Is Donald Trump Siding With an Alleged War Criminal in Libya?
Khalifa Haftar at talks in Athens on January 17, 2020Angelos Tzortzinis/AP Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In Libya, where a civil war is raging, the official position of the United States is to support an internationally recognized government in Tripoli and to call for Khalifa Haftar,…
Trump Claimed Arms Sales Would Provide a Massive Jobs Boost. A New Report Shows How Wrong He Was.
President Donald Trump discusses arms sales to Saudi Arabia with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.SMG/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.President Donald Trump has become a relentless booster for weapon sales to Saudi Arabia, despite the kingdom’s increasing authoritarianism under the rule of its de-facto leader Crown…
Progressives Are Fighting for the Heart and Mind of Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy
John Nowak/CNN/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.When Joe Biden’s campaign released an ad last month bashing Donald Trump’s slow response to the coronavirus pandemic, the response was immediate and damning—from progressive Democrats. Asian American advocacy groups were quick to notice the spot’s language—”Trump rolled over for…
Why State Department Employees Despise Mike Pompeo
Chip Somodevilla/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The most shocking thing about President Donald Trump’s decision to fire State Department Inspector General Steve Linick on Friday was how routine and predictable it felt. Linick, the fourth independent watchdog the president has recently purged, had been investigating Secretary of…
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…
The Trump Administration Is Now Hiding Information About Taliban Attacks in Afghanistan
The national flag of Afghanistan rises from the site of a massive blast in Kabul, where the Taliban launched an attack in September 2019. Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The NATO-led military coalition in Afghanistan has stopped releasing details about Taliban attacks against the Afghan…