A Volcano Scientist Is Running for Congress in California
pxhidalgo/iStock/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As the first midterm elections of the Trump era creep closer, scientists across the country are emerging from their labs to run for Congress. The president’s treatment of science—from proposed funding cuts to climate change denial—is one of the driving forces pushing researchers into…
The Supreme Court Just Halted a Ruling that Deemed North Carolina’s Congressional Map Unconstitutional
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Thursday night, the Supreme Court halted a lower court ruling that ordered North Carolina officials to revise its map of the state’s congressional districts. The decision comes 10 days after a three-judge panel found that Republican lawmakers in the state had erred in drawing the…
The GOP Wants to Slash Food Stamps. Here’s Why That’s a Stupid Idea.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump and the GOP-controlled Congress have publicly flaunted their desire to slash food aid for the poor. The deficit-swelling tax cut package they passed in late 2017 will embolden their efforts later this year, when the twice-a-decade farm bill—which funds the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
What the Federal Court Decision to Revive DACA Really Means
Row of Greek columnsFor more legal images click here:DNY59/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A federal court ruling Tuesday evening is poised to give some relief to the nearly 700,000 undocumented immigrants who were left in legal limbo after the Trump administration rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program…
The Secret to Understanding Kamala Harris
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Max-o-maticDown road 22 in Chowchilla, behind a wall of trees, impossibly green despite the brutal summer heat of California’s Central Valley, is the country’s largest prison for women, home to about 3,000 inmates. For at least a decade, no member of Congress had visited the facility—until…
Here Are the Biggest Legal Challenges Facing Trump’s Agenda in 2018
Mother Jones Illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Trump administration’s lawyers have had quite the year. Between lawsuits claiming the president illegally accepted gifts from foreign governments and a defamation case from an Apprentice alumna who has accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct, the White House legal team has faced one…