Dianne Feinstein and the Knife Fight in the Phone Booth
Kim Komenich/Getty; Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call/via Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.“As president of the Board of Supervisors, it’s my duty to make this announcement. Both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed. The suspect is…Supervisor Dan White.” —Dianne Feinstein,…
Whistleblower: GOP Investigators Didn’t Want to Hear Allegations of Russian Influence Over Rudy
Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., and other Democrats pushed Republicans to subpoena Rudy Giuliani during a House impeachment inquiry hearing. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.House Republicans really don’t want to hear from Rudy Giuliani. Though their impeachment crusade grew out of the former New…
The Last Government Shutdown Was a Disaster for Fragile National Parks
August 30, 2020, Joshua Tree, California, United StatesAurora Samperio/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. By the time superintendent David Smith decided to close Joshua Tree national park on January 7, 2019, the list of problems was already long. Tire tracks wove through the wilderness…
What the United States Can Learn From Brazil About Asylum
Katherine Jensen, author.Mother Jones illustration; The University of Chicago Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A couple of months ago, four Nigerian stowaways traveled 3,500 miles above the rudder of a cargo ship all the way from Lagos to the southeastern coast of Brazil—without…
First defendant in Fulton County election interference case accepts plea agreement
Scott Hall, left, and his attorney Jeffrey Weiner. Hall pleaded guilty to election interference in connection with former President Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Screenshot from Judge Scott McAfee’s courtroom. Scott Hall, one of 19 defendants in the Fulton County election interference case against former president Donald Trump and his allies,…
Government shutdown nears: U.S. House GOP fails to pass one-month spending plan
U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy takes questions from reporters on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023 at the U.S. Capitol. Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — A sweeping government shutdown appeared inevitable on Friday, with the U.S. Senate stuck in a procedural holding pattern on its bipartisan stopgap bill and divided U.S. House Republicans unable to pass their…