“I’m Doing the Best I Can”: Stories From California’s Unsheltered Community
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Nearly one-third of all Americans experiencing homelessness live in California. Each night, more than 170,000 people sleep outside or in temporary shelters across the state. The vast majority—90 percent—were living in California when they became unhoused. And 75 percent…
Fulton 19 recap: 900 local residents to receive jury summons in election interference trial
Booking photos from the Fulton County conspiracy case charging Donald Trump and allies with trying to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. Top row, from left Jeffrey Clark, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Michael Roman, Ray Smith, David Shafer, Sen. Shawn Still. Center row, from left, Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro. Bottom…
Georgia AG shrugs off open records violations but demands local DAs enforce all laws equally
Critics complain state Attorney General Chris Carr’s office isn’t consistently enforcing the Georgia Open Records Act. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder When Gov. Brian Kemp signed the GOP-backed Senate Bill 92 in May, he set Georgia on a path to creating something the state had never seen before: a prosecutorial oversight commission with the muscle to shove…
‘If we don’t get the aid, we will lose the war’: Zelenskyy asks Congress to help Ukraine
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, right, walk with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 21, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Win McNamee/Getty Images WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday traveled to Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers to reiterate the need for…
DeSantis Administration Recommends Against Boosters, Right as Florida Tops Nation for COVID Hospitalizations
Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last Wednesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration advised residents in his state under the age of 65 to not get the newly approved COVID-19 booster. It was only days later that new data came in: It showed…
Shutdown inches closer as U.S. House GOP fails to pass defense bill, lawmakers exit D.C.
The U.S. Capitol. Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans were unable for a third time Thursday to begin debate on the Defense funding bill, throwing another wrench into Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s leadership tenure. The 212-216 vote that rejected the rule for the $826 billion Defense spending measure was unexpected, coming less than a day after…