Trump’s Lawyers Don’t Seem to Have Much of a Defense
he former president, pictured here attending a New Year’s Eve bash at his Mar-a-Lago complex in 2019, before he spirited reams of unsecured documents from the White House to the resort upon his ouster.Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump’s lawyers don’t…
Biden Makes Big Move to Protect Dreamers—But the Program Remains Under Threat
Los Angeles area DACA students and Dreamers walk out of school to march and rally. Ted Soqui/SIPA USA/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Biden administration took an important step this week to protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, an Obama-era…
Federal Reserve Chair Says Fighting Inflation Will “Bring Some Pain to Households and Businesses”
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a press conference in Washington on July 27, 2022. Kyodo/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.During a closely watched speech on Friday morning, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made it clear that there’s still work to be…
Just Released: Read the DOJ’s Redacted Affidavit for Searching Trump’s Estate
Jon Elswick/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Justice Department just released a redacted affidavit related to the search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. The document provides more information about the justification for the warrant and the criminal investigation into confidential…
No, Student Debt Relief Won’t Stoke Inflation
It’s simple: without all that debt, you won’t be able to afford things.Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday, President Biden announced his much-anticipated plan to lighten the $1.6 trillion student debt burden that hangs over 45 million borrowers. Under…
J.D. Vance Appeared With Podcaster Who Once Said “Feminists Need Rape”
Mother Jones illustration; Jeff Dean/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.J.D. Vance, the Republican nominee for Senate in Ohio, is typically described as the bestselling author of Hillbilly Elegy, a venture capitalist, and a Never Trumper who came to embrace Donald Trump. But that snapshot…