Liz Cheney Is Getting a Ton of Money—From People Who Can’t Vote for Her
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) may have been censured, voted out of leadership, and excommunicated by her party over her war with Donald Trump. But her efforts to investigate the January 6 Capitol riot,…
Supreme Court’s Stealth Attack on the Clean Water Act Was Too Extreme for John Roberts
Chief Justice John Roberts with the associate justices of the Supreme Court.Brendan Smialowski/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. This past Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued a 5–4 shadow docket order reviving a Trump-era ruling that radically limited the ability of states and tribes to restrict projects,…
The White House Is Shifting Its Tone on Supplying Weapons to Ukraine
Damaged houses and Russian tanks in Bucha, a town recently recaptured by the Ukrainian forces .Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi/Zuma Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.President Joe Biden’s National Security Adviser said Sunday that the United States is giving Ukraine the “weapons it…
Under Pressure, the Biden Administration Is Cracking Down on “Ghost Guns”
A ”ghost gun” at 10th Avenue near 211th Street in Manhattan on Sept. 27, 2021, where police shot a gunman earlier in the day.Luiz Ribeiro/TNS via Zuma Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The Biden administration plans to release a new rule…
The 1/6 Committee Has Concluded Trump Broke the Law. But It May Not Urge DOJ to Charge Him.
Donald Trump speaking on January 6.Shawn Thew/CNP via ZUMA Wire Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The House panel investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol may not send the Justice Department criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump and some…
The Careless Display of Ill-Gotten Human Remains
A 1794 etching of Charles Byrne and three “normal” men. John Kay/Wellcome Library This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the Spring of 1782, a 7-foot-7-inch man known as the Irish Giant came to London, advertising himself in the newspapers as a “modern colossus” and “the greatest…