Trump Considers Adding Paul Manafort—a “Grave Counterintelligence Threat”—to His Campaign
Paul Manafort, center, arrives in court in New York in July 2019.Seth Wenig/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.From the Nothing Matters News Desk comes this report: Donald Trump is considering bringing back Paul Manafort as a top campaign adviser. In any time other…
This Is a “Solvable” Crisis: Denver’s Mayor on How the City Is Handling Migrant Arrivals
Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On his first day in office in the summer of 2023, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston declared a state of emergency to combat homelessness. He activated the city’s emergency operations center, aiming to place 1,000 people…
Oakland’s Progressive DA Just Wants to Do Her Job. In an Age of Recalls, That Job Is Changing.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Almost as soon as I get into the car, District Attorney Pamela Price makes it clear that she doesn’t want to talk to me, or at the very least she doesn’t have time to. “I have to get some…
Trump, co-defendants ask to appeal ruling allowing Fulton DA to remain on Georgia election interference case
Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee presides in court, Friday, March, 1, 2024, in Atlanta. AP Photo/Alex Slitz, Pool (file photo) Attorneys for former President Donald Trump have asked Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee to let them immediately appeal Friday’s decision to allow Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute…
What the Fani Willis Ruling Says About the Criminal Justice System
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testifies during a February hearing in Donald Trump’s Georgia election case.Alyssa Pointer/Pool/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Much has already been written about Judge Scott McAfee’s ruling Friday allowing Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, to continue…
Russians Found a Different Way to Make Their Votes Matter
Voters line at a polling station at noon in Moscow.AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Vladimir Putin’s fifth term as Russian president is guaranteed. Opposition leaders have been imprisoned, exiled, and killed. Criticism of Putin and the war in Ukraine has been outlawed. Only…