Democrats Think Officers Policing Protests Need to Identify Themselves. Bill Barr Disagrees.
Unidentified federal security forces block 16th Street at I Street on June 3.Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Over the past few days, Mother Jones and other media outlets have noted the presence of armed personnel with no visible identification confronting…
Debt Collectors Get a Bailout in Democrats’ New Pandemic Relief Bill
Saul Loeb/CNP/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.House Democrats’ second emergency relief bill offers a welcome soft landing for the millions of Americans struggling to pay their bills in the face of a pandemic-induced recession. But that relief is a two-way street: Debt collectors, too, will received…
Donald Trump’s Lawyer Tries to Convince the Supreme Court That Presidents Are Above the Law
President Donald Trump leaves at the end of a White House briefing about the coronavirus.AP Photo/Alex Brandon For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard more than four hours of arguments over whether two banks and an accounting firm should obey subpoenas, issued by…
America’s Senators Are Just Like Your Colleagues: Pretty Bad at Zoom
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Looking our best during an online work appearance is a real struggle. The public had a rare opportunity on Tuesday to see some of their leaders and top medical officials share that pain, during a Senate hearing into the Trump administration’s coronavirus…
Trump’s Pick for Intelligence Chief Tried to Assert His Independence. It Didn’t Always Go Well.
Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) defended President Trump fiercely during the impeachment inquiry. Now he is Trump’s nominee to be director of national intelligence.Drew Angerer/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) might be President Trump’s pick to lead the nation’s intelligence agencies, but that doesn’t…
Senate Democrats Blast Pentagon Over Coronavirus “Failure”
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper speaks alongside President Trump. Alex Wong/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Ten Senate Democrats are blasting the Defense Department’s response to the coronavirus crisis, criticizing leaders in a letter released Monday for a “slow and disjointed response” that left troops at risk. “Civilian…