McCarthy’s Day One Plan: Gut the Office of Congressional Ethics
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy of Calif., points to the newly installed nameplate at his office after he was sworn in as speaker of the 118th Congress in Washington, early Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. Jose Luis Magana/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After…
New Study Finds Gas Stoves a Key Cause of US Childhood Asthma
Around 650,000 American children, researchers estimate, may be suffering asthma attacks caused by gas stoves in their homes.Getty Images This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. About one in eight cases of asthma in children in the United States is due to the pollution given off by cooking…
Kevin McCarthy Is Cutting Deals With the Big Lie’s Worst Offenders
Kevin McCarthy won support Friday from Rep. Ralph Norman, who on Jan. 17, 2021, urged Trump to invoke “Marshall Law.”Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.House Republicans are celebrating the anniversary of the January 6 attack by making it clear that they are…
“This Place Rules” Is a People’s History of January 6
Mother Jones; Youtube Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The 25-year-old documentarian Andrew Callaghan has been pissing off reporters lately. In his new HBO documentary, This Place Rules, Callaghan chronicles the events leading up to January 6, 2021, via dozens of man-on-the-street interviews with outlandish…
“The Stick Is Much Bigger Than the Carrot” in Biden’s New Border Plan
President Joe Biden speaks about border security. Patrick Semansky/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced new and stricter border enforcement measures that include the expansion of a Trump-era policy to summarily expel migrants and further restrict asylum seekers’ ability…
Insurrection: January 6, Up Close and Firsthand
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The work of photographer Nate Gowdy should be familiar to regular Mother Jones readers, especially those who’ve followed our January 6 reporting. His black-and-white photos captured the chaos as protesters marched from the “Stop the Steal” rally to the…