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Jeff Mordock

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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.

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A U.S. Secret Service Special Agent stands as Marine One, with President Joe Biden aboard, lifts off from the South Lawn of the White House blowing snow with the rotor wash, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, in Washington. Biden is en route to Colorado and Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden appoints 27-year veteran as head of Secret Service

President Biden on Wednesday named Kimberly Cheatle, a 27-year-veteran of the Secret Service, to be the agency's next head as it faces scrutiny over missing text messages during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

August 24, 2022
President Joe Biden arrives to board Marine One at Gordons Pond State Park in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, to travel back to the White House. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden announces cancellation of student debt

President Biden responded to pressure from progressives on Wednesday by canceling $10,000 in student debt for borrowers who earn less than $125,000 per year and $20,000 in debt for those who received Pell Grants.

August 24, 2022
President Joe Biden speaks before signing the Democrats' landmark climate change and health care bill in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Unveiled memos raise questions about Biden’s role in Trump probe

A newly revealed letter shows that President Biden authorized the National Archives and Records Administration to reject any executive privilege claims that former President Donald Trump might use to stop the Justice Department from accessing classified documents stored at his Mar-a-Lago estate, undercutting the administration's claims that Mr. Biden was caught off guard by the FBI investigation into his predecessor.

August 23, 2022
In this image taken from FOX19 Cincinnati video, FBI officials gather outside the FBI building in Cincinnati, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. An armed man decked out in body armor tried to breach a security screening area at the FBI field office in Ohio on Thursday, then fled and exchanged gunfire in a standoff with law enforcement, authorities said. (FOX19 Cincinnati via AP) ** FILE **

Democrats demand social media companies crack down on FBI threats

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are demanding social media companies crack down on the escalation in threats against law enforcement following the FBI's raid of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

August 19, 2022
A vehicle with flags in support of Donald Trump drives outside of the Paul G. Rogers Federal Courthouse, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Attorneys for the nation's largest media companies are presenting their case before a federal magistrate judge to make public the affidavit supporting the warrant that allowed FBI agents to search former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

FBI seized Trump’s papers for ‘safety’

Justice Department officials urged a federal judge to keep under wraps the search warrant used in the FBI raid of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, fearing he would destroy evidence, according to court documents unsealed Thursday.

August 18, 2022
Documents related to the search warrant for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., are photographed Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart agreed to make public documents, including the warrant's cover sheet, the Justice Department's motion to seal the documents and the judge's order requiring them to be sealed. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Trump: DOJ should not redact affidavit for Mar-a-Lago search

Former President Trump on Thursday said the affidavit used by the FBI to justify last week's search of his Mar-a-Lago estate should not be redacted, calling the Justice Department's effort to shield portions of the affidavit "a cynical attempt" to hide their corruption.

August 18, 2022