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Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. During a sworn deposition on Monday, Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) declined to answer repeated questions from one of his ex-wife’s lawyers about whether he pushed a girl down a staircase during high school. The depositi... See more

Several Democratic members of Congress are requesting the House Ethics Committee investigate their colleague, Congressman Max Miller (R-OH), over allegations that he assaulted his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, and possibly injured their child. “The recent report... See more

Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In mid-March, two detectives, an Ohio county Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS) caseworker, and a Cleveland Clinic physician met on Zoom to discuss how the 2-year-old daughter of a congressman and gran... See more

Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Additional reporting by Anna Rogers Two years ago, we devoted an entire issue to the rise of the American oligarchy. Since then, our oligarchic system has become more entrenched and pervasive, revolving around a sm... See more

Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. 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 ele... See more