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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...
Once upon a time, but not so long ago, if an American president was involved with a company that had vital business before a federal agency, it would...
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...
In the future, April 14, 2025, may well be recognized as a monumental day in US history. That is, of course, if there is honest history in the future....
When Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, went looking for someone to head the National Counterterrorism Center, she landed on Joe...
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...
In early 2015, the California Department of Public Health identified a case of measles in an 11-year-old who had recently traveled to Disneyland....
Donald Trump keeps saying he has no intention of slashing Social Security, but…he and his mini-me, Elon Musk, won’t stop making outlandish claims...
This week, Tulsi Gabbard had her first brush with controversy as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, when it became known...
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...
Jay Bhattacharya, the Stanford professor of medicine and economics who President Donald Trump has tapped to lead the National Institutes of Health,...
Last week, standing in front of President Donald Trump’s first Cabinet meeting, Elon Musk, the unelected billionaire running a blitzkrieg against...
Senate Republicans seem to be cruising toward confirming as the director of the National Institutes of Health an academic who made a huge mistake...
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...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) arrive at a press briefing at the US Capitol on...
In 1999, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then an environmental lawyer, was named by Time magazine as a “hero of the planet” for his pioneering work to...
Last week, the Washington Post sparked a media kerfuffle when it reported that talk-show-host-turned-defense secretary Peter Hegseth had invited MAGA...
The below article is an updated version of a piece that first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a...
In 2023, during a speech at a Washington, DC, gala for the far-right Faith & Freedom Coalition, Donald Trump declared that he was proud to be “the...
It’s a rather wonky position in the US government: chief information officer. Most federal agencies and departments have one. The role of the CIO,...
The below article is an updated version of a piece that first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a...
On Friday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., responding to written questions from Senate Democrats, revealed information about his personal history that was not...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has admitted to the US Senate that he has reached at least one settlement agreement in which he was accused of misconduct or...
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...
In the early 2010s, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went through a contentious divorce with his second wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy. It was ugly. Richardson...
There were plenty of troubling moments during the string of inauguration events for the second presidency of Donald Trump. These include the multiple...
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...
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...
Mother Jones illustration; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Zuma; Ajay Suresh/Wikimedia In his 2023 book, Government Gangsters, which claims a supposed...
Kash Patel speaks at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on February 23. The below article first appeared in David Corn’s...
Kash Patel speaks at the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference. Michael Brochstein/AP For years, Kash Patel, the MAGA provocateur,...
Kash Patel speaking at a Trump campaign rally in Prescott Valley, AZ, Oct. 13, 2024 Ross D. Franklin/AP In the middle of the Thanksgiving holiday...
Tulsi Gabbard speaks at a rally for Donald Trump in October 2024. Alex Brandon/AP In March 2024, Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democratic congresswoman...
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...
Caroline Brehman/Congressional Quarterly/Zuma; Sadak Souici/Zuma; Drew Angerer/Getty For eight years, an article of faith within Trumpworld and the...
Donald Trump speaks at an Election Night event on November 5. Lynne Sladky/AP; illustration by Alex Connor The below article first appeared in...
Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Thursday Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP The below article first appeared in David...
President Donald Trump meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, and Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak in the Oval Office....
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) speaks at a campaign rally in Las Vegas on Wednesday. John Locher/AP The below article ...
Andrea Renault/ZUMA Press Wire On Sunday afternoon, when Donald Trump held a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City, comedian and...
Mother Jones illustration; Evan Vucci/AP Billionaire-troll Elon Musk is dumping untold millions of his $240 billion fortune into helping Donald...
President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in...
George Gallup (sitting), director of the American Institute for Public Opinion, and the institute's chief statistician, Edward G. Benson, working...
Left: a screenshot from a pro-Trump ad celebrating American workers. Right: a screenshot from a stock footage clip produced by Azulroto, a Spanish...
Vice President Kamala Harris speaking at a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina, on Sunday. David Yeazell/AP The below article first...
Mother Jones; Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty In Arizona, older people recently received a mailer declaring Medicare had been cancelled....
Mother Jones illustration; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP In Michigan, a key swing state, Republicans are mounting multiple smears against Vice...
Elon Musk onstage with Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday Jim Watson/AFP/Getty The below article first...
Mother Jones; Nathan Howard/Getty Larry Hogan, the former governor of Maryland, has a tough task. As he now runs for the US Senate, he claims to be...
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance speaks at the Georgia Faith and Freedom Coalition dinner in Atlanta on September 16. Mike...