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Philly Cops Admit That They’re Tracking “First Amendment Activity” Critical of AI

Matt Sledge, Sam Biddle

A law enforcement document obtained by The Intercept shows police scan social media looking for posts opposing AI data centers.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 04: New York State Comptoroller Thomas P. DiNapoli marches up 5th Avenue in Midtown during the Israel Parade on June 04, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)

New York Comptroller’s Trip to Israel Raised Ethical Concerns, State Commission Said

Tom DiNapoli’s visit was sponsored by a group with financial ties to Israel Bonds, an investment vehicle that has become an issue in his primary.

A Palestinian walks along a street next to the Israel's separation wall at dusk during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the West Bank town of al-Ram, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israel’s War on Gaza

A Gay Palestinian Fled to Israel’s “Safe Haven.” Israel Tried to Exploit Him for Intelligence.

Israel bills itself as a haven for LGBTQ+ rights. Its bureaucratic system can further endanger queer Palestinian asylum-seekers.

Richard Glossip and his wife, Lea, after his release from custody on May 19, 2026 in Oklahoma City, Okla.

Trials of Richard Glossip

Richard Glossip on Life After Decades on Death Row

Liliana Segura, Jordan Smith

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - MAY 26: Detainees stand by a window inside the federal immigration center at Delaney Hall in Newark, where ICE is housing detained immigrants on May 26, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. The protests, which have become tense over the holiday weekend, come amid reports of an ongoing hunger strike by detainees. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images)

Chilling Dissent

ICE Pepper-Sprayed, Beat Detainees for Protesting “Horrific Conditions” in Delaney Hall Jail

Biplob Kumar Das, Noah Hurowitz

Midterms 2026

The Los Angeles Left Is at War With Itself Over the Mayor’s Race

Jonah Valdez, Jessica Washington

License to Kill

The U.S. Has Now Killed More Than 200 People in Ongoing Spree of Boat Strikes

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The Intercept Briefing

The Race to Build AI Data Centers — Before the People Can Protest

The Intercept Briefing

AIPAC, AI, Crypto, and Gambling Are Hiding Their Big Election Spends

Voices

Police officers stand outside the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 25, 2022. - The tight-knit Latino community of Uvalde was wracked with grief Wednesday after a teen in body armor marched into the school and killed 19 children and two teachers, in the latest spasm of deadly gun violence in the US. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Voices

After Uvalde, Texas Stuffed Schools Full of Cops. They Brutalized Students.

Natasha Lennard

ORONO, MAINE - MAY 24: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner stand together during a “Fighting Oligarchy” tour stop at the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine campus on May 24, 2026 in Orono, Maine. Platner is the presumptive Democratic nominee and will face incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) for Maine's U.S. Senate seat in the general election.

Voices

Graham Platner Is Forcing Centrist Dems to Reckon With “Vote Blue No Matter Who”

Iran

President Donald Trump stands alongside Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, May 25, 2026, in Arlington, Va.

U.S. Casualties in Iran War Rise as Military Strikes Begin Again

TEHRAN, IRAN - MAY 12: Iran's former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reads his statement while attending a press center after registering as a candidate for June 18, presidential elections, in the Iranian Interior Ministry building on May 12, 2021 in Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Ahmadinejad Is Still Bad for Iranians — and Still Great for Israel

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth shakes the hand of United States Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, during a Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense Budget Hearing for the Department of Defense in the Rayburn House office building, on Tuesday, May 12, 2026.

Hegseth Asks for More Money as Iran War Costs Skyrocket

Hegseth Clings to Phony Ceasefire to Help Trump Evade War Powers Pressure

Midterms

Saikat Chakrabarti during San Francisco Congressional District 11 Candidate Forum at The Academe at 198 in San Francisco on Jan. 7, 2026. (Photo by Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Sunrise Movement Backs Saikat Chakrabarti, Progressive Firebrand Behind the Green New Deal

Jessica Washington

PLYMOUTH, MICHIGAN - MAY 1: U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) holds a town hall meeting with employees after touring the Webasto Plymouth Plant on May 1, 2026 in Plymouth, Michigan. Stevens, the Democratic front?runner in Michigan’s open U.S. Senate race, visited the Michigan convertibles roof plant where workers recently voted to unionize with the United Auto Workers. (Photo by Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

Corporate Interests Paid for Haley Stevens’s Trip to Portugal — and Her Campaign Ads

State Representative Chris Rabb, a Democrat from Pennsylvania and US Congressional candidate, arrives for a campaign event ahead of a primary election at Garden of Prayer World Prayer Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, on Friday, May 15, 2026. Pennsylvania will hold a primary election on May 19. Photographer: Joe Lamberti/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pennsylvania Results: Chris Rabb to Join the Squad in Congress as Bob Brooks Tries to Flip Key Seat

Jessica Washington, Akela Lacy

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) speaks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol on May 14, 2026 (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)

Thomas Massie Loses His Seat in a Win for Trump — and AIPAC

Justice

CoreCivic Midwest Regional Reception Center, formerly Leavenworth Detention Center, at 100 Hwy Terrace is seen on March 3, 2025, in Leavenworth, Kansas. (Emily Curiel/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Judge Sanctioned Private Prison Giant for Destroying Evidence in ICE Death Suit

False Testimony Sent Tony Carruthers to Death Row. Tennessee Wants to Kill Him Anyway.

