Trump Picks the Dumbest Possible Fight With Congress Over a Must-Pass Defense Bill
Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The House Armed Services Committee unanimously approved a draft defense policy bill early Thursday morning, setting up a clash not between Democrats and Republicans—who seem to mostly agree on the fundamentals of the legislation—but with Donald Trump over the naming…
Congressional Democrats Are Tying Themselves Into Knots About Whether to Restrict Aid to Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Feb. 20, 2020 visiting an area where a new neighborhood is to be built in an East Jerusalem settlement.Debbie Hill/Pool via AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Rank and file Democrats are trying to walk a thin line on Israel. Almost…
Republicans Use Congressional Hearing to Defend Trump Tear Gassing Peaceful Protesters For Photo Op
PPI/via Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The events that transpired in Washington, DC’s Lafayette Park on June 1—in which US Park Police assaulted peaceful protesters so that President Trump could pose for a photo op in front of a church—have drawn universal outrage. But during a…
Tom Cotton’s Argument Against DC Statehood Is the Same One Racists Have Always Used
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) sounded the alarm that DC statehood would create a weirdly shaped blob.C-Span. For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Friday, the House of Representatives is set to pass a bill that would make Washington, DC, the 51st state. The District would change its name…
Roger Stone Prosecutor Says “We Were Told That We Could Be Fired” Over Case
Attorney General William Barr at the White House on June 16.Stefani Reynolds/CNP via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A Justice Department lawyer who prosecuted Roger Stone says that he and other career prosecutors “were told that we could be fired,” if they resisted political pressure…
Jamaal Bowman Declares Victory Over 16-Term Rep. Eliot Engel
Jamaal Bowman, Democratic candidate for NY-16, addresses supporters at a stop in Hastings-on-Hudson during his ”Bowmentum World Tour” the weekend before Election Day.Gina M Randazzo/ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Another year, another congressional heavyweight from New York City who is on the verge of falling…