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Mother Jones | Trump Admin. Has Up to 120,000 Pages of Documents on Ghislaine Maxwell’s Prison Transfer by David Corn AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. The article examines the puzzling 2022 transfer of convicted sex‑trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell from a medium‑security co‑ed prison to the low‑security, women‑only Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas—a facility known for amenities such as yoga classes and a puppy program and previously housing high‑profile inmates like Elizabeth Holmes. After a lengthy interview with former deputy attorney general Todd Blanche in which Maxwell praised Donald Trump, journalist Michele McGowan filed a Freedom of Information Act request for every record concerning the move, only to encounter months of delay and a claim from the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) that retrieving the data involved “15.8 GB of potentially responsive records”—roughly 120,000 pages that crashed the agency’s system. The BOP’s slow, understaffed FOIA office, now burdened by thousands of backlogged requests, mirrors a broader federal trend of dwindling FOIA resources and mounting delays across the Defense, State, and Health departments, prompting lawsuits by Mother Jones and the Center for Investigative Reporting to force disclosure. Meanwhile, reports of special treatment for Maxwell at the Bryan camp and political talk of a possible Trump pardon have heightened calls for transparency, underscoring the need for the Justice Department to simply explain the rationale behind her relocation rather than leaving the public to wade through an enormous, delayed FOIA request. Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/ghislaine-maxwell-trump-prison-transfer-foia/ #GhislaineMaxwell #JeffreyEpstein #ElizabethHolmes #ToddBlanche #DonaldTrump #BOP #ReportersCommittee #MotherJones #CenterforInvestigativeReporting #HouseRepublicans #criminaljustice #politics #prisons

Trump’s Executive Order on Mail Voting Is Plainly Unconstitutional Last week, President Donald Trump did what roughly one in three American voters have done in recent elections: He voted by mail. But while Trump personally used that method to cast his vote in a Florida special election, he also signed an executive order Tuesday night aimed at dramatically tightening restrictions on mail voting for […]... 🔗 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/trump-mail-voting-executive-order-elections-save-act/ #News #USNews #MotherJones

The Racist Hoax That Changed Boston In 1989, Chuck Stuart called 911 on his car phone to report a shooting. He said he and his wife were leaving a birthing class at a Boston hospital when a man forced him to drive into the mixed-race Mission Hill neighborhood and shot them both. Stuart’s wife, Carol, was seven months pregnant. She would […] 🔗 https://www.motherjones.com/media/2026/03/murder-in-boston-chuck-carol-stuart-1989-globe/ #News #USNews #MotherJones #US

Tommy Tuberville Didn’t Just “Suggest” Muslims Are the Enemy. He Said It With His Chest. On Thursday, college football coach turned Senate dunce Tommy Tuberville took to X to quote-retweet a post from the account @EndWokeness. The original tweet were side-by-side photos of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a plane hitting the second tower on 9/11. “Less than 25 years apart,” the account wrote. Tuberville’s contribution? “The enemy is […]... 🔗 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/tuberville-alabama-muslim-islam-zohran-mamdani-september-11-islamophobia/ #News #USNews #MotherJones

The Infuriating History of the Law That Doomed Abortion Rights This piece is adapted from Amy Littlefield’s new book, Killers of Roe: My Investigation into the Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights, published by Legacy Lit (Hachette) on March 10. In 1974, an Internal Revenue Service attorney named Paul Haring pitched an idea to Catholic leaders that would shape the lives of millions of women for […]... 🔗 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/the-infuriating-history-of-the-law-that-doomed-abortion-rights/ #News #USNews #MotherJones

Trump Looks Increasingly Desperate to Restrict Voting Rights Donald Trump threatened on Sunday to withhold his signature from all bills until Congress passes a GOP-led voting bill that implements voter restrictions ahead of the November midterms. “I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed, AND NOT THE WATERED DOWN VERSION – GO FOR THE GOLD: MUST SHOW VOTER I.D. […]... 🔗 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/trump-attack-on-voting-rights-save-act/ #News #USNews #MotherJones

Teaching Kids to Read: How One School District Gets It Right The schools in Steubenville, Ohio, are doing something unusual—in fact, it’s almost unheard of. In a country where nearly 40 percent of fourth graders struggle to read at even a basic level, Steubenville has succeeded in teaching virtually all of its students to read well. According to data from the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford […]... 🔗 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/sold-a-story-steubenville-ohio-reading-2026/ #News #USNews #MotherJones

