Food benefits for low income families at risk in a government shutdown, White House says
Fall peppers and chili at Bloomingdale Farmers Market on Nov. 9, 2014, in Washington, D.C. The market accepted Women, Infant and Children (WIC) Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program benefits coupons. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung. WASHINGTON — As Congress barrels toward a partial government shutdown, the White House Monday warned that a program that helps millions…
Anti-democratic moves by state lawmakers raise fears for 2024 election
In September, the GOP-controlled Wisconsin state senate voted to oust Meagan Wolfe as the head of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Wolfe was the target of false conspiracy theories about illegal voting during the 2020 election, but she has refused to step down. Henry Redman/Wisconsin Examiner In Wisconsin, Republican lawmakers are threatening to impeach both the state’s election administrator,…
We’re Living in a Kevin McCarthy Doom Loop
Here we go again.Lenin Nolly/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For the second time in three days, a group of far-right House Republicans on Thursday blew up a short-term plan to fund the government, setting fire to efforts to avoid a government shutdown at…
Is the Writer’s Strike Nearing an End? Today Will Be a Crucial Test for Negotiators.
On Friday, members of the The Writers Guild of America picketed ABC studios during a taping of The View. Negotiations continued across the weekend in LA.Matthew Rodier/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Is the months-long writers’ strike finally coming to an end? We should…
Trump Really, Really Doesn’t Want More People to Vote in Pennsylvania
Alex Brandon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In an era of mounting threats to free and fair elections ginned up by Republicans, voting rights experts agree that automatic voter registration is one of the best ways to expand access to the ballot. So when…
Why Did It Take So Long for Dems to Turn Against Bob Menendez?
Sen. Bob Menendez, left, stands with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, center, and Sen. Cory Booker prior to an event kicking off Menendez’s campaign for reelection on March 28, 2018, in Union City, N.J.Julio Cortez/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Within hours of Sen.…