Biden Promised to Crack Down on Egypt’s Dictator. Why Is the President Still Sending Him Weapons?
Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty 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.This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Egyptian revolution that toppled the three-decade rule of Hosni Mubarak and ushered in a chaotic sequence of crackdowns, a brief period…
Businessman Convicted of Foreign Lobbying Crimes Paid for Secret Trump White House Mission to Qatar
Imaad Zuberi (left) leaves a federal courthouse with his attorney in Los Angeles on February 18, 2021.Brian Melley/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.In June 2017, two former US officials, John Allen, a retired US Marine…
Far-Right Extremism Has Become One of the Intelligence Community’s Rising Threats
Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner/Bloomberg/Getty 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.When the US intelligence community last released its public assessment of global threats at the beginning of 2019, white supremacism was barely mentioned. The 42-page report devoted one…
Progressives Are Already Pissed About Joe Biden’s Defense Budget
Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg/Getty 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.Late Thursday night, several news outlets reported that the Biden administration plans to request $715 billion in Pentagon spending for the next fiscal year. Presidential budgets are a legally…
How a Koch-Backed Navy Vet Teamed up With the Antiwar Left to Urge Biden to Leave Afghanistan
Mother Jones illustration; ZUMA 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.Joe Biden is facing a looming deadline that could define the early foreign policy outlook for his young presidency. In less than two months, he must decide…
Russia Worked to Boost Trump in 2020—With Help From Giuliani, Fox News, and OANN
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani conducts a press conference at Republican National Committee headquarters on Thursday, November 19, 2020. Rod Lamkey – Cnp/CNP via ZUMA Wire) 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.Elements in the Russian government, including…