Will the Supreme Court Make the Sacklers Pay for the Opioid Crisis?
Allison Bailey/NurPhoto via Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Will the Sackler family finally begin paying out a multibillion settlement to cities, states, tribes, and individuals reeling from the opioid epidemic? The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Monday in a case that…
Watch SNL Roast George Santos as He’s Booted From Congress
After disgraced Rep. George Santos was expelled from Congress on Friday for alleged ethics violations, including spending donor money on Botox treatments, the writers of Saturday Night Live wasted no time roasting him. The show led off with a news conference by Santos, played by Bowen Yang, on the steps of the US Capitol. “I’m being…
Georgia Republicans’ New Voting Maps Defy Court Order to Boost Black Representation
Four Republican Georgia state senators vote in favor of their party’s plan to draw new voting districts, Nov. 30, 2023, at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. Jeff Amy/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In late October, a federal court ruled that Georgia’s electoral maps…
Trump Can Be Prosecuted for Trying to Overturn Election, Judge Rules
Former President Donald Trump waits to take the witness stand during his civil fraud trial at the New York Supreme Court, Nov. 6, 2023, in New York.Brendan McDermid/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled on Friday that Donald Trump does…
UN Deems North Carolina Chemical Pollution a Human Rights Violation
Lance King/Getty Images/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The United Nations says the ongoing PFAS contamination of the Cape Fear watershed in North Carolina violates residents’ right to a clean and safe environment, and it has urged the Environmental Protection Agency to hold the polluters accountable. Its…
The Supreme Court Case That Could Upend a Century of Tax Law
Mother Jones illustration; George Marks/Retrofile RF/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in Moore v U.S., a case that nominally involves the right of the US government to tax a couple, Charles and Kathleen Moore, on…