Jeff Mordock

Biden, DeSantis make nice while touring Florida town devastated by Hurricane Ian

President Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis put their differences aside Wednesday as they toured storm damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, one of Florida's deadliest and most expensive storms in decades.

October 5, 2022

Legal bills, pardons, insurance forms among documents seized from Mar-a-Lago

Documents seized from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residences last month included analyses about possible pardons, legal bills and retainer agreements with lawyers, and details of calls with foreign presidents, according to a log of potentially privileged materials inadvertently posted in a public court document on Wednesday.

October 5, 2022

DOJ wins court fight to fast-track its appeal of special master reviewing Trump documents

A federal appellate court on Wednesday agreed to expedite the Justice Department's legal challenge to the appointment of a special master to review thousands of documents seized from former President Trump's estate in Florida.

October 5, 2022

Biden to visit Maryland district redrawn to be competitive for Republicans in midterms

President Biden on Friday will visit Hagerstown, Maryland, which sits in a once staunch Democratic district that was redrawn earlier this year to be competitive for Republicans.

October 5, 2022

Treasury Department creates ‘racial equity’ committee to promote economic equality

The Treasury Department has launched a new advisory committee to develop policies promoting economic equality and reducing financial disparities in communities of color.

October 5, 2022

Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago fight

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the legal fight over classified documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago residence.

October 4, 2022

White House boasts that Americans are seeing ‘real savings’ at gas pumps as prices rise

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday insisted Americans are seeing "real savings" on gas prices, even as prices continue to climb north after a brief decline.

October 4, 2022

Biden pledges $625M in military assistance to Ukraine in phone call with Zelenskyy

President Biden announced Tuesday that the U.S. will deliver to Ukraine a $625 million military aid package that will include four advanced rocket systems that have helped the country turn the tide against Russia.

October 4, 2022

Biden pledges $60M to aid Puerto Rico, but corruption fears persist

President Biden traveled Monday to Puerto Rico to survey hurricane damage, meet with families and announce $60 million in emergency aid to prepare the island for future storms.

October 3, 2022

Touring hurricane damage, Biden claims he was ‘raised’ by Delaware’s Puerto Rican community

President Biden on Monday left the political world scratching its head when he claimed that he was "raised" by Delaware's Puerto Rican community.

October 3, 2022

Trump asks court to wait until 2023 to hear special master appeal

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Monday asked a federal appeals court to delay legal arguments until 2023 over the appointment of a special master to review documents seized from Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.

October 3, 2022

Supreme Court rejects challenge to DOJ ‘filter teams’ determining fate of seized Trump documents

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of the Justice Department's use of "filter teams" to determine if documents seized in an investigation are shielded from government scrutiny.

October 3, 2022

Biden to visit Puerto Rico, announce $60M in aid for hurricane recovery

President Biden will travel Monday to Puerto Rico, where he is expected to announce more than $60 million in federal aid to help the island recover from hurricane damage.

October 3, 2022

Police nationwide trade in badges for a run at political office

There are more than 100 current or former police officers on the ballot this year and nearly all are running as Republicans.

October 2, 2022

More officers walking off job, running for office to push back against defund-police movement

America's cops are fed up. They say they've been defunded, scapegoated as violent racists, vilified for the mistakes of a few rogue officers, and challenged by sharp increases in shootings and murders. Now some are pushing back in a way they never expected: walking off the job to run for elected office.

September 30, 2022

Judge says Trump doesn’t need to comply with special master order to back up planted evidence claims

A federal judge on Thursday told former President Trump's legal team that it doesn't have to obey an order from a special master demanding proof of their claims that the FBI planted evidence when agents raided Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence last month.

September 29, 2022

Judge refuses to toss case against Steele dossier source

A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request to dismiss special counsel John Durham's criminal case against a Russian analyst who was a key source for a 2016 dossier that contained salacious and unverified allegations tying former President Donald Trump to Russia.

September 29, 2022

Biden says Ian could be ‘deadliest’ storm in Florida’s history

President Biden on Thursday offered a grim early assessment of the potential death toll in Florida as Hurricane Ian pummels the state, leaving a swath of destruction in its wake.

September 29, 2022

FBI lawyers ‘inappropriately’ weighed in on sensitive cases, DOJ watchdog says

FBI lawyers specializing in national security "inappropriately opined" on sensitive cases, urging agents to pursue more severe charges against a suspect and potentially disrupting a critical investigation because of a search warrant dispute, the Justice Department's internal watchdog said in a critical new report Thursday.

September 29, 2022

DeSantis says he told Biden that federal aid is needed for additional Florida counties

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that he told President Biden more disaster assistance is needed to help the counties that have been impacted by Hurricane Ian.

September 29, 2022