It’s Official: The January 6 Committee Calls for Trump Prosecutions
Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The House committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on Congress voted unanimously on Monday to ask the Justice Department to charge former President Donald Trump with crimes. The committee referred charges against Trump of conspiracy to…
Investigations of the January 6 Insurrection Are Far From Over
John Minchillo/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It has been nearly two years since organized far-right extremist groups and others who believed the lie that the 2020 election was stolen went to the US Capitol and unleashed violence and destruction. On Monday, the bipartisan…
Argentina Prevails Over France in Dramatic World Cup Final
Argentina’s Lionel Messi celebrates his team’s victory in the Qatar World Cup final.Grigory Sysoev/Sputnik via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Argentina won the World Cup on Sunday, defeating France in a dramatic 4-2 shootout after staving off a late-game French comeback that sent…
McCarthy’s Bruising Fight for House Speaker Doesn’t Seem To Be Getting Any Easier
It was meant to be easy.John Locher/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s quest to become Speaker of the House of Representatives appears to be increasingly threatened by a small but vocal group of conservative hardliners, raising the possibility that the Californian…
A Missing Foster Child Was Finally Found. Grave Questions About the Child Welfare System Remain.
Police accuse foster mother Amanda Dinges, left, and her mom Amber Lyn Dinges of kidnapping a five-year-old boy and taking him to Vietnam.Mount Vernon Police Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, a harrowing three-week search for a missing foster child came to a…
Mark Your Calendars: Monday Is “Trump Criminal Referral Day” for the Jan. 6 Panel
Hello darkness, my old friend.Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The January 6 committee investigating the Capitol attack will meet publicly on Monday to vote on a long-anticipated outcome of their deliberations: Whether to refer former president Donald Trump to the Department of…