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See photos from the first lunar travelers since 1972
2+ hour, 39+ min ago (339+ words) The four-person crew includes pilot Victor Glover, the first Black astronaut to travel to deep space, and mission specialist Christina Koch, the first woman on a lunar mission. On Day 6 of their 10-day journey, they'll loop around the far side…...
Republican Islamophobia has reached shocking new levels
5+ hour, 9+ min ago (348+ words) Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.), left, and Rep. Andy Ogles, (R-Tenn.)Mother Jones illustration; Michael Brochstein/ZUMA; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA If you have the good fortune of not spending time on Elon Musk's X, it is hard to…...
Pam Bondi traded her department’s independence for loyalty to Trump
15+ hour, 4+ min ago (338+ words) Attorney General Pam Bondi applauds during a 2025 cabinet meeting with President Trump.Yuri Gripas/CNP/Pool/ZUMA The department's motives can't be trusted, and no longer can it be trusted to speak honestly to judges or to follow their orders....
A MAGA Crack-up? – Mother Jones
11+ hour, 51+ min ago (726+ words) Kelly complained the war was sold to the American public by "Israel firsters, like Mark Levin." He retorted by calling Kelly an "emotionally unhinged, lewd and petulant wreck." Then it got nasty. Kelly asserted that Levin had a small penis....
Pam Bondi proves that for Trump, you can't debase yourself enough
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (361+ words) Of all the rot that flowed from Pam Bondi's tenure leading the Justice Department under Donald Trump's second term, the one that will be remembered beyond this political moment is likely to be her February 2026 hearing before the House Judiciary…...
Trump's Iran speech offered zero answers
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (535+ words) President Donald Trump departs after speaking about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington.Alex Brandon/AP Donald Trump's first national address since launching his war in Iran with Israel on…...
Trump's Forest Service upheaval sows confusion and concern
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (466+ words) Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz visits a prescribed burn last May near Lake Tahoe in California.Preston Keres/Forest Service To Bonnie and other former Forest Service staff, the plan, which will uproot thousands of employees, looks like it will…...
Trump's executive order on mail voting is plainly unconstitutional
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (846+ words) Tuesday's order is Trump's latest effort to rig election procedures so as to give his party the upper hand.Mother Jones; Samuel Corum/Pool/Cnp/CNP/ZUMA; Justin Sullivan/Getty Last week, President Donald Trump did what roughly one in…...
Nurul Amin Shah Alam's death was a homicide
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (579+ words) Buffalo Police Department arrested Nurul Amin Shah Alam instead of trying to support the Blind refugee. Buffalo Police Department/AP "The designation of homicide does not imply intent to cause harm or death," Erie County official Mark Poloncarz said at…...
It Was Another Supremely Humiliating Day for Trump
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (237+ words) The case will likely prove to be an example of Trump going too far, even for this court. Powerful forces are working to control the narrative, rewrite history, and keep you in the dark. That's why the Mother Jones newsroom…...