How Would the Police Have Reacted if Black People Stormed the Capitol?
Michael Nigro/AP 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.While a joint session of the US Congress was in the process of attempting to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s election win, a violent white mob incited by outgoing President…
Trump Incited Domestic Terror. Now What?
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.What a wild 24 hours. After a Trump-incited mob stormed the Capitol yesterday, a growing number of Democrats—including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi*—are calling for…
Catch Our Liveblog Coverage of the Insurrection Attempt
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.Making sense of what happened yesterday, January 6, when a mob stormed the Capitol after President Trump ordered them there to overturn his loss in the 2020 election, takes context. Start…
Only a Few Congressional Republicans Could Bring Themselves to Blame Trump for Yesterday’s Violence
Pro-Trump rioters inside the US Capitol on January 6.Roberto Schmidt/AFP/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.Speaking at the “Save America” rally outside the White House yesterday morning, President Donald Trump told thousands of supporters to “walk…
Liveblog: Congress Affirms Biden’s Victory
J. Scott Applewhite/AP 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.Nearly 14 hours after Congress convened to certify the 2020 election results, Joe Biden was affirmed as the next president of the United States, closing out a day…
After a Day of Violence on Capitol Hill, Congress Certifies Biden’s Win
Saul Loeb/Pool/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.Following an extraordinary day of violence and chaos in which pro-Trump insurrectionists stormed the Capitol Building and shut down the counting of Electoral College votes, Congress finally certified the…