Steve Bannon Still Isn’t in Prison, but He’s a Little Closer
Steve Bannon, a free man, on February 24, 2024, at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland.Ron Sachs/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Steve Bannon’s odds of going to prison ticked up on Friday when DC’s Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal of…
SCOTUS Justices: Why Isn’t DOJ Treating Dobbs Protesters Like January 6 Attackers?
Eric Lee/ZUMA; mpi34/MediaPunch /IPX Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Conservative Supreme Court justices on Tuesday questioned the Justice Department’s use of a 2002 statute against obstructing an official proceeding to prosecute a number of people involved in the January 6 attack on Congress. In…
More Than 150 Democrats Urge Biden to Help Stop the Criminalization of Pregnant People
Congressional Democrats want Biden to do more to protect pregnant people from criminalization, pointing to the case of Brittany Watts.Sue Ogrocki/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.More than 150 Democratic members of Congress have written to President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Health…
Former Trump Aide Peter Navarro Sentenced to Four Months in Jail
Peter Navarro prior to his sentencing on January 25.Bryan Olin Dozier/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A federal judge on Thursday sentenced former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro to four months in prison for contempt of Congress, while tearing into Navarro’s claims that he…
Justice Department Finds “Cascading Failures” Contributed to Botched Uvalde Police Response
Eric Gay/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The police response to the May 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which killed two teachers and 19 elementary school students at Robb Elementary School, was significantly botched by “cascading failures of leadership, decision-making, tactics, policy, and…
The Eye-Popping Details of Rudy Giuliani’s Bankruptcy Filing
Rudy Giuliani leaves federal court in Washington after a jury ordered him to pay $148 million to former Georgia election workers he defamed.Andrew Thomas/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Rudy Giuliani filed for bankruptcy on Thursday, a step he said was unavoidable after he was ordered…