The Trump Administration Orders an Al Jazeera Affiliate to Register as a Foreign Agent
Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.The US Justice Department on Monday declared that the Al Jazeera Media Network—the international news organization based in Doha—”is an agent of the Government of Qatar.” The DOJ has ordered the network’s…
Mike Pompeo Plans to Push His Anti-LGBTQ Commission at the UN
Alex Halada/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Two months after a controversial State Department commission elevated religious freedom at the expense of LGBTQ equality and reproductive rights, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is planning to promote its findings at the United Nations, Mother…
Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani Worked With an “Active Russian Agent” to Discredit Joe Biden
Rudy Giuliani and President Donald Trump on Aug. 14 at an event at Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, N.J.Susan Walsh/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.A Ukrainian parliamentarian who has supplied Rudy Giuliani with information intended to smear Joe Biden has been “an…
Trump Used to Regularly Brag About Giving Money to the Pentagon. Now He’s Lashing Out at the Defense Industry.
Mark Wilson/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.On Monday, President Trump delivered one of his most baffling lines yet at a White House news conference. Asked again about the Atlantic story detailing his disparagement of wounded veterans and soldiers who died in war, Trump said…
Trump’s Pick for Afghanistan Ambassador Wants to Withdraw US Troops Immediately
Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.In a move the could have major implications for the longest running war in US history, the Trump administration is planning to nominate Will Ruger to be the next ambassador to Afghanistan, the Wall Street Journal reported…
Appeals Court Says Bill Barr Can’t Drop Michael Flynn Charges Yet
Attorney General William Barr testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on July 28, 2020.Chip Somodevilla/CNP via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.The Justice Department will have to defend Attorney General William Barr’s controversial attempt to drop charges against Michael Flynn, the…