Jeff Mordock

Biden asks House Dems to lower price tag of social welfare bill, pass with infrastructure measure

President Biden urged progressive House Democrats Friday to scale back his proposed $3.5 trillion social-welfare package by one-third, a move that would align more closely with the demands of two moderate Democratic senators who are resisting the higher price tag.

October 1, 2021

Special counsel subpoenas Clinton-linked law firm in probe of FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation

Special counsel John Durham has issued a fresh set of subpoenas, including to a law firm with close ties to Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign, a signal of an expanding scope of his probe into wrongdoing in the FBI's Russian collusion investigation.

October 1, 2021

White House says ‘progress’ made on economic agenda despite vote delay

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said late Thursday that "a great deal of progress" had been made in Congress on President Biden's multi-trillion-dollar economic agenda, despite House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delaying a vote on the president's infrastructure bill.

September 30, 2021

Biden signs bill to avert government shutdown; Congress remains in stalemate over debt limit

President Biden signed into law Thursday evening a short-term funding bill that will keep the federal government open through early December and avert a shutdown just hours before the funding was ready to expire.

September 30, 2021

Psaki ducks questions on Manchin’s $1.5T limit on Biden’s economic agenda

White House press secretary Jen Psaki ducked questions Thursday about whether Sen. Joe Manchin III told President Biden this summer he wouldn't back away from his $1.5 trillion limit on the president's plan to expand the social safety net.

September 30, 2021

FBI can’t back up claims in dozens of surveillance applications: Report

The FBI failed to support claims it made in almost 200 applications to the secret court that signs off on warrants to spy on Americans, the Justice Department's internal watchdog said Thursday.

September 30, 2021

Psaki pushes back on claims Biden needs to be more involved in infrastructure talks

White House press secretary Jen Psaki pushed back Wednesday on claims from some Democrats that President Biden needs to be more involved in negotiations to advance his multitrillion-dollar economic agenda.

September 29, 2021

Biden’s former ATF pick says White House set him up for failure

President Biden's former pick to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Wednesday criticized the administration for his scuttled candidacy, saying it set him up to fail.

September 29, 2021

Biden postpones Chicago trip

President Biden has postponed plans to travel to Chicago on Wednesday so he can continue negotiating with lawmakers to get his multi-trillion spending plans across the finish line, a White House official said.

September 28, 2021

Psaki: Generals didn’t contradict Biden claim he wasn’t advised to leave 2,500 troops in Afghanistan

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday said congressional testimony from President Biden's top military advisers does not contradict his claim that they didn't urge him to keep 2,500 troops in Afghanistan.

September 28, 2021

Skirmishes between White House, reporters contradict Biden’s pledge to respect the press

At her first press briefing in January, White House press secretary Jen Psaki pledged transparency and respect for the free press. On Monday, Ms. Psaki complained that reporters won't stick to whichever topic President Biden wants to talk about, chiding them for asking questions outside the administration's daily talking points.

September 28, 2021

Jen Psaki sticks to ‘Russian disinformation’ story after Hunter Biden’s laptop data confirmed

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Friday insisted that emails recovered from Hunter Biden's discarded laptop computer were Russian disinformation, despite new confirmation of the authenticity of the emails.

September 24, 2021

Psaki sidesteps questions about VP Harris’ role in stemming Haitian migration

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Friday sidestepped questions about whether Vice President Kamala Harris, the administration's border czar, has worked with Haitian officials to stem the migration of refugees.

September 24, 2021

Last of the Haitian migrants removed from Del Rio camp

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday that all of the Haitian migrants have been cleared from the camp in Del Rio, Texas where they had been living in squalor for more than a week.

September 24, 2021

Indian prime minister urges Biden to strike a trade deal

In his first meeting with Mr. Biden at the White House, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the two nations' strong ties and called on the president to strengthen that collaboration through a trade pact.

September 24, 2021

President Biden says spending bill will have ‘a zero price tag’

President Biden on Friday insisted that his $3.5 trillion social welfare bill has a "zero price tag" and the spending will be fully paid for.

September 24, 2021

Biden vows ‘there will be consequences’ after outrage over border agents chasing migrants

President Biden on Friday decried the images of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback aggressively handling Haitian migrants, calling the images "horrible" and vowing that there will be consequences for those involved.

September 24, 2021

Biden may owe as much as $500,000 in back taxes, report says

President Biden may have improperly avoided paying Medicare taxes before he took office and could owe the IRS as much as $500,000, according to a Congressional Research Service report.

September 24, 2021

Spicer, Vought sue Biden over removal from Naval Academy Board

Former Trump administration officials filed a lawsuit Thursday against President Biden after he asked them to step down from the U.S. Naval Academy Board, arguing in court documents that the removal is motivated by politics.

September 23, 2021

Schism erupts between Biden administration, Democrats over treatment of Haitian migrants

The rift between President Biden and his progressive base widened Thursday over the treatment of Haitian migrants, as the U.S. special envoy to Haiti quit in protest of the administration's "inhumane" deportations and influential liberal allies called on the White House to suspend flights of migrants back to Haiti.

September 23, 2021