This Week, the Biden Administration Went All in on Repairing Relations with China
Chinese Premier Li Qiang greets Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in Beijing on Friday.Mark Schiefelbein/EFE/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.US-China relations have long been tenuous, and the last two years have been no exception. There was the US diplomatic boycott of Beijing’s 2022 Winter…
Biden Says Ukraine Is Not Ready to Join NATO
Pool/Ukrainian Presidentia/Planet Pix, Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was designed to help member countries rebuild and bolster security after World War II through something called “collective defense.” In essence, an attack against one member is considered an attack…
Nine People Wounded in Cleveland Shooting
The aftermath of a deadly 2009 Cleveland shooting.Peggy Turbett/AP/Cleveland Plain Dealer Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.An early morning shooting left nine people injured in Cleveland, Ohio on Sunday. Cleveland Police say they responded after gunfire near the block of West 6th Street and…
Court Allows Tennessee Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors to Take Effect Immediately
Teens from various areas of Kentucky gather in front of the Kentucky Capitol Annex building on March 29, 2023, to protest against SB150 which would ban gender-affirming health care for transgender teens. Marcus Dorsey/Lexington Herald-Leader/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news…
Giuliani Sweats Disbarment as Lawyers Who Lied for Trump Finally Face Consequences
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani at a Nov. 18 2020 press conference at Republican National Committee headquarters.Rod Lamkey/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Two and a half years after January 6, lawyers who helped former president Donald Trump use lies about election fraud to try…
Even Trump Judges Are Ruling in Favor of Trans Rights
Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Over the last two years, Republican state politicians have done their best to wipe out access to gender-affirming medical care for trans adolescents. In a flurry of lawmaking—coordinated by conservative Christian legal groups and think…