A Top DC Think Tank Took Millions From Foreign Governments. Now Lawmakers Want Answers.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, questions witnesses at a Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022.Jacquelyn Martin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Senators in both parties are taking aim at the Brookings Institution, demanding details on funding agreements that, according to the lawmakers, could have…
Report: US Intel Officials Believe Russia Secretly Backed Albanian Candidate
Lulzim Basha, the former leader of Leader of the Democratic Party of Albania, seen here in 2021, denies receiving secret funding from Russia.Visar Kryeziu/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Back in 2018, Mother Jones reported that payments made by a shell company to an…
Despite Pleas From 9/11 Families, Trump Urges Pros to Join Saudi-Backed Golf League
28 June 2019, Japan, Then President Donald Trump with Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman at the June 2019 G20 summit in Osaka Japan. Bernd von Jutrczenka/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.A group of family members of 9/11 victims…
Elizabeth Warren Slams “Foreign Influence” at Liberal-Leaning Think Tank
Then-Brookings Institution President John Allen speaking at an event in October 2018. Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Sen. Elizabeth Warren is taking aim at the Brooking Institution, a bastion of Washington’s Democratic establishment. In a letter Friday, the Massachusetts firebrand…
A Fugitive Chinese Mogul Spent Big to Overturn the 2020 Election
Mother Jones illustration; Don Emmert/AFP/Getty; Drew Angerer/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.A fugitive Chinese mogul who has worked closely with Steve Bannon—and who is under federal investigation for fraud—spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to support efforts to overturn the 2020…
Trump’s “Russia Hoax” Narrative Just Took a Big Blow
Mother Jones illustration; Evan Vucci/AP, Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The Trump-Russia scandal feels like ancient history. But the truth still matters. And the narrative of what occurred remains fiercely contested, as advocates of the former president press…