Trump Is “Not Failing” on Helping Veterans, Groups Say
President Donald Trump, surrounded by Vietnam veterans, holds up a proclamation he signed commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.Andrew Harnik/AP Long before Donald Trump became commander-in-chief of the United States military, he was promising to quickly “fix” the Department of Veterans Affairs. One of the reasons I am no fan of John McCain…
Carter Page’s Mysterious Trip to Budapest Highlights Hungary’s Effort to Win Over Trump
Imago/ZUMA Press; Korotayev Artyom/TASS/ZUMA Press; Mark Reinstein/ZUMA Press What was Carter Page up to in Budapest? Among the notable nuggets in the 243-page transcript of his recent interview with the House Intelligence Committee is discussion of Page’s August 2016 trip to the Hungarian capital. Page met there with Hungarian officials including the nation’s ambassador to…
How Donald Trump Is Remaking the Federal Courts in His Own Image
Now Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Neil Gorsuch speaks as President Donald Trump looks on during an April ceremony in the White House Rose Garden.Olivier Douliery/Abaca/Sipa/AP When Donald Trump took office, he inherited more than 100 federal judicial vacancies. It was a nearly unprecedented number, roughly twice the number that President Barack Obama inherited…
Putin’s Trolls Used the Texas Church Massacre to Sow More Chaos
Mother Jones illustration False information inundated social media after Sunday’s mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and Russian trolls were in the thick of it. Conspiracy theorists like Mike Cernovich led the way, falsely branding shooter Devin Patrick Kelly as a member of the far-left antifa movement, and the Russian media outlet RT America had…
10 Great Things That Trump Has Given America in the Last Year
fotojog/Getty One year ago today, Donald Trump—once just a New York billionaire famous for his orange complexion and “firing” wannabe celebrities on reality television—was elected to be the 45th president of this great land. In his first year, a lot has happened, to put it mildly. Here at Mother Jones we’ve spent a lot of time covering all…
Trump Starts Morning by Calling for the Prosecution of His Political Opponents
Alex Edelman/ZUMA President Donald Trump demanded on Friday that the Justice Department and FBI investigate his political opponents, claiming federal authorities are ignoring the “dishonesty” of Hillary Clinton and the Democrats. He also referred to a new excerpt from former Democratic National Committee interim chairwoman Donna Brazille’s forthcoming book detailing the presidential election, in which she…