Mother Sues ICE Contractor for Jailing Her and Her Baby in a Hotel Room
The lawsuit alleges that the contractor MVM Inc. and the hotel chain Sonesta detained the family for profit. The post Mother Sues ICE Contractor for Jailing Her and Her Baby in a…
Inside ICE, Officials Question String of Trump Admin “Midterm Panic Moves”
One ICE official said the timing of the raid on Ilhan Omar’s home was “politically motivated.” The post Inside ICE, Officials Question String of Trump Admin “Midterm Panic Moves”…
Trump Is Targeting Ilhan Omar. Where’s the Elite Media Outrage?
Unlike the raid on John Bolton, the targeting of Omar has elicited zero condemnation from NYT, WSJ, and Washington Post. The post Trump Is Targeting Ilhan Omar. Where’s the Elite…
An Arkansas Mom Obtained Public Records About a New Data Center. Then She Got Sued.
Cases in Arkansas and California show how desperately we need a federal law against lawsuits intended to chill free speech. The post An Arkansas Mom Obtained Public Records About…
Don’t Stop at ICE, Says Progressive Dem: Abolish the Department of Homeland Security
Rep. Delia Ramirez is bringing a bill to eliminate DHS a day after the raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home. The post Don’t Stop at ICE, Says Progressive Dem: Abolish the Department of…
ICE Raid on Ilhan Omar Shows How Dangerous Two Years of Flailing Trump Could Get
With his popularity tanking and his grip on power growing tenuous, Trump is becoming a decrepit tyrant — and the checks to stop him are failing. The post ICE Raid on Ilhan Omar…
A C-Section in Shackles: A Palestinian Woman’s Harrowing Birth in Israeli Detention
Dana Joudeh was denied proper food and medical care throughout her pregnancy in an Israeli prison. She gave birth to a premature baby surrounded by armed guards. The post A…
Susan Collins-Aligned Super PAC Buys Attack Ads in Portland... Oregon
The group Defending Main Street, long associated with Susan Collins, spent thousands attacking Troy Jackson in the wrong state. The post Susan Collins-Aligned Super PAC Buys…
Trump Wanted Minnesota 15 Case to Be Another Prairieland. Instead, Twin Cities Rallied Behind Anti-ICE Activists.
The mainstream of Minnesota’s left-of-center politics — including unions, the backbone of Democratic power — are behind the radical left. The post Trump Wanted Minnesota 15 Case…
ICE Shooting in NYC Inflames Mamdani’s Policing Problem
After ICE shot a young father in Manhattan, New Yorkers asked the mayor to protect them from his police department and federal agents alike. The post ICE Shooting in NYC Inflames…
Prediction Markets Have a Lock on the Midterms
As Kalshi and Polymarket dodge state regulations, prediction markets are upping the ante on next month’s elections. The post Prediction Markets Have a Lock on the Midterms…
ICE Agent on Scene of NYC Shooting Was Posing as Construction Worker, Eyewitness Says
A member of Congress at the scene confirmed to The Intercept that there was a child in the victim’s car when ICE agents shot at it. The post ICE Agent on Scene of NYC Shooting Was…
Reflecting on the Trump Era
Trump’s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation should have been an easy lift. But it quickly became a monument to failure. The post Reflecting on the Trump Era appeared first…
Armed Border Agents Arrest Protesters, Bulldoze 200-Year-Old Tree to Build Border Wall
Despite at least 10 arrests and the destruction of the tree at the center of the protest, the standoff continues. The post Armed Border Agents Arrest Protesters, Bulldoze…
Feds Charged Activists Just Before Major Anti-ICE Protest in a Tiny Vermont Town
Authorities are taking unprecedented steps to charge protesters in a sleepy Vermont town that hosts an ICE intelligence and targeting center. The post Feds Charged Activists Just…
Susan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the Army Didn’t Want. Then Campaign Donations Poured In.
Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor. The post Susan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the…
Mahmoud Khalil: “We Can’t Afford to Stay Silent”
Taken by ICE last year for protesting Israel, Khalil speaks on how his fight is bigger than whether he gets to stay in this country. The post Mahmoud Khalil: “We Can’t Afford to…
The Pentagon’s Secret Budget
Trump’s proposed budget hides $1 trillion in military spending from the public by spreading it across disparate government agencies. The post The Pentagon’s Secret Budget appeared…
Exclusive: Feds Denied Ballistics Expert Access to Prairieland Defendant Who Got 100 Years in Prison
From gaps in the evidence to a judge's intervention, jurors never got to hear the ricochet theory that would have undermined attempted murder charges. The post Exclusive: Feds…
The Intercept Sues Texas City Over Refusal to Release Police Records on Prairieland Protest
“This is one of the singularly most distressing cases that I’ve seen in terms of public access to records. This is stonewalling on steroids.” The post The Intercept Sues Texas…
ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical Care
Three-quarters of ICE’s own 2025 death reviews, briefly posted online, raised substandard and “inappropriate” care of ill detainees. The post ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in…
Antisemitism Law Helped Get a Professor Fired for Free Speech, Lawsuit Says
A hardline anti-Islamic Republic group went after a tenured professor for comments about Iran. When that didn’t work, they cited tweets about Israel and Gaza. The post…
The Key Witness Against Richard Glossip Just Returned to Court. It Didn’t Go Well.
Decades after blaming Glossip for his own actions, Justin Sneed is less credible than ever — and prosecutors know it. The post The Key Witness Against Richard Glossip Just…
Pete Hegseth’s Military of the Future: Defined by AI and an Utter Lack of Oversight
In announcing Project Meridian and a new Autonomous Warfare Command, War Secretary Pete Hegseth is inviting conflicts of interest. The post Pete Hegseth’s Military of the Future:…
Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop
A Eugene-based publication requested records about a cop accused of misconduct. The city slapped it with a prohibitive fee. The post Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet…
The “Satanic Panic” Made Her a True-Crime Obsession. The Truth Is More Haunting.
After 30 years on death row, Christa Pike faces execution for a grisly murder she committed at 18. The post The “Satanic Panic” Made Her a True-Crime Obsession. The Truth Is More…
Israeli Settlers Killed His Constituent. Fetterman Is Sole Democrat Against Investigating Them.
Despite support from other Democrats, the Senate voted 51–47 against a resolution to force U.S. probes on killings of Americans in the West Bank. The post Israeli Settlers Killed…
Inside the Business of Trump’s Third-Country Deportations
As the Trump administration fights to keep deporting immigrants to countries where they have no connections, we studied the system that profits from these grave abuses. The post…
The Backlash to “NAZA” Shows How Little Israeli Citizenship Really Means
By threatening the filmmakers, Netanyahu lays bare how fragile the notion of what it means to be Israeli is in the age of its genocide in Gaza. The post The Backlash to “NAZA”…
Public Radio Station Forced to Call Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America”
The University of Alabama at Birmingham is rolling over to Trump and his acolytes in the state, rather than stand up for editorial independence. The post Public Radio Station…
America’s Sordid History of Filming Executions as Entertainment
Hegseth’s plan to livestream an execution was not without precedent — it tapped into a dark and forgotten U.S. tradition. The post America’s Sordid History of Filming Executions…
Prison That Didn’t Report Sex Abuse Allegation Against Staffer to Reopen as ICE Camp
A whistleblower says the warden didn’t make a federally required disclosure. Now the company is turning the Arizona prison into an ICE jail. The post Prison That Didn’t Report Sex…
He Confessed to an Afghanistan War Murder. The U.S. Military Promptly Closed the Case.
A veteran walked into a California police station to make a horrifying confession. The post He Confessed to an Afghanistan War Murder. The U.S. Military Promptly Closed the Case.…
AI Almost Started a U.S.–China War — and No One Seems to Care
The tech world is too busy dreaming up imaginary doomsday scenarios to focus on a very real one that flared up between nuclear powers. The post AI Almost Started a U.S.–China War…
Where Are the Iran War Protests?
Despite a wildly unpopular war with Iran, a mass protest movement for peace hasn’t materialized — at least in the ways we’ve been taught to recognize. The post Where Are the Iran…
The U.S. Military Struggles to Protect Its Bases Amid Failing Iran War
From Jordan to Kuwait to the United Kingdom, U.S. outposts are increasingly vulnerable to attack. The post The U.S. Military Struggles to Protect Its Bases Amid Failing Iran War…
U.S. Has Suffered More Casualties in Iran Since the Conclusion of Operation Epic Fury
The Trump administration’s attempt to rebrand its faltering forever war hasn’t slowed the mounting toll of U.S. casualties. The post U.S. Has Suffered More Casualties in Iran…
Pentagon Finally Counts an Iran War Death — Six Months Late
After months of questions from The Intercept, the U.S. military finally acknowledged the March death of Maj. Sorffly Davius. The post Pentagon Finally Counts an Iran War Death —…