The GOP Really, Really Doesn’t Want Washington, DC, to Be a State
In response to the House passing HR 51, which would make DC the country’s 51st state, Sen. Susan Collins is one of several Republicans to suggest DC become part of Maryland instead. Pool/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of…
Cindy McCain to Republicans: “The Election Is Over”
Cindy McCain wants Republicans to get over Donald Trump’s 2020 loss. When asked on Sunday about an ongoing Republican-backed election audit in Arizona, the wife of late Republican Sen. John McCain called the ordeal “ludicrous.” “The election is over. Biden won,” she told CNN’s Jake Tapper on State of the Union. “I know many of…
As Alaska’s Glaciers Disappear, So Goes the Rest of the Planet’s Ice
Johns Hopkins Glacier is one of more than 1,000 within the boundaries of Alaska’s Glacier Bay national park.Nasa/Operation Icebridge/EPA 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 story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part…
New York Indian Point Nuclear Plant Shuts Down, Ending an Era
Seth Wenig/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.This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. America’s energy past and future was on display on Friday at Indian Point,…
How PPP Loan Distribution Became the New Redlining
A Philadelphia street in May 2020.Matt Rourke/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.The Paycheck Protection Program was supposed to help small businesses struggling from the crippling financial effects of the coronavirus pandemic. But the benefits, as…
Newsmax Issues Retraction and Apology for 2020 Election Coverage
Sean Rayford/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.Newsmax, the far-right news outlet that boosted the Trump campaign’s false claims of 2020 election rigging, admitted on Friday that there was “no evidence” that an executive at Dominion…