First School Shooting of 2024 Leaves One Dead, Five Injured
Police responded to the first school shooting of the year at Perry High School in Iowa Thursday morning.Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One student has died and four others, as well as an administrator, have been injured in Perry, Iowa early Thursday,…
Republicans Are Standing by Their Man
Republicans today are more likely to be sympathetic to Trump regarding his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, compared to the week after the insurrection, a new poll found.Amanda Sabga/EFE via ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Republicans are…
Federal Agency Accuses SpaceX of Illegally Firing Employees for Criticizing Elon Musk
Press Association/AP Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.SpaceX, the space flight company owned by Elon Musk, illegally fired eight employees after they criticized Musk’s social media behavior, a new complaint from the National Labor Relations Board alleges. The complaint stems from a June…
Electric Vehicles Just Became More Affordable
Joe Biden at the grand opening of General Motors Factory ZERO. Dominick Sokotoff/ZUMA This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A change to the federal EV incentive that took effect Monday could widen access for low and middle-income buyers who want to go electric but have been…
Americans Are Stockpiling Abortion Pills…Just in Case
Abortion rights activists rallied outside the Supreme Court last April—when requests for advance provision of abortion pills spiked in light of conflicting rulings over its approval by the FDA.Probal Rashid/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.More Americans are stockpiling abortion pills in case they…
Florida GOP Head Might Have Committed “Video Voyeurism” in His Sex Scandal
Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler addresses attendees at the Florida Freedom Summit at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee.Paul Hennessy/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Florida authorities are trying to determine whether Christian Ziegler, the embattled head of the Florida Republican Party, engaged in…