Biden Official: The US Is “Not Looking For a Wider War With Iran”
President Biden mets with members of the National Security Council regarding the unfolding missile attacks on Israel in the Situation Room of the White House Saturday night.Adam Schultz/The White House/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A Biden administration official said this morning that the…
An Iranian Journalist Who Reported on Mahsa Amini’s Death Is Now in Solitary Confinement
A photo of Mahsa Amini displayed at a protest in Berlin, GermanyMarkus Schreiber/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. An Iranian journalist who reported on the death of Mahsa Amini has been thrown into solitary confinement, with no information about the charges against her,…
The Trumps Did Business With an Oligarch Linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. They’d Like You to Forget.
AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.As part of the ongoing negotiations to revive the Iran nuclear deal, diplomats have floated the possibility of removing the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps from the United States’ official list of terrorist groups.…
How are Biden’s Latest Airstrikes Not Just a War?
Brendan Smialowski/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.On a Friday in March, nearly 50 years ago, a young Joe Biden stood on the floor of the Senate and challenged the power of a president to unilaterally conduct…
With New Leaders in the US, Israel, and Iran, Nuclear Politics Remain Messy
Israel’s new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends the first cabinet meeting of the new coalition government on June 13, 2021. Jini/Xinhua via 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. In 2015, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
The House Voted to Finally Overturn the 2002 Iraq War Authorization
Doug Mills/New York Times/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.Congress gave George W. Bush approval to invade Iraq in 2002 and, for the better part of two decades, lawmakers have shown little interest in repealing it,…