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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.

Articles by Jeff Mordock

By forcing CVS into the largest merger announced this year, Amazon is showing its might, analysts say. (Associated Press/File)

Aetna-CVS deal shows Amazon’s might

CVS Health Corp.'s $69 billion bid for Aetna Inc., marking the first time a large pharmacy chain has merged with a major health insurer, is seen as a direct result of Amazon's plan to enter the prescription drug market.

December 4, 2017
Hamilton County residents overwhelmingly voted for a half-percent sales tax increase and municipal bonds to pay for Paul Brown Stadium to keep the Bengals from leaving Cincinnati, but the deal hasn't been good for taxpayers. (Associated Press/File)

NFL stadiums cost taxpayers billions of dollars

Municipalities across the country have funneled billions of dollars from taxpayers to wealthy NFL owners for stadiums. Those same venues now have taken center stage for the NFL players' kneel-down protests of the national anthem. The players say they have a right to express their anger toward racism in the U.S.

November 22, 2017

Inventors: Patent office favors Big Tech

Fed up with what he perceived as bureaucracy run amok at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Paul Morinville staged a striking protest this summer, with inventors marching on the agency's Alexandria headquarters, holding signs and burning their patents.

November 9, 2017
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell sent a memo to team presidents saying the league needs to move past the controversy over national anthem protests. President Trump had taken issue with billions of taxpayer dollars that have subsidized the construction of professional sports stadiums. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump threatens NFL stadium tax breaks

President Trump escalated his battle with pro football players protesting the national anthem by urging the government Tuesday to end use of tax-exempt municipal bonds used to build or renovate National Football League stadiums.

October 10, 2017
In this May 16, 2012, file photo, the Facebook logo is displayed on an iPad in Philadelphia. Russia's communications watchdog has threatened to block access to Facebook next year if the company does not store its data locally. Alexander Zharov, chief of the Federal Communications Agency, told Russian news agencies on Tuesday Sept. 26, 2017, that they will work to "make Facebook comply with the law" on personal data which obliges foreign companies to store it in Russia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Russian Facebook ads: 70 million people may have seen them

Facebook estimates 10 million Americans saw the advertisements that Russian groups purchased to try to influence the presidential election last year, but analysts said that undersells the reach of the ads, which may have been seen by as many as 70 million.

October 4, 2017
Minnesota Vikings who protest the national anthem are "spitting in the face of the people" who helped finance their new $500 million stadium, said state Rep. Steve Drazkowski, a Republican. (Associated Press/File)

NFL players’ protests risk stadium funding

American taxpayers shelled out billions of dollars to build the stadiums that National Football League players are now using to stage their kneel-down protests of the national anthem.

September 28, 2017