In New York, the Criminal Probe Into the Trump Organization Just Seriously Intensified
AP Photo/Alex Brandon 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.New York attorney general Letitia James notified the Trump Organization on Tuesday that she has expanded her long-running civil investigation into former president Donald Trump’s business empire to…
The Justice Department Considers the Trump Campaign’s Favorite Fundraising Tactic a Scam
AP Photo/Evan Vucci 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.In recent years, political campaigns have increasingly begun using a dubious fundraising tactic: promising donors their contributions will be matched by two, three, or even five times. Donald…
Is Georgia About to Hand Its Universities to a Climate-Denying MAGA Stalwart?
Sonny Perdue with cardboard Trump cutoutTom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/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.Sonny Perdue, Donald Trump’s loyal-till-the-end agriculture secretary, could use a new job. Georgia’s sprawling public university system needs a new chancellor. The University…
Documents Show Trump Officials Used Secret Terrorism Unit to Question Lawyers at the Border
A Customs and Border Protection Agent talks to a US activist.Herika Martinez/AFP/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.This story was published originally by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to…
House Dems and Republicans Strike a Deal on a 1/6 Commission—But There’s One Big Catch
John Minchillo/AP 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 Friday morning, big news hit: Democrats and Republicans in the House had reached a compromise to set up a bipartisan, independent commission that would investigate the January 6…
Liz Cheney Removed From GOP Leadership for Telling the Truth
Melina Mara/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.House Republicans on Wednesday officially voted to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) from her leadership position after she continued to openly condemn both Donald Trump’s lie that he won…