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.
Two of the four U.S. citizens whose Friday kidnapping at a Mexican border town by a local drug cartel was captured on a gripping video have been found dead, while the other two have been found alive, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador confirmed Tuesday.
Two of the four U.S. citizens kidnapped in Mexico have been found dead, while the other two have been found alive, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Tuesday.
In a preview of his budget plan to be released this week, President Biden on Tuesday rolled out a proposed tax hike on high earners as part of his complicated plan to raise money to keep Medicare solvent.
The four Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico crossed the border to buy medication and may have been victims of mistaken identity, the Mexican president said Monday, even as the White House remained mum about the incident for privacy reasons.
Lawmakers on Monday urged President Biden to focus as much attention on bringing home four Americans kidnapped in Mexico as he did on getting WNBA star Brittney Griner out of a Russian prison.
President Biden's reversal on a House GOP-led measure exposed a White House still struggling to figure out how to operate in a Washington where Republicans have partial control over the agenda.
President Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are heaping praise on each other for their united effort to support Ukraine in fending off Russian invaders, despite a diplomatic dust-up between the two countries this week over sending tanks to Kyiv.
A small lesion removed from President Biden's chest during his annual physical last month was cancerous, but no further treatment is needed, his physician said in a memo released Friday.
President Biden has awarded the Medal of Honor to a former Green Beret hero who surmounted shrapnel and bullet wounds during the Vietnam War to rescue three comrades, refusing medical evacuation until he carried all three to safety.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet with President Biden at the White House Friday to discuss a range of thorny international issues, including possible sanctions on China amid concerns it may provide weapons to Russia for its war with Ukraine.
President Biden told Senate Democrats on Thursday that he would sign a GOP-backed bill that would overturn Washington's new criminal code that reduces penalties for violent crimes and critics say is a threat to public safety in a city already wracked with violent crime.
Former President Donald Trump can be held liable by police officers for the violent mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the Justice Department said on Thursday.
A Michigan mom whose two sons died from fentanyl poisoning tore into President Biden Thursday after he mocked false claims that his administration was responsible for their deaths.
Republicans lawmakers pressed President Biden on Thursday to withdraw his pick to head the Federal Aviation Administration, warning the White House there aren't enough votes for confirmation.
President Biden has come under fire for laughing off the deaths of two young Michigan brothers who were killed by fentanyl poisoning in 2020 as he reacted to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's efforts to pin the blame on his administration.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said he's deployed the FBI to track down those responsible for attacking crisis pregnancy centers, but they've been stymied by "clever" criminals who do their work at night.
President Biden will award the Medal of Honor to a Black Vietnam War veteran who twice disobeyed orders to abandon his team, ultimately rescuing each member, the White House announced Wednesday.
Sen. Ted Cruz tore into Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday, accusing the nation's highest law enforcement official of not taking action against liberal activists threatening Supreme Court justices.