Ken Paxton Settled His Whistleblower Lawsuit. His Constituents Will Pick Up the Tab.
Nick Wagner/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the fall of 2020, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faced a mutiny. Seven high-ranking staffers suspected that the state’s chief law-enforcement officer was using the powers of his office to benefit an Austin real-estate developer named…
Report: DOJ Officially Decides Not to Prosecute Matt Gaetz
Samuel Corum/Sipa USA via AP Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Department of Justice has elected not to press charges against Rep. Matt Gaetz after a years-long sex-trafficking probe, according to a CNN source familiar with the subject. In late 2020, during the Trump administration,…
It’s Official: Dianne Feinstein Is Not Running for Reelection
Michael Brochstein/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After more than three decades in office, Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced Tuesday that she will not be running for reelection in 2024. The 89-year-old senator from California, the longest-serving woman in Senate history, said in a press…
“I Don’t Put Up With Bullies,” Says Nikki Haley, Who Worked for One
Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announced she was running for president, the way most people do—with a three-minute-long soft-focus announcement video that begins with a few notes from a piano over an aerial shot…
OSHA Is (Finally) Investigating the Hell Out of Amazon
Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Jennifer Crane pulled a 50-pound tote off the conveyor belt, boxed it up at her station, and pushed it back on the belt to be labeled and shipped. Mindful of her quota—70 packages an hour for up…
Report: Residents Uneasy with Return to East Palestine After Train Derailment
AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In East Palestine, Ohio residents are unsure of whether or not it’s safe to return to their homes after a train derailment in the area forced officials to do a “controlled release” of vinyl chloride, a…