Trump Pays $110,000 Fine to New York’s Attorney General
AP Photo/Joe Maiorana, File Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Former President Donald Trump’s long contempt of court saga is over, for now, with attorneys for New York State Attorney General Letitia James, who is conducting a civil fraud investigation into Trump’s…
Can One Bay Area Housing Complex Radically Change Affordable Housing?
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.This story was produced in collaboration with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. The walls of Royce McLemore’s small office are covered with fresh and yellowing news clippings, group photos, and thank-you cards—testaments to her commitment to…
Climate Denial Group Is Masquerading as a Charity, Critics Say
Charles Koch in 2019. Donors Trust, a fund backed by the Kochs, has given more than $600,000 in recent years to the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s US arm.David Zalubowski/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Global Warming Policy Foundation, a climate skeptic think tank, has been…
Meet the Southern Doctor Fighting to Help Trans Kids
Anatoliy Cherkasov/SOPA Images/Associated Press Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.On May 8, Alabama became the first state in the country to ban the use of puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormone therapy for transgender people under the age of 19. The law…
Rudy Giuliani Calls Heckler a “Jackass” During Pro-Israel Parade
Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City and personal lawyer to President Donald Trump zz/NDZ/STAR MAX/IPx/AP File photo Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Can Rudy Giuliani really go anywhere these days without making an embarrassing scene? Fresh off nine hours…
Top Senate Republican Who Voted To Overturn 2020 Election Admits Biden Won Fairly
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla.Andrew Harnik/AP Photo Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The false claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election has become gospel among most Republicans. Polls over the past year have shown that nearly 70 percent of all…