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An abandoned swamp packed with predators. Generic rock music. A “one-stop shop to carry out President Trump’s mass deportation agenda.” That’s...
As the dust settles in Venice, where some of the world’s richest gathered to bless the union of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez, I’m wondering what...
After a brief interlude, Elon Musk on Saturday resumed his public wrestling match with President Donald Trump, ripping into the president’s domestic...
As certain corners of the political elite panic over Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in New York’s Democratic primary, the city’s...
Of the many events marking the country’s slide to authoritarianism since Donald Trump returned to power, one of the most significant is the...
As quickly as condemnation poured in over the forcible removal of Sen. Alex Padilla from a Department of Homeland Security press conference on...
As Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem talked about the need to apply constitutional rights to all citizens in a Thursday press conference, Sen....
A day after videos emerged of ICE agents chasing after farmworkers across California, forcing immigrants to hide in fields, President Donald Trump...
With tensions still lingering after National Guard members descended into Los Angeles this weekend, sending protesters who had been demonstrating...
“445cc, moderate profile, half under the muscle!!!!! silicone!!! garth fisher!!! hope this helps lol.” With an “lol” and a disarming number of...
Imagine working as a White House communications expert when, on a brisk February morning, you look up to see a crew of unannounced Elon Musk...
After a public wrestling match that featured ugly insults and Jeffrey Epstein accusations, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk appear to have dialed...
During an official Oval Office event marking the end of his time working at the federal government, Elon Musk on Friday emerged with apparent facial...
The largest Medicaid cuts in US history, which, if signed into law, would sever healthcare for the poorest Americans in order to offset massive tax...
Elon Musk’s announcement on Wednesday that his “scheduled time” working for President Donald Trump is ending was instantly met with a mix of...
Nothing is listed on President Donald Trump’s public schedule today. In theory, that could mean it will be a relatively calm day from our...
Days after the Trump administration threatened to attempt to suspend habeas corpus in an effort to bulldoze due process protections for its mass...
Much has been written about the cruel, and often unconstitutional, onslaught of executive orders that has come to define President Donald Trump’s...
The Pentagon is finally undergoing a shake-up as concerns grow over Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth: The Defense Department confirmed to CBS News on...
Amid plunging stock prices and a staggering 71 percent profit drop, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is pivoting back to his day job. “My time obligation to DOGE...
When Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland announced this week that he would travel to El Salvador to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the...
Donald Trump’s convulsive tariff policy, which all but reversed course on Wednesday with the caveat that the same pain would return in 90 days,...
After all the public groveling and taxpayer-funded trips to Mar-a-Lago, New York City Mayor Eric Adams appears to have successfully prostrated himself...
Amid intense outrage over the arrest of Rumeysa Ozturk, the Tufts student who was ambushed and detained by plainclothes federal immigration officers...
Amid efforts to downplay the extraordinary security lapse exposed by the Atlantic after Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg was accidentally included in...
As Donald Trump wages an all-out war on just about every corner of American life, Democrats have appeared nothing short of comatose. Their struggle to...
In the tumultuous swirl of Donald Trump’s anti-immigration crackdown—which has both succeeded in terrorizing communities across the country and...
As the finishing touches settle on Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony, Washington is swarming with members of this great nation preparing to kneel...
It wasn’t long ago when a daily glass of wine was considered safe, even healthy. The practice could confer onto someone a sense of sophistication, a...
Mother Jones illustration; Kent Nishimura/Getty; Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket/Getty The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up...
Jaap Arriens/AP Weeks before the Supreme Court’s emergency session that could determine the fate of TikTok in the United States, Donald Trump on...
Brandon Bell/AP Update, December 28: This story has been updated to reflect Donald Trump’s position on the H1-B visa program. Less than a month...
Patrick Stump, composer/songwriter of Marvel's "Spidey and His Amazing Friends" Mother Jones illustration; Matt Petit/Disney/Getty The staff of...
Mother Jones illustration; Courtesy Amanda Peustrich The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past...
Chris Jung/AP Back in September, amid simmering tensions between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and the country’s parliament, opposition...
Nathan Howard/AP Amid the escalating debate over whether to release a highly damaging report into allegations that he had sex with a minor, Matt...
Evan Vucci/AP Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of Donald Trump’s most outspoken supporters in Congress, is the president-elect’s pick for attorney general, a...
Evan Vucci/AP Elon Musk’s election bets paid off the instant Donald Trump was reelected. But, even as the richest man in the world sits on the edge...
Angelina Katsanis/POLITICO/AP Voters in swing states who received notice of a $1 million check from Elon Musk should know two things: Simple luck...
Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP In the final stretch of an election season teeming with ugly moments, from the racist and vulgar to the sexist and...
Evan Vucci/AP What would you do if the world’s wealthiest man came knocking on your door? Ask for a buck? Let em’ in? Run from this clear...
Thomas Krych/AP A spiral of lies and deliberate efforts to mislead parliament may have undone Boris Johnson’s premiership. But don’t expect the...
Mother Jones illustration; photo courtesy of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Julio Cortez/AP As congratulations poured in for...
Laurence Kesterson/AP Less than a week before Melania Trump is set to release her memoir, the former first lady appeared to break ranks. “Melania...
Matt Rourke/AP In a wide-ranging interview on Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris was faced with a series of questions about her position on...
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Scott A Garfitt/AP The fantasy of a Taylor Swift endorsement is finally a reality—for Kamala Harris. Shortly after the first presidential debate...
Win McNamee/Getty The opening minutes of the very first question of the first presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice...
Gary McCullough/AP On Monday, I encountered this image posted by Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee: Protect our ducks and kittens...
Matt York/AP Conservative opposition to social safety nets is nothing new. But, as daycare costs continue to soar and the US Surgeon General warns...