Senator Bob Menendez Convicted on All Counts in Bribery Trial
Aaron Schwartz/NurPhoto/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. A jury found New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez guilty on all counts on Tuesday afternoon, marking the end of the powerful lawmaker’s two-month corruption trial. Federal prosecutors had accused Menendez of accepting bribes in exchange for…
Anti-Abortion Firebrands Are Celebrating the Trump-Vance Ticket
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) has railed against abortion, divorce, and people who don’t want to have children. Now, he’s Trump’s running mate.Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. After former President Trump announced on Monday that he had picked Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio)…
In the US, Counting the Dead in Gaza Has Become a Gruesome Political Game
Palestinians mourn the death of their relatives at the Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah on July 1, 2024, following Israeli bombardments in the central Gaza Strip.Omar Ashtawy/APA Images/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On July 5, the Lancet, one of the most…
AOC Wants to Impeach SCOTUS Justices Thomas and Alito
AOC is taking on SCOTUS.Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) wants justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas removed from the Supreme Court. On Wednesday, the congresswoman filed articles of impeachment against the two justices, alleging in a…
Republicans Preview the Voter Suppression Policies They’ll Enact if Trump Wins
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., holds a news conference with Donald Trump on April 12, 2024, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. Wilfredo Lee/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In April, when he was at risk of being toppled by hardline…
Biden Tells Congressional Democrats He’s Not Going Anywhere
Biden is staying defiant and refusing to drop out of the race for the presidency—despite growing calls from Congressional Democrats to do so.Kyle Mazza/SOPA/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. President Biden has a message for the growing number of Democrats raising concerns about…