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…
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…
Charges Connected to Trump White House Are Part of a Broader Probe Into Qatar Influence
Richard Olson in 2012 before a hearing on his nomination as US ambassador to Pakistan.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.A former US Ambassador to Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates faces criminal charges for joining in a secret…
Trump Pardoned Michael Flynn. Now Flynn’s Business Partner Will Get a New Trial.
Beowulf Sheehan/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Before Michael Flynn supported a coup attempt, became a QAnon proponent or pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about Russia, he secretly lobbied in the United States on behalf of Turkey’s president. And that…
Did American Lobbyists Help Vladimir Putin Get a Win in Congress? You’ll Never Know.
The receiving station for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany.Sean Gallup/Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.As Vladimir Putin threatens Ukraine, the fate of a 764-mile pipeline under the Baltic Sea has become a top US foreign policy…
Monster: IIeana Ros-Lehtinen’s Lobbying Work
Mother Jones illustration; United States Congress/Wikipedia Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.As usual, the staff of Mother Jones is rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. Find 2021’s heroes and monsters here. I recently got a nice Happy Holidays email from Ileana Ros-Lehtinen,…