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Mother Jonesby Alex Nguyen1 Sept 2026
US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is set to depart the Pentagon in the next few days, following a months-long feud with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the firings of several top officials and...
Mother Jonesby Rachel Santarsiero1 Sept 2026
On Monday, an Obama-appointed federal judge ruled that New York State could not enforce its 2024 Climate Change Superfund Act, a landmark law that would have charged fossil fuel companies $75...
Mother Jonesby Samantha Michaels1 Sept 2026
One judge had to build a safe room at home. Others were so scared they wouldn’t let their children play outside; another stopped grocery shopping and couldn’t attend his grandchild’s recital...
Mother Jonesby Alex Nguyen31 Aug 2026
The Trump administration is back on the warpath. Over the weekend, the government resumed military attacks on Iran for the first time in a month, which in turn prompted retaliatory Iranian strikes...
Mother Jonesby Anna Merlan31 Aug 2026
Before last week, Milo Yiannopoulos was one of the most noxious, divisive, and broadly unpopular far-right figures in the country, having whittled down his allies in the movement over the past...
Mother Jonesby Alex Nguyen30 Aug 2026
On Sunday, President Trump said that NBC News’ Meet the Press host Kristen Welker will be “reported” to the Federal Communications Commissions for “rebuke or punishment,” claiming she said that the...
Mother Jonesby James West30 Aug 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s top military brass has now privately warned him directly: His war in Iran is unsustainable and is draining America’s ability to defend itself from threats...
Mother Jonesby Alex Nguyen30 Aug 2026
If you’re a Google Map user in the United States, you’ll now see the name “Lake America” instead of “Lake Ontario,” just days after President Trump’s executive order renaming the body of water amid...
Mother Jonesby Sophie Hurwitz29 Aug 2026
Wyoming’s governor is speaking out about what he calls “aggressive” and “irregular” behavior on the part of Department of Justice employees sent to monitor the state’s August 18 primary elections.
Mother Jonesby Laura C. Morel29 Aug 2026
For Republicans in Florida, the midterm message to voters is clear: All Democrats are socialist. In televised interviews and social media posts since the state’s primary elections last week, GOP...
Mother Jonesby Sophie Hurwitz29 Aug 2026
Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee has declared his support for renaming Nashville’s airport for Dolly Parton, days after the beloved singer’s death.
Mother Jonesby Sophie Hurwitz29 Aug 2026
Poh Si Teng couldn’t bear the silence as the Israeli government killed hundreds of Palestinian journalists in Gaza.
Mother Jonesby Satchel Walton29 Aug 2026
Around 1,200 OpenAI agents worked together to cheat on cybersecurity tests they were being given, according to a new independent report on the company’s Hugging Face hacking incident that includes...
Mother Jonesby Macie Parker28 Aug 2026
For roughly a year and a half, California state and local authorities have been locked in a power struggle with the Trump administration over who gets to regulate oil production off the coast of...
Mother Jonesby David Corn28 Aug 2026
A version of the below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles...
Mother Jonesby Sophie Hurwitz27 Aug 2026
President Donald Trump on Thursday followed through on a threat to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” issuing an executive order to “Make the Great Lakes Even Greater” amid a collapsed trade...
Mother Jonesby Schuyler Mitchell27 Aug 2026
More than a dozen local law enforcement agencies across the country have used opioid settlement money to procure Flock cameras and other AI-powered automated license plate readers (ALPRs), an...
Mother Jonesby Calvin Davis27 Aug 2026
This story was originally published by Capital B and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Mother Jonesby Sonel Cutler27 Aug 2026
In the frenzied, finger-pointing days following Charlie Kirk’s assassination last year, institutions across the country rushed to appease online mobs and vitriolic politicians who demanded...
Mother Jonesby Anna Merlan26 Aug 2026
A nationwide social media addiction trial against Meta came to an abrupt end on Wednesday, with the company announcing a sweeping settlement with 52 attorneys general.
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