Jeff Mordock

White House game of playing media favorites backfires on Biden’s press secretary

White House press secretaries have always played favorites when deciding which journalists to call on for questions at the daily press briefings, a subtle power play that has blown up in the face of Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.

March 21, 2023

Rand Paul joins Trump in suggesting NYC DA is breaking the law as indictment looms

Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday called for jailing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg over multiple media reports that he plans to indict and arrest former President Donald Trump.

March 21, 2023

Trump’s legal peril in New York boils down to a case of falsifying business records

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is said to be nearing a decision on whether to charge former President Donald Trump for alleged wrongdoing involving hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels. If Mr. Bragg does pull the trigger on an indictment, the former president likely would be charged with falsifying business records.

March 20, 2023

Trump hush money a case unyielding DA can’t resist

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has resisted political pressure and endured withering criticism from both parties during his tumultuous 15 months in office, leaving some legal analysts surprised that he is preparing to knuckle under to demands to indict former President Donald Trump.

March 20, 2023

Biden calls on Congress to impose tougher penalties on executives of failed banks

President Biden on Friday urged Congress to levy legal and monetary penalties for executives of failed banks in the wake of the two of three biggest U.S. bank collapses.

March 17, 2023

VP Kamala Harris says restricting abortions is ‘immoral’

Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday called state Republican lawmakers who want to put restrictions on abortion "immoral."

March 16, 2023

Biden signs executive order to expand gun background checks, GOP AGs threaten lawsuit

President Biden on Tuesday signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at increasing gun background checks, bolstering mandates on safe gun storage and redefining who qualifies as a firearms dealer.

March 14, 2023

Biden to host Irish prime minister at White House on St. Patrick’s Day

President Biden will host Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar at the White House on Friday to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, the White House announced Tuesday.

March 14, 2023

Biden mocked for story about same-sex marriage ‘epiphany’

President Biden was torched on Twitter on Tuesday for trying to rewrite history about how he came to an "epiphany" on same-sex marriage in high school, despite his longtime stance in the Senate opposing legislation that expanded rights for the LGBTQ community.

March 14, 2023

Biden to sign an executive order increasing gun background checks

President Biden on Tuesday will sign an executive order aimed at increasing gun background checks, bolstering mandates on safe gun storage and redefining who qualifies as a firearms dealer.

March 14, 2023

Biden’s ‘bailout’ a step toward government control of banking system, economists say

Economists warn that President Biden's extraordinary action at two collapsed banks is the first step toward government control of the banking system.

March 13, 2023

Biden defends ‘safe’ banking system amid biggest collapses since 2008

President Biden on Monday defended the U.S. banking system after regulators scrambled to prevent the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank from spiraling into a massive financial crisis.

March 13, 2023

White House hits back on DeSantis’ war on woke: ‘Just hate’

The White House is hitting back at comments by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, saying his war on wokeness is just a dog whistle for "despicable" anti-transgender bigotry.MORD

March 10, 2023

White House says Silicon Valley Bank failure won’t lead to repeat of 2008

White House officials are assuring the public that the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, the largest since the 2008 global financial crisis, won't touch off another string of bank collapses.

March 10, 2023

Biden takes victory lap over surging jobs market

President Biden on Friday hailed a rocketing February jobs report as vindication of his economic agenda.

March 10, 2023

Biden to address Canadian Parliament later this month

President Biden will address the Canadian Parliament later this month, the White House announced Thursday.

March 9, 2023

Biden budget takes taxes, spending, IRS funds to new levels, promises plan will cut deficit

President Biden's new $6.8 trillion budget would impose a whopping $5.5 trillion in tax hikes and push federal spending roughly 55% higher than pre-pandemic levels, including a 15% boost for the IRS that would be added on top of the agency's current massive funding increase.

March 9, 2023

Biden calls on McCarthy to release GOP budget; says he’ll meet anytime

President Biden on Thursday challenged House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's rejection of his proposed 2024 budget by urging the California Republican to put forth a plan and see where they agree.

March 9, 2023

After two years of massive spending, Biden proposes more for social programs in fiscal ‘24 budget

President Biden on Thursday proposed a record-shattering $6.8 trillion budget that envisions a significant surge in social program spending amid the roughly $5.5 trillion in new taxes, even after two years of massive spending on pandemic relief and economic recovery packages.

March 9, 2023

White House: Biden budget to cut deficit by $3 trillion through tax hikes

President Biden's upcoming budget proposal aims to slash nearly $3 trillion from the federal deficit over the next decade by hiking taxes on wealthy individuals and corporations, the White House said Wednesday.

March 8, 2023