U.S. Senate in overnight vote sends $1.2 trillion government spending package to Biden
A U.S. Senate vote in the wee hours on Saturday, March 23, 2024 wrapped up the government funding process for fiscal year 2024, six months late. Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate took a broadly bipartisan vote early Saturday to approve a $1.2 trillion spending package, sending the measure to President Joe Biden…
What a Coup! NBC News Just Hired Ronna McDaniel.
Mother Jones illustration; Ricky Fitchett/ZUMA Wire; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, NBC News announced the newest hire to its politics team—former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel, who stepped down from her old post earlier this month so that former President…
Candace Owens and the Far-Right Influencer Who Helped Make Antisemitism Mainstream
Brett Carlsen/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After making a string of antisemitic statements, Candace Owens has left the far-right media company the Daily Wire. Headlines about the split have framed it as a disagreement between Owens and host Ben Shapiro over the Israel-Hamas…
Trump’s Social Media Company Is Finally Going Public. He Could Make Billions.
Mother Jones illustration; Gripas Yuri/Abaca/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After repeated delays, Donald Trump finally seems to be taking his Truth Social app public—an accomplishment that could set him up for a gigantic potential windfall. “Potential” being the operative word there. In the…
AOC and Bernie Sanders Aim to Tackle Housing and Climate Change in One Bill
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) take part in a press conference with other Democratic lawmakers and advocates reintroducing the Green New Deal for Public Housing.Mother Jones illustration; Francis Chung/POLITICO/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. With a sweeping legislative proposal, Representative Alexandria…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files resolution to oust Mike Johnson as U.S. House speaker
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene opted not to make the motion privileged, which would have forced a floor vote within days and scuttled a two-week recess set to begin Friday. House rules allow her to force a vote on the measure at any time. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder (file photo) Georgia Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene…