Federal Agency Accuses SpaceX of Illegally Firing Employees for Criticizing Elon Musk
Press Association/AP Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.SpaceX, the space flight company owned by Elon Musk, illegally fired eight employees after they criticized Musk’s social media behavior, a new complaint from the National Labor Relations Board alleges. The complaint stems from a June…
Electric Vehicles Just Became More Affordable
Joe Biden at the grand opening of General Motors Factory ZERO. Dominick Sokotoff/ZUMA This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A change to the federal EV incentive that took effect Monday could widen access for low and middle-income buyers who want to go electric but have been…
Congress was full of postponements in 2023. Now 2024 could be even less productive.
Even when the House and Senate brokered deals in 2023, several of the laws passed were just short-term extensions, allowing members of Congress to delay the tough job of compromise on big-picture legislation until 2024. Pictured is the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 2, 2024. Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — Congress got next to nothing done…
Americans Are Stockpiling Abortion Pills…Just in Case
Abortion rights activists rallied outside the Supreme Court last April—when requests for advance provision of abortion pills spiked in light of conflicting rulings over its approval by the FDA.Probal Rashid/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.More Americans are stockpiling abortion pills in case they…
Florida GOP Head Might Have Committed “Video Voyeurism” in His Sex Scandal
Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler addresses attendees at the Florida Freedom Summit at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee.Paul Hennessy/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Florida authorities are trying to determine whether Christian Ziegler, the embattled head of the Florida Republican Party, engaged in…
Drawn into friendly political fire, new Georgia redistricting maps prompt lawmaker reshuffling
Rep. Rob Leverett is an Elberton Republican who chairs the House Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee. The maps he led through 2023’s special session will pair up House incumbents from both parties. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder When a federal judge gave the final OK to newly-drawn electoral maps last month, it spelled curtains for the political careers…