Sen. Bob Menendez Charged With Acting as a Foreign Agent for Egypt
Sen. Bob Menendez during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on January 26, 2023.Bill Clark/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Justice Department on Thursday issued a new indictment against Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez and his wife, this time accusing the couple of acting as…
Trump Deceived Deutsche Bank, Former Exec Testifies
Rebecca Blackwell/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A former Deutsche Bank executive testified this week that the German financial behemoth only agreed to make massive loans to Donald Trump because of Trump’s vast personal fortune. The problem? The bank apparently thought, based at least…
Virginia Democrats Push for DOJ Investigation After Voters Were Wrongfully Removed
Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Virginia Democrats are calling on the Justice Department to investigate the state’s elections department after the administration announced last week that it had mistakenly removed eligible voters from voter rolls after incorrectly listing them as convicted felons.…
The Biggest Backlog in the US Diversity Visa Program? All the Broken Promises to Those Who Applied.
Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story is the result of a partnership between The Investigative Reporting Workshop and The Center for Public Integrity. Osama Mohamed let out a sigh of relief as he and his wife stood at the steps of the US…
EPA Opens Civil Rights Probe of Alabama’s Sewage Failures
Lance Cheung / U.S. Department of Agriculture This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Sewage collecting in crudely dug trenches. Failing septic tanks that send waste bubbling into backyards. These are some of the common sights across Alabama’s Black Belt, a strip of 24 continuous counties blessed…
Group of Republicans to Launch First GOP Effort to Expel George Santos
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., departs a House Republican closed-door caucus to decide who to nominate for speaker of the House, on Capitol HillAlex Brandon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday, a group of New York House Republicans announced that they will introduce a resolution…