How the War in Gaza Makes Life Nearly Impossible for Disabled People
Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Last December, UNICEF reported that two and a half months into Israel’s offensive in Gaza, at least a thousand children lost one or both of their legs. As more Palestinians become disabled, their risks expand.…
Trump NY sentencing delayed after U.S. Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling
Former U.S. President Donald Trump walks to speak to the media after being found guilty following his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024, in New York City. Trump’s attorney has asked the court to set aside the guilty verdicts, the first for a former U.S. president, after a Monday U.S.…
U.S. Supreme Court immunity ruling likely further delays Fulton racketeering case
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…
Steve Bannon Swaps His Podcast Studio for a Prison Cell
Steve Bannon at the 2023 CPAC conference, in National Harbor, Maryland.Mark Peterson/Redux Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. It was a Tuesday morning in May and the mood on War Room, Steve Bannon’s twice-daily talk show, was characteristically grim. “The pre-kinetic part of the…
“The President Is Now a King”: The Most Blistering Lines From Dissents in the Trump Immunity Case
Mother Jones; Carolyn Kaster/AP; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In response to the Supreme Court’s momentous decision ruling that presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for “official” acts, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson issued blistering dissents. They blasted the reasoning…
The Supreme Court Just Put Trump Above the Law
Justin Lane/Pool/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that presidents have broad criminal immunity for official acts, effectively placing the presidency beyond the reach of criminal law for the first time in the country’s history. The 6-3 decision…