For Disabled Workers, Discrimination Is Common—If You Even Get to Apply
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After becoming blind in his late 20s, designer and artist Marco Salsiccia had to learn to navigate the world through assistive technology—like a screen reader, software that speaks digital text and image descriptions aloud. Leveraging that…
U.S. House votes to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker
Florida U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, who filed the motion to vacate against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, leaves a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 3, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer/Getty Images WASHINGTON — Dissident Republicans in the U.S. House voted with Democrats on Tuesday to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker,…
Bipartisan U.S. Senate group to travel to East Asia amid rising China tensions
Georgia U.S. Sen. Jon Sen. Ossoff is set to travel to Asia for talks with leaders of China, Japan and South Korea to advance U.S. national security interests and Georgia’s economic relationships. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder (2021 file) U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Idaho Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo will lead a bipartisan delegation…
Next battle in Congress over Ukraine aid, as Biden presses House speaker for vote
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks with members of the media in the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 30, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Nathan Howard/Getty Images WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic lawmakers are searching for a way to clear more aid for Ukraine, after Congress approved a short-term spending bill that didn’t include any additional money…
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz files motion to oust McCarthy as U.S. House speaker
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz is photographed inside the Rayburn House Office Building Feb. 27, 2019. Alex Wong/Getty Images WASHINGTON — The U.S. House likely faces a decision this week on whether Kevin McCarthy should keep the role of speaker, after Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz on Monday night offered a motion to remove the California…
RFK Jr. Aided by GOP and Trump PAC Donors
CJ Gunther/EFE/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a swanky fundraiser for his presidential campaign last month in the upscale Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, much of the news focused on the anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist‘s celebrity guest: musician…