds doled out to his office.

April 3, 2023