The future of wildfire response: AI, drones, and robots
Mother Jonesby Mosabber Hossain5d ago
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
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top 50%Elon's fans erect 50-foot statue outside his company town
Mother Jonesby Sophie Hurwitz5d ago
On Thursday, a group of men dressed like extras from Les Misérables erected a giant statue outside Elon Musk’s company town of Starbase, Texas: a 50-foot bronze rendition of the Titan Prometheus.
A new Trump administration rule could transform gun sales. The president’s son has a stake in a company poised to profit.
Mother Jonesby Reported by Amanda Pike, Video by David Ritsher5d ago
The Trump administration has spent much of this year rewriting the federal government’s approach to guns.
David Flippo blamed staff for exaggerating his military record. His own hat tells a different story.
Mother Jonesby Noah Lanard5d ago
Last week, The Washington Post reported that David Flippo’s congressional campaign falsely claimed on multiple occasions that the Nevada Republican earned a Bronze Star with valor as an Air Force...
Want to attend an "exclusive dinner" with Trump? Just buy his meme coin!
Mother Jonesby Russ Choma5d ago
President Donald Trump is once again offering “exclusive” access to buyers of his meme coin—this time in the form of an invitation to a dinner with him and three secret “legends” to be named at a...
Book-banning GOP governor wants you to buy his book
Mother Jonesby Stephanie Mencimer5d ago
Utah Governor Spencer Cox has been making the rounds of national media recently promoting his new book, Off Ramp: How to be a peacemaker in an age of contempt.
Burned cattle, drought, smoke-choked pastures—and the SCOTUS case to make Exxon and Suncor pay
Mother Jonesby Rachel Santarsiero6d ago
After one of the largest wildfires in state history devastated Rio Blanco County, Colorado in 2025, Deirdre Macnab saw her share of horrors across the community: cows burned to death, pigs died...
Bill Pulte said he was cracking down on fraud. Now he's firing the investigators.
Mother Jonesby Dan Friedman and Hannah Levintova6d ago
Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said last year that the agency, which oversees federal mortgage regulators Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, had launched a “wide crackdown on...
In a sworn deposition, Rep. Max Miller was silent on staircase assault allegation
Mother Jonesby Abby Vesoulis6d ago
During a sworn deposition on Monday, Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) declined to answer repeated questions from one of his ex-wife’s lawyers about whether he pushed a girl down a staircase during high...
Why Trump's crypto business wants to become a bank
Mother Jonesby Russ Choma7d ago
In a move that Sen. Elizabeth Warren has decried as a “clear conflict of interest and corruption,” one of the Trump Family’s most lucrative businesses is on its way to becoming a bank.
Alito’s recusal from a key climate case may be too little, too late
Mother Jonesby Marianne Lavelle7d ago
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Shield laws are working. Now red states want the Supreme Court to end them.
Mother Jonesby Nina Martin7d ago
In what promises to be the most consequential showdown over reproductive rights since the end of Roe v.
They called her a domestic terrorist. Now Renée Good’s family is suing.
Mother Jonesby Alex Nguyen7d ago
Renée Good’s family filed two federal lawsuits on Thursday, nine months after she was fatally shot by ICE agent Jonathan Ross amid the Trump administration’s violent occupation and mass...
What to know about Hegseth’s new office of religious affairs
Mother Jonesby Kiera Butler7d ago
On Wednesday, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the creation of a new entity within the Pentagon: the Office of Religious Affairs.
The loophole that likely doomed the Cornell rape case before it even started
Mother Jonesby Inae Oh7d ago
“She never says that she was drugged without her knowledge. She admits to taking drugs and alcohol voluntarily and with knowledge. She does not allege that she was forced to engage in any acts.
Think Trump’s $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget request is outrageous? This'll blow your mind
Mother Jonesby David Vine7d ago
On April 3, four weeks after Donald Trump claimed the Iran War would be over in four to five weeks, and with his approval ratings in reputable polls dipping below 40 percent, the president made a...
From birthday celebrations to murderous dictators, Trump brings out the jets
Mother Jonesby Stephanie Mencimer8d ago
On July 3, the “Wings of Freedom” demonstrations over the National Mall featured three hours’ worth of aerial entertainment cooked up by the Trump administration as part of the America 250...
Inside the clandestine network of abortion pill mules
Mother Jonesby Rebecca Grant8d ago
This story is part of the Life After Roe package, appearing this week, which looks at the surprising resilience of the abortion access movement in the Dobbs era—and at how hardliners are doubling...
First Trump came for immigrants. Then he came for their lawyers.
Mother Jonesby Kyle Paoletta8d ago
Last year, on Labor Day weekend, an immigration attorney named Cooper Richardson spent her Saturday calling the Phoenix-area shelter where one of her clients—a child from Guatemala—was being held.
California bans ICE's favorite shock gloves
Mother Jonesby Sophie Hurwitz8d ago
On Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill banning law enforcement officers in the state from using electrical shock gloves, a “pain compliance” tool and recent hit with ICE...