Family of Fallen Jan. 6 Officer Snub McCarthy and McConnell at Gold Medal Ceremony
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, at a ceremony to commemorate law enforcement officials who responded to the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, several award recipients and their families snubbed the nation’s top Republicans, Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell. Among those…
With Little to Attack SCOTUS Nominee, Republicans Are Going Full Hypocrisy
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell with Ketanji Brown Jackson at the US Capitol on March 2, 2022Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.While you wouldn’t know it from the attacks Republicans are lobbing at Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s…
Justice Stephen Breyer To Retire
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer sits during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, April 23, 2021. Erin Schaff/New York Times via AP, Pool Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.After nearly three decades on the US Supreme Court, Justice Stephen…
Let’s Just Take Republicans at Their Word When They Say They’d Overturn an Election
Lev Radin/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Tuesday, on the eve of the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell assured reporters on Capitol Hill that there was no risk that members of…
Trump’s Acquittal Has Paved the Way for More Political Violence
Senate Television/AP 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.Last week, the Senate voted to acquit former President Donald Trump of the charge of inciting the insurrection on January 6 that left five people dead and more than…
Mitch McConnell Delayed Trump’s Impeachment Trial. Now He Says the Delay Makes it Unconstitutional.
Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call/AP 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.Mitch McConnell refused to hold an impeachment trial while Donald Trump was in office. And on Saturday morning, he told his colleagues he would acquit Trump because the…