The Supreme Court Ruling Is a Milestone for LGBTQ Rights, But It Doesn’t Affect Trans Service Members
Dozens of protesters gather in Times Square near a military recruitment center to show their anger at President Donald Trump’s decision to reinstate a ban on transgender individuals from serving in the military.Spencer Platt/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Supreme Court on Monday delivered a landmark…
Trump’s West Point Speech Was Another Risky Stunt Involving the Troops
Cheriss May/NurPhoto/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A West Point graduation ceremony that would not have happened the way it did without the unbidden intervention of Donald Trump finally took place Saturday morning. It was the second time in a month that’s not even halfway over that…
Top General Defends His Actions After Appearing in Trump Photo Op
Anna Moneymaker/CNP/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, faced heavy criticism after being photographed in his military uniform during President Donald Trump’s needless photo op last night—an event that involved protesters being tear-gassed to clear the path…
West Point Summoned Cadets Back for Trump’s Graduation Speech. Now Several Have the Coronavirus.
Don Emmert/AFP/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.West Point did not need to have an in-person graduation ceremony this year. The nation’s oldest military service academy had its cadets leave campus in March as the coronavirus outbreak began spreading across the United States, especially in New York,…
We Are Combat Vets, and We Want America to Reboot Memorial Day
Albert Kool, right, and his wife Dolly, walk through the grave stones at the Cemetery of the Alleghenies, a Veterans Administration National Cemetery during the Memorial Day Holiday weekend. For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Pandemic or no, resilient Americans will celebrate Memorial Day together. Be it through…
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…