Trump Threatens to Escalate Federal Invasion of Portland
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he walks to Marine One outside the White House en route to Texas Wednesday.Alex Brandon/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.President Donald Trump said Wednesday that federal agents will “go in and clean it out” Portland, Oregon, if state and…
Here Are the 4 Most Misleading Statements From Bill Barr’s Contentious House Testimony
U.S. Attorney General William Barr testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on July 28, 2020Chip Somodevilla/Abaca via ZUMA Press For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Attorney General William Barr is nothing if not consistent, and his visit today to Congress proved it. It also proved he’s not…
“Delay and Disruption”: Fired Prosecutor Has “Serious Concerns” About Bill Barr’s Motives
US Attorney General William Barr on July 13.Oliver Contreras/Sipa via AP Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Geoffrey Berman, the recently ousted US attorney for the Southern District of New York, last Thursday told the House Judiciary Committee, around 25 times, that he feared Attorney General William…
Mueller Breaks His Silence: Roger Stone “Lied Repeatedly”
Robert Mueller testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on July 24, 2019.Alex Brandon/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Breaking a year of public silence, special counsel Robert Mueller defended his investigation in an op-ed published Saturday in the Washington Post. Mueller’s piece ran a day after President…
Donald Trump Frees Roger Stone…and Pardons Himself
Roger Stone leaves court in DC after being sentenced on February 20, 2020.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Friday night—as Americans across the country continued protesting dangerous and divisive disparities in the criminal justice system—Donald Trump commuted the prison sentence of his longtime adviser…
The Deaths Trump Wants You to See and the Deaths He Wants You to Ignore
Anthony Behar/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Two stories went viral this week. One was how the New York Times was forced to sue the Centers for Disease Control in order to get data on how the number of coronavirus cases broke down by race. The story provided…