Jeff Mordock

Thin blue line lining up behind Trump: ‘This is make-or-break for law enforcement’

Retired cop Paul Beakman Jr. has been a pro-union Democrat his entire life. He heads two western New York police associations and is even running as a Democrat for city alderman in Lockport, New York.

October 18, 2020

Justice Department schedules two executions for December

The Justice Department late Friday scheduled the execution of two convicted murderers, who, if put to death, could bring the total number of federal inmates killed this year to a record-setting 10.

October 16, 2020

William Barr, attorney general, says ‘deceitful’ media calls police ‘bastards’

Attorney General William P. Barr on Friday lambasted the national media, saying organizations push false anti-police narratives and seize on a handful of incidents to portray law enforcement as "bastards."

October 16, 2020

Sen. Ron Johnson says FBI must ‘come clean’ on Hunter Biden laptop

Sen. Ron Johnson late Thursday called on the FBI to "come clean" about whether it was in possession of a laptop reportedly containing emails by Hunter Biden.

October 16, 2020

Steve Scully suspended by C-SPAN after he admits lying about Twitter hack

C-SPAN on Thursday suspended political editor Steve Scully indefinitely after he admitted that he lied about his Twitter feed being attacked just before he was set to moderate the second presidential debate.

October 15, 2020

Robert Brockman, tech mogul, charged in largest tax-evasion case in U.S. history

Robert T. Brockman, a Houston software mogul, was charged Thursday with hiding more than $2 billion of income from the IRS in what federal prosecutors say is the largest tax-evasion case in U.S. history.

October 15, 2020

Wife of covert FBI agent allowed to pursue lawsuit against bureau anonymously

A federal judge Thursday allowed the wife of a covert FBI agent to pursue a sexual harassment lawsuit against the bureau under a pseudonym because her identity could pose a risk to her husband's safety.

October 15, 2020

Defund police movement drives cops to back Trump

Police unions and associations across the country are bucking the AFL-CIO to endorse President Trump.

October 14, 2020

Bruce Ohr, controversial DOJ official, resigns amid disciplinary review

Bruce Ohr, a veteran Justice Department official whose ties to British former spy Christopher Steele led to his 2017 demotion, resigned from the department while awaiting the results of a "disciplinary review," a department spokesperson said Wednesday.

October 14, 2020

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, Melania Trump book author, sued by Justice Department

The Justice Department on Tuesday sued the author of a tell-all book about First Lady Melania Trump, claiming the ex-friend breached a 2017 non-disclosure agreement.

October 13, 2020

North Carolina bans police officers from being stationed at polling places

Just days before early voting will begin in North Carolina, state election officials barred local police officers from stationing officers at polling places.

October 13, 2020

FBI opening office in Cambodia amid tense ties between two nations

The FBI will open an office in Cambodia to track down fugitive American criminals as well as combat human trafficking and money laundering, a bureau spokesperson said Tuesday.

October 13, 2020

NYPD officers told to prepare for election protests: report

New York Police Commissioner Dermot Shea told all uniformed officers to remain on high alert for protests leading up to and following next month's presidential election, according to an internal memo obtained by The New York Post.

October 13, 2020

Officials record second-largest meth bust ever at U.S.-Mexico border

Federal authorities over the weekend seized more than 3,000 pounds of methamphetamine, making it the second-largest bust in U.S. history, Customs and Border Protection officials said Monday.

October 12, 2020

House Democrats file legal brief opposing Texas’ limits on absentee ballots

The Democratic chairs of two key House committees on Monday filed a legal brief opposing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's order limiting counties to only one drop-off location for absentee ballots.

October 12, 2020

Donald Trump demands FBI focus on Antifa after riot declared in Portland

President Trump on Monday called for the FBI to crack down on Antifa following another night of rioting in downtown Portland where demonstrators smashed windows and toppled statues of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt.

October 12, 2020

Emboldened Antifa increasingly violent as national profile rises

As the movement enters the mainstream, its sympathizers are escalating the violence from throwing rocks and blocking doors to physical assaults and, for the first time, killing.

October 11, 2020

AG William Barr tells Republicans that the Durham report won’t be ready before the election: Report

Attorney General William P. Barr told top Republican officials that U.S. Attorney John Durham's review of the origins of the Trump-Russia collusion probe will not be ready before Election Day, according to a report published Friday.

October 9, 2020

Trump rips Gretchen Whitmer after she blames him in kidnapping plot

President Trump said Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has done "a terrible job" responding to the coronavirus threat just hours after she accused him of being "complicit" in stoking extremist groups, like the militia accused of plotting to kidnap and kill her.

October 8, 2020

FBI says it thwarted militia plot to kill Michigan Gov. Whitmer

Federal and state authorities on Thursday arrested 13 men they say conspired to kidnap and kill Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer because, in part, of her strict coronavirus lockdown measure that sparked protests across the state.

October 8, 2020