Biden Gives Relief to Undocumented Spouses of US Citizens
President Joe Biden gives remarks on the southern border. Aaron Schwartz/Sipa USA/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Tuesday, the Biden administration announced another major immigration executive action. This time it wasn’t a border crackdown, but a new policy to offer legal status…
If You Want to Understand Trump’s Appeal, Look at John Gotti
Mother Jones; Jim Bourg/Pool/AP, Daniel Sheehan/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. When people talk about the most consequential elections of their lifetimes, you don’t hear many of them mention Bill Clinton’s race against Ross Perot and President George H.W. Bush in 1992. In…
Conservative Media Conglomerate Amplifies Misleading Attacks on Biden’s Fitness
Trump’s victory, former Sinclair CEO David Smith told an audience the day after the 2016 election, was “a really serious opportunity to seek complete deregulation” of broadcasting. Steve Ruark/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story was originally published on Judd Legum’s Substack, Popular…
Former Trump advisor poised to become new Georgia congressman representing west Georgia
Voters enter Hopewell United Methodist Church in Tyrone Tuesday. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Advisor to former president Donald Trump Brian Jack is poised to become Georgia’s next Congressman after declaring victory over former state Sen. Mike Dugan in a GOP runoff Tuesday. The Associated Press called the race shortly before 8 p.m. on Election Day. With…
Former Trump administration official to head GOP ticket in November contest against Bishop
Wayne Johnson, a Macon Republican, was declared the winner by the Associated Press shortly after the polls closed Tuesday. J. Glenn Photography A former Trump administration official has won the GOP runoff in Georgia’s 2nd congressional district in southwest Georgia. Wayne Johnson, a Macon Republican, was declared the winner by the Associated Press shortly after…
Georgia voters return to the polls Tuesday to settle runoffs for Congress, state Legislature
Georgians will go to the polls Tuesday, June 18 to settle primary races that went to runoffs after May’s elections. Joe Raedle/Getty Images How influential is a Trump endorsement in 2024? Will southwest Georgia Republicans advance a congressional candidate convicted of a Jan. 6 offense to the November election? Those are two of the big…