“Shocking, Horrendous, Disgraceful”: Foreign Leaders Are Lining Up to Condemn American Violence
Mother Jones illustration Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Wednesday, images of shocking violence and chaos perpetrated by President Donald Trump’s supporters—and instigated by the president himself—that interrupted the joint session of Congress meeting to certify…
Nancy Pelosi Was Just Reelected Speaker of the House
AP Photo/Jacquelyn MartinAP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) narrowly dodged her toughest test yet to remain House Speaker, after she won a vote Sunday by a razor-thin margin with 216 votes,…
The Stimulus Shows the Best Congress Has To Offer for Climate Change
The Problem Solvers Caucus hold a press conference on the stimulus bill.Rod Lamkey, CNP/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Environmentalists are describing the year-end $900 billion stimulus bill just passed by Congress as the most ambitious climate…
A CDC Panel Just Recommended People Over 74 and Frontline Workers Should Be Vaccinated Next
Tomer Neuberg/Xinhua via ZUMA Press Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.A federal advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Sunday that frontline workers—grocery store workers, teachers, day-care staff, police, firefighters, and adults…
What Biden Can Do to Boost the Economy Without Any Help From Congress
Michael Byers Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.When Joe Biden is inaugurated in January, he’ll have twin crises on his hands: a coronavirus surge and the economic damage the pandemic has wrought, including business closures, high…
Biden’s Pentagon Pick Has Deep Defense Industry Ties. Now It Could Complicate His Nomination.
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Joe Biden, in defending his decision to nominate retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin as his Defense secretary pick on Tuesday, cited Austin’s “intimate knowledge of the Department of Defense…