MAGA Candidate Loses Bid to Replace Mitt Romney
Utah Senate candidate Trent Staggs carries a “Utah For Trump flag” during a rally on June 14, 2024, in Orem, Utah. Rick Bowmer/AP Photo Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Former President Donald Trump hates losers, but he backed one in the Utah Senate…
Jamaal Bowman Loses Primary to George Latimer—and a Lot of AIPAC Money
Rep. Jamaal Bowman speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. Mother Jones; Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In the most expensive primary in the history of the United States House of Representatives, Rep. Jamaal…
US Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Crisis
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Most Immigrant Deaths in ICE Detention Could Have Been Prevented
Immigration detainees leave the cafeteria under the watch of guards. Gerald Herbert/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On June 15, Jhon Javier Benavides-Quintana, an Ecuadoran immigrant, died of undetermined causes in the Otero County Processing Center, a detention center in New Mexico. He…
You’re Not Too Good for Reality TV
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. For as long as reality television has existed, so have declarations predicting its swift demise. Cultural prognosticators have said that the genre, something consumed by the idiot masses, is ultimately a fleeting trend. But after nearly eight decades…
Will Congress’ Power Over Tax Policy Survive This Supreme Court?
Mother Jones; Engin Akyurt; Tim Mossholder/Unsplash (2) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In December, I published an interview with the tax policy expert and attorney Steve Rosenthal titled “The Supreme Court Case That Could Upend a Century of Tax Law.” Dropped last week,…