These Republican Candidates Think Family Separation Is a Winning Issue
West Virginia GOP Senate candidate Patrick Morrisey speaks at a press conference on June 5, 2018.Craig Hudson/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday, retiring Republican Sen. Bob Corker (R) took a stand against the Trump administration policy that separates children from parents who are prosecuted for…
Democrats Are More Enthusiastic Than Republicans For First Time Since 2006
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here are some findings from a couple of recent Pew surveys. First, a pair of questions related to voter enthusiasm in midterm elections: The left-hand chart shows that, starting in 2006, midterm votes became much more a vote against the sitting president than anything else.…
Trump’s Secretary of State Is Apparently Clueless About This Week’s News
Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State of the United States of America addressees the Detroit Economic Club Meeting held at Ford Field. Jeff Kowalsky/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As the Trump administration tries to dig itself out of the firestorm it made, separating 2,342 migrant children from their parents in just five…
Trump Wants to Replace Family Separation With Indefinite Detention. He Likely Can’t.
President Donald Trump meets with Republican members of Congress on Wednesday to discuss immigration.Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump is trying to to end the family separation crisis he created by detaining families together—indefinitely. But he likely won’t be able to do that for now, thanks to a…
Have You Ever Worked With Migrant Children? We Want to Hear From You
Mother Jones illustrationEric Gay/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Do you currently work with migrant children, or have you ever worked with them? Mother Jones wants to hear from you. The Trump administration’s new “zero tolerance” policy has led to thousands of families being separated at the border. After widespread…
Nevada Is Trying a New Drug to Execute Inmates and Has No Idea How It Will Work
Hailshadow/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Scott Dozier is scheduled to be executed on July 11. In 2016, when the 47-year-old inmate first asked to skip his appeals and be put to death, Nevada didn’t have any execution drugs on hand. But last August, the state announced that it would…