Chaos: After Manhattan Prosecutor Refuses to Step Down, Barr Says Trump Fired Him. Trump Says Otherwise.
AP Photo/Kevin Hagen For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.4:25 p.m. ET: Shortly after Barr released his letter, Trump undercut his attorney general’s claims in remarks to reporters. “I’m not involved,” Trump told reporters outside the White House. This contradicts Barr’s claim that Trump fired Berman at Barr’s…
Six Members of Trump’s Tulsa Team Test Positive for COVID-19
Politico/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Six people working on logistics for President Trump’s Tulsa rally have tested positive for COVID-19, according to NBC News. Twenty-thousand people, none of whom will be required to wear masks, are expected at the rally, which will be held inside. JUST IN –…
First Person Arrested Ahead of Trump’s Tulsa Rally
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Tulsa police have arrested a woman for trespassing in the arena where the Trump rally will take place later today. The woman, who told an MSNBC reporter that she had a ticket for the event, was wearing a shirt that said “I…
“You’re Not Coming to Bring Us Justice. So What Are You Coming For?”
Protesters chant in Tulsa, Okla., on Saturday, May 30, 2020, during a rally to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. Ian Maule/Tulsa World/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As a child, Greg Robinson…
What Happens When a Massive Racial Justice March on Washington Goes Digital?
Revs. William Barber, left, Jesse Jackson, and Romiah Shart, attend a rally on the east front lawn of the Capitol with members of the Poor People’s Campaign in May, 2018.Tom Williams/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In 1968, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had organized a massive…
Trump Has a Half Billion in Loans Coming Due. They May Be His Biggest Conflict of Interest Yet.
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Win or lose in November, one thing won’t change for Donald Trump: Over the next few years, his company must settle a series of whopping debts. Before the end of a theoretical second term, his company will have to refinance—or, in a…