Some GOP senators shy away from Trump threat he won’t aid ‘delinquent’ NATO allies
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump mocks U.S. President Joe Biden while speaking during a Get Out The Vote rally at Coastal Carolina University on Feb. 10, 2024 in Conway, South Carolina. South Carolina holds its Republican primary on February 24.Win McNamee/Getty Images WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic senators on Monday distanced themselves…
Congress is looking at expanding the child tax credit again. Who would benefit?
Children from the KU Kids Deanwood Childcare Center complete a mural celebrating the launch of the Child Tax Credit on July 14, 2021 at the KU Kids Deanwood Childcare Center in Washington, D.C. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Community Change WASHINGTON — The bipartisan tax package passed by the U.S. House last month is not a done deal,…
How the FBI Infiltrated Denver’s Racial Justice Movement
People protest for racial justice near the Colorado State Capitol on June 6, 2020.Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In case you missed it, Mother Jones has officially merged with the nonprofit investigative news outlet Reveal. Among many other exciting changes, this means that going forward…
The Kansas City Chiefs Still Have a Racist Name
Ed Zurga/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers head to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl on Sunday, Native activists will for the fourth time in five years travel to the stadium where the championship…
Climate Change Caused the Storms. Our Failing Infrastructure Made Them Lethal.
A downed tree in Portland, OR on Jan. 13, 2024.Jenny Kane/AP When snow hit Nashville this January, residents were almost cheerful as they noted the rare occurrence. A local musician posted a video, singing in the snow, with the caption “I thought when we moved South we did not have to worry about snow…too hot…
Georgia Senate Republicans say probe of Fulton DA in 2020 election case will be free of bias
Athens Republican Sen. Bill Cowsert said the special committee’s objective is to find the truth and not conduct partisan biased investigations into Fani Willis’ decision to pursue a case against the former Republican president. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder The chairman of a Georgia Senate panel pledged on Friday that his committee will be on a fact…