UN Officials Describe “Absolutely Catastrophic” Conditions in Gaza
Displaced Palestinians from Rafah arrive in Khan Yunis after Israel’s evacuation order.Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Humanitarian officials are warning of increasingly dire conditions in Rafah as the Israeli army orders tens of thousands of civilians to evacuate the city in advance…
Israel Orders New Rafah Evacuations
Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Israel on Saturday ordered hundreds of thousands in Rafah to evacuate immediately as Israeli military forces prepared to expand further into Gaza’s southernmost city amid a devastating humanitarian crisis. The warning, which arrived in the form…
Melania Trump Says Hell No to Barron Serving as a GOP Delegate
Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Barron Trump’s political debut has been shelved—for now—after his mother, Melania Trump, effectively rebuffed an invitation for her 18-year-old son to serve as a delegate at the GOP convention this summer. “While Barron is honored to have…
The Founder of Mother’s Day Mostly Cared About Her Own Mother
Mother Jones; AP; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It seems like such a simple idea: a day to honor the women who bring life into the world. But how do we square the ideal of celebrating and supporting mothers with the reality of…
Steve Bannon Still Isn’t in Prison, but He’s a Little Closer
Steve Bannon, a free man, on February 24, 2024, at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland.Ron Sachs/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Steve Bannon’s odds of going to prison ticked up on Friday when DC’s Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal of…
The Emperor Had Very Few Clothes
Mother Jones; Craig Ruttle/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.At the hush-money trial of former President Donald Trump in Manhattan, Stormy Daniels’ story is, in a sense, a proxy battle for the actual debate about bookkeeping: If you believe Daniels’ accounting of the affair…