Jeff Mordock

Mark Meadows withdraws emergency petition to delay trial

Mark Meadows, who was chief of staff under former President Donald Trump, told a federal appeals court Thursday he's withdrawing his emergency petition to pause the proceedings against him in the Georgia criminal interference case.

September 14, 2023

Georgia judge blocks Fani Willis’ aim to have Trump trial in October

Former President Donald Trump and 16 co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case will not go to trial in October, a state judge ruled Thursday in a stunning legal loss for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

September 14, 2023

Biden dismisses impeachment inquiry: ‘I’ve got a job to do’

President Biden brushed aside impeachment talk late Wednesday saying he was going to focus on his job and not what he claims is a political stunt.

September 13, 2023

White House refuses to answer questions about Biden’s false claims

The White House on Wednesday refused to answer questions about President Biden's history of telling embellished, if not outright fabricated stories during public remarks.

September 13, 2023

11th Circuit fast-tracks Meadows’ bid to have Georgia criminal case moved to federal court

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit wasted no time Tuesday taking up an emergency motion filed by Mark Meadows, President Trump's former chief of staff, to move his Georgia criminal election-interference case to a federal court.

September 12, 2023

Biden draws sharp rebuke for joke, false claim in 9/11 remarks

President Biden was sharply criticized for his rambling remarks commemorating the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that included a joke about playing football and a false claim that he was at ground zero in Manhattan the day after the World Trade Center collapsed.

September 12, 2023

Biden defends honoring 9/11 far from terror attack sites, says fighter jets scrambled in Alaska, too

President Biden commemorated the September 11 anniversary on Monday in Alaska, far from Ground Zero in Manhattan or other sites memorializing the 2,977 Americans who died that day.

September 11, 2023

Meadows requests emergency stay in Georgia case so he can appeal federal judge’s ruling on trial

Mark Meadows, President Trump's former chief of staff, filed an emergency motion Monday asking a federal judge to pause an order that kept his Georgia criminal election interference case in a state court, as he seeks to appeal the decision to a higher federal court.

September 11, 2023

Disgraced ex-FBI official in Trump-Russia probe asks court for more time to craft plea deal

The disgraced former FBI official who was once part of the bureau's Trump-Russia collusion probe has asked a federal court in Washington, D.C. for more time to negotiate a plea deal on charges that he violated U.S. sanctions while conspiring with a Russian oligarch.

September 11, 2023

Medal of Honor awarded to Army pilot who performed daring helicopter rescue in Vietnam

President Biden awarded the Medal of Honor on Tuesday to a Vietnam War Army helicopter pilot who scrambled to perform a daring rescue of four soldiers surrounded by heavy enemy fire and facing almost certain death.

September 5, 2023

Biden faces backlash after forgoing trips to East Palestine for 7 months

Seven months have passed since the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, and President Biden has yet to issue a disaster declaration at the site or visit the area.

September 5, 2023

Biden considering trip to East Palestine as soon as ‘this week’ despite packed schedule

President Biden appeared to have changed his tune on a possible visit to East Palestine, Ohio.

September 2, 2023

Biden to visit Florida Saturday, but will not meet with DeSantis

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden are traveling to Florida's Big Bend region early Saturday to survey damage from Hurricane Idalia, but the president won't be seeing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

September 2, 2023

White House says McCarthy floating impeachment to ‘throw red meat’ to GOP

The White House says that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's plans to move forward with an impeachment inquiry are baseless, accusing him of simply trying to throw "red meat" to "right-wing" Republicans.

September 1, 2023

Biden touts jobs report, even as hiring cools and unemployment rises

President Biden cheered the latest jobs report as proof his economic plan is working, even though it showed this summer was the worst three months for job growth since the pandemic.

September 1, 2023

Unions are showing a strike-laden resurgence under Biden, but some believe it won’t last

Labor drives at iconic companies such as Starbucks and Amazon, plus the Biden administration's pro-union stance and recent polls showing public support for unions on the rise, have created a spark of optimism after decades of eroding influence.

September 1, 2023

Biden to award Medal of Honor to Army pilot who saved soldiers in daring Vietnam helicopter rescue

President Biden will award the Medal of Honor for combat heroism to U.S. Army Captain Larry Taylor, who in 1968 Vietnam rescued four soldiers after a plan to save them was scrubbed because it was thought to have almost no chance of success.

September 1, 2023

Biden to ask Congress for another $4B to boost FEMA disaster relief fund

The Biden administration is asking Congress to approve an additional $4 billion to replenish the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Relief Fund, which has been taxed by a brutal stretch of extreme weather across the country this year.

September 1, 2023

Biden will head to Florida to see Hurricane Idalia devastation

President Biden said he will travel to Florida on Saturday to tour the destruction wrought by Hurricane Idalia.

August 31, 2023

Biden again compares devastating Maui blaze to kitchen fire in his home

President Biden on Wednesday again compared the catastrophic Maui wildfire to a small kitchen fire at his Delaware home, despite being widely blasted on social media for having told the same story last week.

August 30, 2023