January 6 Committee Opens With a Narrative MasterClass
Mother Jones illustration; Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Zuma Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Look, who knows what the upshot of the January 6 Committee hearings will be. That Trump and his cronies tried to overthrow election results has been clear for more than…
Kevin McCarthy Sided With Trump After January 6. Trump Just Rewarded Him.
Kevin McCarthy dealing with Donald Trump on January 4, 2019.Alex Wong/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.In April, the New York Times revealed that Kevin McCarthy, the House Minority Leader, had told Republican colleagues he planned to ask then-President Donald Trump…
What the January 6 Subpoenas Say About Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy addressing reporters on May 11. Rod Lamkey/CNP via Zuma Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Consider Kevin McCarthy. The California Republican on Thursday received a subpoena—along with four of his GOP colleagues—from the committee investigating the January 6 insurrection on…
Congress “Certainly Could” Ban Abortion Nationwide, McConnell Says
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Since Politico published a draft Supreme Court opinion indicating that Roe v. Wade will likely be struck down, Republicans have been reluctant to take the usual victory tour, instead focusing their attention on just how the opinion leaked.…
Biden’s $33 Billion Aid Request for Ukraine Is Unlike Anything We’ve Ever Seen
President Joe Biden tours a Lockheed Martin facility in Alabama where Javelin anti-tank missiles are manufactured.Evan Vucci/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.In the little more than two months since Russia invaded Ukraine, the United States has committed $14 billion in…
Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes Sought Trump’s Approval for Violence on January 6
Aaron C. Davis/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.On the evening of January 6, 2021, Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right militia group Oath Keepers, called an unnamed person. With rioters still inside the Capitol, he was hoping to reach…