Jeff Mordock

Obamas return to the White House to revive tradition of unveiling presidential portrait

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama returned to the White House on Wednesday as President Biden revived the decades-long tradition of unveiling presidential portraits.

September 7, 2022

Karine Jean-Pierre grilled about her past accusations that Republicans ‘stole elections’

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was put on the spot Tuesday about her old tweets claiming that Republicans stole elections in 2016 and 2018.

September 6, 2022

Attorneys for Steele dossier source ask judge to dismiss charges; Mueller used in defense

Attorneys for Igor Danchenko, a key source for the infamous Steele dossier, asked a federal judge to dismiss the criminal charges of lying to the FBI.

September 6, 2022

Student debt could reach precancellation levels within a decade, study shows

Student loan debt could return in less than a decade to the same level it was before President Biden canceled nearly $600 billion of debt at taxpayer expense, according to a study this week from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

September 6, 2022

Biden ramps up attacks on ‘MAGA Republicans’ in fiery campaign speech

Nearly two years after President Biden pledged to be a "president for all people" -- including those who didn't vote for him -- he kicked off the Democrats' fall campaign season by tearing into pro-Trump Republicans as a threat to democracy.

September 1, 2022

Biden’s approval rating jumped 9% in August, reaching 40%

President Biden's approval rating surged to 40%, its highest level in more than a year, rocketing up with a 9-point spike in August following the most successful weeks of his administration.

September 1, 2022

Biden to host Obamas at White House for portrait unveiling

President Biden will host former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama at the White House next week to unveil their official portraits, restoring a tradition that had been abandoned during the Trump administration.

September 1, 2022

Trump’s attorneys say DOJ can’t be trusted with seized documents, will ‘impugn,’ ‘leak’ materials

Former President Trump's lawyers said Wednesday that the Justice Department's "unchecked investigators" can't be trusted to conduct a fair investigation.

August 31, 2022

White House claims Biden never briefed on FBI’s Trump raid or anything about the investigation

"The president has not been briefed on the latest development," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. "He has not been briefed on anything that's connected to this particular investigation, which is an independent investigation."

August 31, 2022

Trump ‘concealed and removed’ documents in violation of grand jury subpoena, Justice Department says

The Justice Department said classified documents were "likely concealed and removed" from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in violation of a grand jury subpoena.

August 31, 2022

AG Garland bans DOJ employees from talking to Congress amid flood of whistleblower complaints

Attorney General Merrick Garland has issued a memo blocking Justice Department employees from communicating with members of Congress in the wake of stunning whistleblower disclosures regarding the FBI probe into Hunter Biden's business affairs.

August 31, 2022

Biden rips GOP support for police, calls for increased funding for cops

President Biden sought to blunt criticism that he's soft on crime by calling for increases to police funding and depicting Republicans as anti-cop for their anti-FBI rhetoric during a trip Tuesday to the swing state of Pennsylvania.

August 30, 2022

Garland restricts Justice Department appointees’ political activities amid GOP criticism

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday banned political appointees at the Justice Department from participating in political campaign events, changing a longtime policy at an agency under intense political scrutiny and fending off allegations of partisanship.

August 30, 2022

White House braces for slow August job growth after labor surge

After touting for months the strong employment numbers as a way to deflect criticism of soaring inflation, the White House on Tuesday warned that the numbers released later this week by the Labor Department will likely a jobs markets that is "cooling off."

August 30, 2022

Judge orders source of anti-Trump dossier to explain his need for classified docs for defense

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Igor Danchenko, who was a key source for the infamous anti-Trump dossier, to explain why he wants to present classified evidence as part of his defense in his upcoming criminal trial.

August 30, 2022

Racial justice activists say Biden abandons them with latest crime plan

President Biden's plan to crack down on soaring crime rates by spending $13 billion to hire 100,000 police officers has drawn sharp criticism from some of his biggest allies, who say he's repeating the mistakes of his 1994 crime bill.

August 29, 2022

Top agent exits FBI amid charge of political bias undermining Hunter Biden probe, sources say

A senior FBI official in the bureau's Washington field office has abruptly resigned after coming under congressional scrutiny for suspected political bias in handling the investigation of Hunter Biden's laptop computer.

August 29, 2022

DOJ admits materials seized from Trump may be protected by attorney-client privilege

The Justice Department said Monday that some of the materials seized in the FBI raid of former President Donald Trump's residence may be protected under attorney-client privilege.

August 29, 2022

FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago: What’s known and what’s unknown

The FBI's unprecedented raid on former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club has split the nation, with Democrats calling to "lock him up" and Republicans railing that it's more political harassment of Mr. Trump by a partisan Justice Department.

August 28, 2022

Affidavit: Top-secret docs, classified material stored at Mar-a-Lago triggered Trump raid, FBI says

The FBI justified its unprecedented raid of former President Donald Trump's home based on agents' previous recovery of 184 classified documents Mr. Trump had removed from the White House, according to the affidavit for the search.

August 26, 2022