Jeff Mordock

State Department orders staff to leave U.S. embassy in Ukraine

The State Department on Saturday ordered all non-emergency employees at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, to evacuate as the Biden administration warns that a Russian invasion of the country is increasingly imminent.

February 12, 2022

Biden to speak with Putin as U.S. warns Ukraine invasion could be imminent

President Biden will speak with Russian Vladimir Putin on Saturday, the White House said as the administration continues to raise alarms that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could come at any moment.

February 11, 2022

Russia increasing troops at Ukraine border; invasion could happen at any time, White House says

Russia is amassing new forces at the Ukraine border and an invasion could begin "any day," including during the Winter Olympics, White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan said Friday.

February 11, 2022

Biden refuses to criticize Democratic governors for lifting mask mandates

President Biden on Thursday opted not to criticize the Democratic governors who have bucked his administration and lifted mask mandates for businesses and schools in their states.

February 10, 2022

Biden urges Americans in Ukraine to ‘leave now’

President Biden on Thursday issued an urgent warning that Americans in Ukraine should get out of the country now as the threat of a Russian invasion escalates.

February 10, 2022

Biden narrows Supreme Court nominees shortlist to four Black female candidates

President Biden on Thursday said his search for a nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer is focused on four Black women.

February 10, 2022

Biden’s approval rating drops below 40% for first time

President Biden's approval rating has fallen below 40% for the first time since he took office, an average of recent national polls show.

February 10, 2022

Biden woos utility CEOs to his climate agenda with a $550 billion plan

President Biden on Wednesday met with leaders of the nation's largest utility companies in a push to revive his $550 billion plan to tackle climate change.

February 9, 2022

Biden mocks Trump’s wind-turbine cancer claim at event with utility leaders

President Biden on Wednesday mocked former President Trump for claiming that the noise emitted from wind turbines causes cancer.

February 9, 2022

President Biden convenes Senate Judiciary Democrats to discuss Supreme Court pick

President Biden will convene with Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday at the White House to discuss the upcoming Supreme Court vacancy, a White House official said.

February 9, 2022

Trump says ‘a lot coming’ from special counsel John Durham’s investigation

Former President Donald Trump said there will be "a lot coming" from special counsel John Durham's investigation into the early stages of the FBI's Trump-Russia election collusion probe.

February 9, 2022

Biden preparing for his Super Bowl pregame interview

President Biden plans to again adhere to the White House tradition of doing a Super Bowl pregame interview.

February 9, 2022

Biden to revive climate agenda at meeting with utility company CEOs

Desperate to revive his stalled $1.7 trillion economic spending package, President Biden on Wednesday will meet with the heads of some of the nation's largest utility companies to renew his push for the package's climate provisions.

February 9, 2022

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff rushed from D.C. high school due to security threat

Secret Service agents rushed second gentleman Douglas Emhoff out of an event at Dunbar High School in Washington on Wednesday after a 'security threat" was reported at the school.

February 8, 2022

White House launches day of action to promote child tax credit

The Biden administration on Tuesday launched a massive outreach campaign to get millions of families to file their taxes so they can receive the second half of payments from the child tax credit.

February 8, 2022

Biden vows to spike German pipeline if Russia strikes Ukraine

With the new German chancellor at his side, President Biden forcefully vowed Monday that a controversial new Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline would never start operations if the Kremlin invades neighboring Ukraine.

February 7, 2022

Biden says U.S., Germany ‘in lockstep’ on Ukraine amid tensions over Russian sanctions

President Biden said Monday the U.S. and Germany are aligned on fighting Russian aggression in Ukraine, amid concerns that Berlin has been too soft in condemning Moscow's actions.

February 7, 2022

Labor unions see rewards in Biden executive order on construction projects

President Biden signed an executive order on Friday giving labor unions a massive boost by requiring union labor and work rules on all major federal construction projects.

February 4, 2022

Stormy Daniels testifies in fraud case that Michael Avenatti ‘flat-out’ lied about her

Former pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels said Friday that she fears her past profession will count against her when the jury decides her fraud case against disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti.

February 4, 2022

Biden blasts GOP, gun industry for NYC crime wave; calls for new gun control measures

President Biden blamed lax gun ownership laws Thursday for the crime wave hitting New York City and other communities, insisting that Second Amendment rights were never meant to be absolute but saying nothing about the progressive crime policies of new District Attorney Alvin Bragg that many here blame for the surge of violence in the city.

February 3, 2022