WASHINGTON D.C., USA - JANUARY 6: US President Donald Trump speaks at "Save America March" rally in Washington D.C., United States on January 06, 2021. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization” Fund Is a Handout to His Hardcore Supporters

Natasha Lennard

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 28: California gubernatorial candidate Democrat Xavier Becerra speaks during the CBS California Gubernatorial Debate at Pomona College on April 28, 2026 in Claremont, California. California is holding its upcoming primary election, where the top two candidates regardless of party will advance to the general election, on June 2. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Xavier Becerra Pushed to Inflate a Black Man’s IQ to Execute Him as California AG

War on Gaza

An Israeli Air Force F-35I Lightning II “Adir” approaches a U.S. Air Force 908th Expeditionary Refueling Squadron KC-10 Extender to refuel during “Enduring Lightning II” exercise over southern Israel Aug. 2, 2020. While forging a resolute partnership, the allies train to maintain a ready posture to deter against regional aggressors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Patrick OReilly)

Company Behind California Chemical Leak Was Building F-35 Parts Amid Rush of Orders From U.S. and Israel

Miami Beach Official Hired Billboard Truck to Call Pro-Palestine Activists “Jew Hater,” Lawsuit Alleges

We Analyzed Thousands of News Articles: Here’s the Proof of Pro-Israel Bias in Mainstream Media

NEW YORK CITY, UNITED STATES - MAY 05: Pro-Palestinians gather at a 'Stop the Sale of Stolen Palestinian Land' protest against 'Great Israel Real Estate' event for Palestinian land sale at the Park East Synagogue in Manhattan on Tuesday, May 05, 2026, in New York City. The NYPD tightened security on E. 67th and E. 68th Streets and set up a perimeter that extended for blocks around the Park East Synagogue. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israeli Real Estate Expo Advertising West Bank Settlements Returns to NYC

Unmasking ICE

ICE Recruitment Tweets Are So Racist That Cops Feared They Could Incite Neo-Nazi Violence

Matt Sledge, Sam Biddle

Protesters walk past a screen reading "arrest and charge Jonathan Ross", the ICE officer, named in US media as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who fatally shot Renee Good, as they march from Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis against ICE and the fatal shooting of Good, calling on federal authorities to leave the city and demand accountability, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 10, 2026. A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good on the streets of Minneapolis on January 7, leading to huge protests and outrage from local leaders who rejected White House claims she was a domestic terrorist. (Photo by Octavio JONES / AFP via Getty Images)

Government Ordered to Turn Over Files on ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good

Noah Hurowitz, Austin Campbell

WASHINGTON, DC August 25, 2025:

US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth and US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem during the signing of Executive Orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday August 25, 2025.

(Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Pentagon Implores Civilian Workers to Join ICE “Volunteer Force”

Noah Hurowitz, Austin Campbell

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 5: Protesters, mostly students targeted by ICE and demanding more protections, were arrested by New York police for engaging in civil disobedience by blocking a road outside Columbia University on February 5, 2026, in New York City, United States. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Zohran Mamdani Kept Columbia Student in New York — Then Phoned With Trump to Secure Her Release

Chilling Dissent

DETROIT, MICHIGAN - APRIL 18: Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the 38th Annual Michigan Democratic Women's Caucus Legacy Luncheon on April 18, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. Michigan will be a closely watched state in the 2026 midterm elections, with statewide races being held for Governor, Attorney General, and Secretary of State, and national races for U.S. Congress and an open U.S. Senate seat. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

DNC Autopsy of 2024 Loss Doesn’t Mention Gaza or Israel at all

How Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy Puts You at Risk

Nick Turse, Jessica Washington, Noah Hurowitz

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 22: Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil marches with supporters after he was released from ICE detention during a rally outside of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan on June 22, 2025 in New York City. Khalil was released Friday evening from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Jena, Louisiana, after U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz issued an order granting his release on bail. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

FBI Quietly Closed a Probe Into Mahmoud Khalil While He Was in ICE Detention

Dodging FOIA Could Now Mean Arrest and Strip Search, Depending on Who’s Asking