Biden Suggests Netanyahu May Be Dragging Out War for Political Gain
Amir Cohen/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In one of his most pointed criticisms of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yet, President Biden suggested that the Israeli leader may be dragging out the war in Gaza for his political benefit. “There is every…
Biden Announces New Border Crackdown
President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a visit to the southern border. Valerie Gonzalez/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Tuesday, the Biden administration issued a new sweeping executive order further limiting access to asylum at the US-Mexico border. The long-anticipated move, which…
How We’ve Failed the Promise of Making “Genocide” a Crime
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Israel declared its independence in 1948. That same year, the United Nations adopted the convention that defined genocide as a crime. The tension between these two “never agains” was there from the start. The word “genocide” was coined in…
Trump Says He’s “Okay” With Jail or House Arrest
Donald Trump at his Manhattan Criminal Court hush-money trial in May.Mark Peterson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Following former President Trump’s first criminal conviction—and his rambling against the outcome—he’s claiming that the possibility of being sentenced to house arrest or jail time doesn’t…
Rumored Trump Running Mate Tom Cotton Pushes For January 6 Pardons
Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton on the Senate floor in May.Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. GOP Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), who previously called January 6 rioters “insurrectionists” who “should face the full extent of federal law,” is now singing a…
Sen. Robert Menendez Is Scoring Big Wins in His Gold-Bar Bribery Trial
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Federal prosecutors went to court last month with what seemed like a slam-dunk case that New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez had accepted bribes to help the governments of Egypt and Qatar while he was the top Democrat on…