Biden calls for expanded child tax credit, taxes on wealthy in $7.3 trillion budget plan
President Joe Biden released his $7.266 trillion budget request on Monday, March 11, 2024, as the annual budget and appropriations process begins in Congress and demonstrating White House priorities and values. (Getty images) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden released his budget request for the upcoming fiscal year Monday, calling on Congress to stick to the…
Biden Confronts Age Issue In First General Election Ad
President Joe Biden is delivering remarks at a Biden-Harris campaign event at Strath Haven Middle School in Wallingford, Pennsylvania on March 8, 2024. Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto via ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After a bruising month of media coverage and political attacks focused on…
Donald Trump Again Claims E. Jean Carroll Made “False Accusations”
E. Jean Carroll leaves Federal court after a jury awarded her $83.3 million in a case against former President Donald Trump.Yuki Iwamura/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Whenever Donald Trump speaks, somewhere out there a young lawyer makes partner. During a campaign rally in…
Saturday Night Live Ruthlessly Skewers Katie Britt
Katie Britt speaks during a news conference on the border, Feb. 15, 2023.Mariam Zuhaib,/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) gave such a bizarre State of the Union rebuttal on Thursday night that it bordered on satire. But Saturday Night Live…
Trump’s Back on Top. This Is Not Fine.
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Can We Slash Carbon Emissions and Still Have Economic Growth?
Ying Tang/NurPhoto/Zuma This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For nearly 200 years, two transformative global forces have grown in tandem: economic activity and carbon emissions. The two have long been paired together, or, in economist-speak, “coupled.” When the economy has gotten bigger, so has our climate footprint. This…