McConnell: I’d “Absolutely” Back Trump If He’s The 2024 GOP Nominee
Caroline Brehman/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.It took less than two weeks for Mitch McConnell to go from condemning Donald Trump’s role in the Capitol insurrection as a “disgraceful dereliction of duty” to voicing his…
The Texas Fiasco Makes the Case for Creating a National Power Grid
Ralph Lauer/ Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.You could point fingers in several directions for the outages that stemmed from last week’s polar vortex obliteration of the Texas power grid. You can’t rightly blame Earth for…
Two Controversial Detention Centers Will Reportedly Stop Holding Families Long Term
A Honduran asylum seeker, recently released from federal detention, holds the hand of her six-year-old daughter at a bus depot in McAllen, Texas.LOREN ELLIOTT/AFP via Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In a significant change to…
“Please Don’t Kill Me,” Angelo Quinto Pleaded. The Cops Kneeled on His Neck for Four Minutes.
The Quinto-Collins family. Angelo Quinto is at far right.Law offices of John Burris Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Angelo Quinto had two fears: death and the police. He always told his mother to comply with the…
Senate Parliamentarian Kills the Dream of a $15 Minimum Wage—for the Moment
Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In a major blow to Democrats’ plan to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, the Senate parliamentarian ruled on Thursday that the proposed increaser can’t…
The House Just Voted to Protect Gay and Transgender Rights
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds a press conference before the House votes on the Equality Act.Rod Lamkey/CNP/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The US House of Representatives voted 224–206 Thursday afternoon to pass the Equality Act,…