Scandal-Struck George Santos Just Revived the Firm That Netted Him Mystery Millions
John Locher/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Monday, the New York Times published an explosive story revealing that George Santos, a New York Republican elected last month to the House of Representatives, had made what appeared to be brazenly false statements about his…
It’s Official: The January 6 Committee Calls for Trump Prosecutions
Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The House committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on Congress voted unanimously on Monday to ask the Justice Department to charge former President Donald Trump with crimes. The committee referred charges against Trump of conspiracy to…
Raphael Warnock Beats Herschel Walker in Georgia Senate Runoff
Mother Jones illustration; Brynn Anderson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Democrat Raphael Warnock—the incumbent junior Senator from Georgia, the son of a former sharecropper, and the senior pastor at the church where Martin Luther King Jr. used to preach—has won the runoff election against…
Family of Fallen Jan. 6 Officer Snub McCarthy and McConnell at Gold Medal Ceremony
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, at a ceremony to commemorate law enforcement officials who responded to the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, several award recipients and their families snubbed the nation’s top Republicans, Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell. Among those…
Oath Keepers Founder Convicted of Sedition in Capitol Attack
Grace Molteni/Mother Jones; Collin County Sheriff’s Office/AP, Mihoko Owada/STAR MAX/IPx/AP; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A jury has convicted Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, of seditious conspiracy and other crimes, a milestone in the Justice Department’s sprawling…
Congress Won’t Be Able to Ban Assault Weapons Anytime Soon. Sen. Chris Murphy Has Another Idea.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., arrives for a news conference after the senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, June 14, 2022.Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A shooter used an assault-style rifle and handgun to kill five people…