Just Released: Read the DOJ’s Redacted Affidavit for Searching Trump’s Estate
Jon Elswick/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Justice Department just released a redacted affidavit related to the search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. The document provides more information about the justification for the warrant and the criminal investigation into confidential…
No, Student Debt Relief Won’t Stoke Inflation
It’s simple: without all that debt, you won’t be able to afford things.Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday, President Biden announced his much-anticipated plan to lighten the $1.6 trillion student debt burden that hangs over 45 million borrowers. Under…
J.D. Vance Appeared With Podcaster Who Once Said “Feminists Need Rape”
Mother Jones illustration; Jeff Dean/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.J.D. Vance, the Republican nominee for Senate in Ohio, is typically described as the bestselling author of Hillbilly Elegy, a venture capitalist, and a Never Trumper who came to embrace Donald Trump. But that snapshot…
Pre-K Went Virtual During the Pandemic. For Some, It May Stay That Way.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Back in July 2019, the New York Times ran a story on an education nonprofit, Waterford.org, that had a novel idea: online preschool. I did a little digging and found that the organization was urging school districts to pick…
A Texas Judge Ruled Against the Biden Administration’s Emergency Abortion Guidance
Without the protection of federal guidance, even severe medical emergencies may not qualify patients for abortion ban exceptions.Eric Gay/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In May, you would have had to prove you were fewer than six weeks pregnant to get an abortion in…
The Biden Administration Just Announced Sweeping Student Loan Debt Cancellation
You’re welcome, fellow kids.Shawn Thew/Pool/CNP/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.More than two years after Joe Biden first floated the idea on the campaign trail, the president finally announced a sweeping student loan forgiveness plan that will relieve the debt burdens of millions of…