The House GOP’s Proposal: Israel Aid by Defunding The IRS
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference on the House steps of the the U.S. Capitol after winning the speakership on Wednesday, October 25, 2023.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.House Republicans are proposing funding $14 billion…
Mike Johnson Urged a Religious Test for Politicians
House Speaker Mike Johnson addressing a meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition on October 28, 2023, in Las Vegas.David Becker/AP Editor’s note: The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you…
The UAW Strike Brought Back Militancy and Won What Seemed “Impossible”
United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain with members at a Stellantis plant in Michigan in July. Bill Pugliano/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The United Auto Workers’ 46-day strike was meant to be a historic return, a path forward by embracing the union’s militant…
Tuberville to seek floor vote on No. 2 Marine leader after commandant hospitalized
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., will seek a vote on the second-in-command of the U.S. Marine Corps after its top leader suffered a health emergency and was hospitalized. Tuberville has been blocking military nominees in protest of the Department of Defense abortion policy. Alex Wong/Getty Images WASHINGTON — Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who for months has been blocking…
Ukraine and Israel aid must be bound together, two Cabinet secretaries tell U.S. Senate
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testify during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill October 31, 20203. Blinken and Austin both testified at the hearing on budget requests, which includes aid money for Israel and Ukraine. Drew Angerer/Getty Images WASHINGTON — Congress must approve funding…
Family of Israeli hostages meet with lawmakers as Kemp rejects calls to expedite antisemitism bill
Family of Israeli hostages met with Georgia lawmakers as part of “Bring Them Home” events being held to rally American support for the Israeli hostages and demand their release. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder Rimon Kirsht didn’t speak or look into the camera during a short video released Monday morning by Hamas showing three Israeli women who…