The Feds Just Executed a Search Warrant on Sen. Richard Burr, According to the LA Times
Sen. Richard Burr on Tuesday. Burr and his brother-in-law sold a large amount of stock on the same day in February, ahead of the stock market collapse.Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Holy guacamole: Federal agents seized a cellphone belonging to a prominent Republican senator on…
Joe Biden Wants to Hear From Sanders’ Policy Wonks. Will It Be Enough to Win Over Bernie’s Fans?
Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.When Bernie Sanders exited the 2020 presidential primary last month, Biden promised that Sanders’ supporters would have a say over the policies Biden would run on in the general election. On Thursday, the Biden campaign revealed the members of six…
In Late-Night Tirade, Trump Explodes at New Ad From Anti-Trump Conservatives
Erin Schaff/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In a Twitter tirade shortly after midnight on Tuesday, Donald Trump lashed out a conservative super PAC that opposes his reelection bid after the group released an ad accusing the president of gravely mishandling the coronavirus crisis. “There’s mourning in…
Warren Tops New Poll for Biden’s VP
Rudy Torres/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Sen. Elizabeth Warren leads a new CBS poll for Joe Biden’s running mate, with 36 percent of registered Democrats naming the Massachusetts senator as their top vice presidential pick. The poll—which also found an overwhelming 71 percent of voters saying…
Biden Denies Sexual Assault Allegation
MSNBC For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For weeks, Joe Biden had remained silent about the accusations leveled by Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer who alleges Biden sexually assaulted her more than 25 years ago. When he finally broke that silence early Friday morning, he reiterated what his…
Trump Is Weaponizing the Nice Things He Forced Democratic Governors to Say About Him
Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) at a press conference in New York on March 30, 2020. John Lamparski/NurPhoto via Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Trump campaign has spliced together footage of Democratic governors giving positive reviews of the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic…