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At UN Climate Summit, Gavin Newsom Labels Trump “An Invasive Species”

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. California’s governor, Gavin...

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Oliver Milman And Dharna Noor

The Secret History of Santacon, America’s Most Hated Christmas Party

The Secret History of Santacon, America’s Most Hated Christmas Party

Mother Jones illustration; Pinball Party Productions In the winter of 1996, a cadre of police officers met an airplane as it landed in Portland,...

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Anna Merlan

Mike Johnson Will Finally Swear In His Worst Nightmare

More Epstein files could, in theory, be coming soon. That’s because, at 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson will finally swear in...

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Julianne Mcshane

Epstein: Trump Knew

Epstein: Trump Knew

New York State Sex Offender Registry/AP House Democrats on Wednesday released a set of emails in which Jeffrey Epstein called President Trump “the...

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Inae Oh

Executions Are Rising in the US. This Reverend Witnesses Them.

Executions Are Rising in the US. This Reverend Witnesses Them.

“We have a criminal justice system in which the courtroom and the sentence is so far removed from the lived experience of the condemned,” says Jeff...

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Reveal

Trump Sent Men to Torture in El Salvador, Report Confirms

Trump Sent Men to Torture in El Salvador, Report Confirms

Salvadoran guards removing a man sent to the country's infamous CECOT prison by the Trump administration in March Salvadoran Government/Getty...

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Noah Lanard

The Art of Truth in an Age of Lies

The Art of Truth in an Age of Lies

“I write...because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention,” Orwell wrote in 1946. Mother Jones...

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Daniel Moattar

Distraught, Betrayed, and Mad as Hell: Your Takes on the Shutdown

Distraught, Betrayed, and Mad as Hell: Your Takes on the Shutdown

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is facing calls for his ouster from some Democrats angry with the shutdown deal. Kevin...

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Julianne Mcshane

One Rule Is Dooming the UN Climate Talks

One Rule Is Dooming the UN Climate Talks

Brazilian firefighters walk outside the venue for the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. Fernando Llano/AP This...

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Joseph Winters

Trump Issues Fake Pardons For Fake Electors

Trump Issues Fake Pardons For Fake Electors

Donald Trump's November 9 pardon proclamation is legally weak. Luis M. Alvarez/AP Donald Trump has reportedly pardoned high-profile attorneys...

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Dan Friedman

The Many Problems With the FDA’s Big Menopause Announcement

The Many Problems With the FDA’s Big Menopause Announcement

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, right, announced changes to the labeling of hormone replacement...

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Kiera Butler

Trump’s Vendetta Against EVs Is Driving Up Costs for Every Vehicle Owner

Trump’s Vendetta Against EVs Is Driving Up Costs for Every Vehicle Owner

The average price for a new car topped $50,000 for the first time this September. Getty via Vox This story was originally published by Vox and is...

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Umair Irfan

Did the Off-Year Elections Settle the Democrats’ Big Debate?

Did the Off-Year Elections Settle the Democrats’ Big Debate?

Mother Jones illustration; Liri Agami/Getty; Stephanie Scarbrough/AP, Seth Wenig/AP A version of the below article first appeared in David Corn’s...

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David Corn

Florida Takes On Planned Parenthood

Florida Takes On Planned Parenthood

Mifepristone tablets at a Planned Parenthood clinic, July 18, 2024, in Ames, Iowa. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File In anti-abortion Republicans’...

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Julianne Mcshane

Newsom Keeps Teasing a Presidential Run

Newsom Keeps Teasing a Presidential Run

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a rally with Harris County Democrats at the IBEW local 716 union hall on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in...

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Julianne Mcshane

Donald Trump’s Dream of an Alaskan Oil Boom Is Feeling More Like a Bust

Donald Trump’s Dream of an Alaskan Oil Boom Is Feeling More Like a Bust

A Gwich'in hunter keeps an eye out for the Porcupine caribou herd just outside the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Emily...

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Lois Parshley