How Money Flowed From Moscow to the Seychelles to Belize to Scotland to a GOP Lobbyist
Lulzim Basha, then head of a Democratic Party of Albania, with President Donald Trump in June 2017Mother Jones illustration; Getty; Facebook Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Five years ago, Mother Jones broke a wild story: A mysterious Scotland-based shell company had paid a GOP-linked…
Cop28 Climate Summit Host Also Runs Abu Dhabi’s State Oil Company
Sultan Al Jaber speaking during Climate Future Week at Museum of the Future in Dubai. Kamran Jebreili/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The state oil company of the United Arab Emirates, whose CEO will preside over imminent UN climate negotiations, has the largest net-zero-busting expansion plans…
She Fled Tennessee for Abortion Care. Now She’s Running for State House So Others Won’t Have To.
Mother Jones; Instagram; Wikimedia Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Allie Phillips, a 28-year-old running as a Democrat for the Tennessee House of Representatives in District 75, has told her abortion story countless times. She has explained it to her followers on TikTok, to the lawyers…
Wee hours U.S. Senate drama: GOP colleagues on the floor battle Tuberville blockade
U.S. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., speaks on the U.S. Senate floor on Thursday, Nov. 16, asking to take up and confirm two military nominees blocked by Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, who is seated at left. Screenshot from C-SPAN 2 WASHINGTON — After a marathon day and late-night vote to avert a Thanksgiving government shutdown,…
Congress sends stopgap spending bill to Biden’s desk, averting shutdown for now
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, a Washington state Democrat, said just before the stopgap spending bill passed that she’s already turned her attention to “what happens next.” Murray is shown speaking during a hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Nov. 8, 2023. Alex Wong/Getty Images WASHINGTON — U.S.…
Obama, Warren, Sanders: Former Staffers Are Calling on Their Bosses to Demand a Ceasefire
More than 130 former Obama campaign staffers and political appointees are begging the former president to “leverage” his influence to call for a ceasefire.Scott Olson/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.More than 130 former Obama campaign staffers and political appointees have sent the ex-president…