Trump Business Partner Promises New Tower Won’t Be as Tacky as Australians Fear Donald Trump’s newest business partner is assuring Australians that the Trump Tower he’s building Down Under won’t be nearly as tacky as they fear. On Monday, David Young—who runs the Queensland-based Altus Property Group—announced that the $1 billion Gold Coast development would contain 91 floors, 270 apartments, and a “6-star” resort. It will briefly be […]... 🔗 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/trump-tower-australia-gold-coast/ #News #USNews #MotherJones

New Details From Epstein Files Reveal Lutnick Had Years-Long Business Tie With Sex Offender There’s more bad news for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in the Epstein files: Previously unreported documents show he hasn’t been accurate—or, perhaps, honest—about the extent of his business ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Lutnick has had a big problem since the trove was released last month. He previously insisted he and his wife cut ties with […]... 🔗 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/jeffrey-epstein-files-howard-lutnick-email-cantor-fitzgerald/ #News #USNews #MotherJones

Measles Cases This Year Near 1,000. That We Know Of. There have been nearly 1,000 confirmed measles cases in the US in 2026 so far, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s more than four times the amount of cases as this time last year. It’s unclear how much larger the spread could be, as the CDC’s number […] 🔗 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/measles-cases-vaccines-rfk-south-carolina/ #News #USNews #MotherJones #US

DHS Shot Her and Called Her a “Terrorist.” New Videos Show Something Different. Newly released body camera footage further undermines the Trump administration’s efforts to falsely portray Marimar Martinez—who was shot multiple times by Border Patrol agent Charles Exum in October—as a “domestic terrorist.” Federal prosecutors shared three videos on Tuesday evening after a federal judge ruled last week that the footage and other evidence could be made […]... 🔗 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/dhs-shot-terrorist-border-patrol-chicago-new-video-martinez/ #News #USNews #MotherJones

The Political World of Caregiving It’s an old adage: when people get married, they promise to stick together “in sickness and in health.” But that’s easier said than done when you’re caregiving for a spouse or long-term partner, when systemic failures often lead to burnout. In her new book, In Sickness and in Health: Love Stories from the Front Lines […]... 🔗 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/mauldin-disability-care-spouse-politics-medicaid-sickness-book/ #News #USNews #MotherJones

Donald Trump’s Plan to Be King of the World A version of 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 behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. With so much going on these days—ICE murders, Venezuela, Epstein […]... 🔗 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/donald-trump-board-of-peace-gaza-israel-davos-china-russia-scam-king/ #News #USNews #MotherJones

Trump’s SNAP Rules Are About to Imperil Food Access for Millions Veterans, people aging out of foster care, and parents of teenagers are just a few of the groups who will face dire consequences from work requirements for people receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, that are taking effect for several states across the country on Sunday, February 1. Expected to impact millions of Americans […]... 🔗 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/trumps-snap-rules-are-about-to-imperil-food-access-for-millions/ #News #USNews #MotherJones

How Trumpism Is Trickling Down to Your Town Donica Brady lost her job after the Trump administration cut grant funding to bring solar power across the country, including to tribal nations. She picked up multiple jobs to make ends meet. That, in addition to caring for children, whittled down Brady’s free time. So she invited reporter Ilana Newman over when she found a […]... 🔗 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/local-news-doge-solar-power-immigration-idaho-jacksonville-florida-tribal-nations/ #News #USNews #MotherJones

Oregon Bill Would Tax Tourists to Protect Animals and Their Habitats This story was 🔗 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/oregon-bill-tourism-tax-fund-conservation-species-protection/ #News #USNews #MotherJones #US

Yup. Trump Suggested Ilhan Omar Staged Her Own Attack in Minneapolis. After Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was attacked at a Minneapolis town hall on Tuesday night and sprayed with an unknown substance from a syringe, President Donald Trump suggested that she may have orchestrated the incident. “No. I don’t think about her. I think she’s a fraud. I really don’t think about that,” Trump said when asked […]... 🔗 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/trump-ilhan-omar-attack-minneapolis-reaction/ #News #USNews #MotherJones

He Helped Build the Religious Right. Now He’s Fighting ICE. On January 24, a US Border Patrol agent shot and killed 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis after he was held down by multiple federal agents. The Trump administration alleged that Pretti threatened agents with a gun. But videos appear to show Pretti, who was carrying a licensed handgun, holding only his phone in […]... 🔗 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/rob-schenck-religious-right-immigration-minneapolis-minnesota-christian-nationalism/ #News #USNews #MotherJones