Mike Johnson Is Still Against Single-Party Impeachments. Unless He’s Leading One.
Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.House Speaker Mike Johnson believes in facts. “Facts are stubborn things, and they do not change,” he said this Sunday on Meet the Press. Neither does his stance on single-party impeachment, he would like us to believe. “The…
A “Political Stunt”: House Republicans Move Forward With Impeachment of DHS Secretary Mayorkas
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.Alex Brandon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.House Republicans have taken another step toward their unprecedented efforts to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who they blame for a migrant crisis at the US-Mexico border. On Tuesday, the Homeland Security Committee…
Texas’ Standoff With the Border Patrol Is a Constitutional Powder Keg
Texas Army National Guard soldiers attached razor wire to a temporary fence closing off access to the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass.Suzanne Ringle/Texas National Guard via ZUMA Press Wire Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.“The Federal Government has broad constitutional powers in determining what…
A Nixon-Era Food Program for Babies and Pregnant People Is Running Out of Cash
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In any given month, about 1.63 million women, 1.71 million infants, and 3.52 million children under the age of 5 receive federal food assistance from a program colloquially known as WIC. Among the recipients of that…
Republicans Are Grasping for a Reason to Impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing.Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday, House Republicans renewed their plan to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. It is part of a long attempt to pin the failures—both real…
One of the Most Controversial US Spy Programs Just Got Quietly Renewed
Mother Jones; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On December 22, President Joe Biden signed a $886 billion defense bill that renewed one of the US government’s most controversial spy programs. Tucked in the 3,000-page legislation is an extension of the administration’s power to…