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NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 22: Pro-Palestinian Jewish American demonstrators rally outside the Manhattan headquarters of Pro-Israel lobbying group American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and the offices of Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, who accept donations from the group on February 22, 2024 in New York City, United States. More than ten demonstrators were arrested at the end of the peaceful demonstration inside of the building where Senator Gillibrand and Schumer have offices. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

Even Former AIPAC Democrats Are Signing On to Block Arms Sales to Israel

The “Block the Bombs” bill’s supporters are presenting it as a litmus test for the 2026 midterms.

Ken Martin, chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), speaks to members of the media during a news conference in Aurora, Illinois, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday ordered the arrest of Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block a controversial vote on new congressional maps. Photographer: Audrey Richardson/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Israel’s War on Gaza

DNC Votes Down “Overwhelming Popular Position” Calling for Arms Ban to Israel

The weapons ban resolution was put forward by a first-time DNC member to represent the views of younger party members.

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 16: ICE and other federal agents take a delivery driver into custody at Union Station on August 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to deploy federal officers and the National Guard to the District in order to place the DC Metropolitan Police Department under federal control and assist in crime prevention in the nation's capital. (Photo by Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)

The War on Immigrants

ICE Targets App Delivery Drivers — and the Tech Giants They Work for Stay Silent

Matt Sledge, Jessica Washington

As part of the federal takeover of D.C., ICE agents have been targeting delivery drivers for the likes of Uber, Grubhub, and DoorDash.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks as Vice President JD Vance listens during a meeting between President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington.

Chilling Dissent

The Student Newspaper Suing Marco Rubio Over Targeted Deportations

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - AUGUST 25: Kilmar Abrego Garcia enters a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office on August 25, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. The U.S. Government is threatening to deport Garcia, a Maryland construction worker from El Salvador, to Uganda after he rejected a plea deal to be charged with Human Smuggling and deported to Costa Rica. Earlier this year Garcia was wrongfully deported to a notorious anti-terrorism prison CECOT in El Salvador. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The War on Immigrants

Trump Administration Wants to Banish Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda

The Pentagon, the headquarters for the U.S. Department of Defense, is seen from the air, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Arlington, Va.

Pentagon Document: U.S. Wants to “Suppress Dissenting Arguments” Using AI Propaganda

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2025/04/11: Students and faculty from the City University of New York (CUNY) hold a rally supporting international students who have had their visas revoked by the Trump administration in lower Mahattan. At the directive of Trump's policies, authorities have revoked the visas of international students in at least 29 states many being taken off the street by plainclothes officers and finding themselves subject to accusations reserved for terrorists. . (Photo by Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Chilling Dissent

Accepted at Universities, Unable to Get Visas: Inside Trump’s War on International Students

Meghnad Bose, Jerry Elengical

Podcasts

The Intercept Briefing

Democrats Are Missing Political Layups And Dooming Us All

The Intercept Briefing

Beyond Dobbs: How Abortion Bans Enforce State-Sanctioned Violence

Voices

DEIR AL BALAH, GAZA - AUGUST 19: Palestinians flock to the area where aircrafts drop humanitarian aid supplies via parachutes in Deir al Balah, Gaza on August 19, 2025. (Photo by Mohammed Nassar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Voices

Airdropped Aid Is Crushing Starving People in Gaza

Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi

DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA - AUGUST 18: Palestinians, including children, who are struggling to access food due to Israel's blockade and ongoing attacks on the Gaza Strip, wait in line to receive hot meals distributed by the charity organization at the Nuseirat refugee camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza on August 18, 2025. There was a concentration in the area during the hot meal distribution. (Photo by Moiz Salhi/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Voices

Bari Weiss’s Free Press Wants You to Know Some Kids Being Starved by Israel Were Already Sick

Natasha Lennard

Politics

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 15: Federal agents and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers perform stops at a security checkpoint near Nationals Park on August 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. An increased presence of law enforcement has been seen throughout the nation's capital since U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to deploy federal officers and the U.S. National Guard. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Trump’s D.C. Takeover Is Scaring Immigrant Parents Out of Taking Kids Back to School

Jessica Washington

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES AUGUST 12: An NYPD officer stands guard during a rally outside the Egyptian Mission to the UN in New York City to protest the killing of journalists in Gaza by Israeli forces and to call for an end to the starvation in Gaza. New York, U.S., August 12, 2025. (Photo by Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Chilling Dissent

Egyptian Officials in New York Beat Two Gaza Protesters on Video. The NYPD Arrested the Protesters.

Amid DSCC Pressure, Democratic Populist J.D. Scholten Exits Iowa Senate Race

An NYPD cruiser and a yellow cab collide on Broadway and 58th Street in Manhattan on September 13, 2020.

Voices

Chaos on New York’s Streets, Brought to You by the NYPD

Justice

Federal agents detain an individual as he exits immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on July 30, 2025 in New York City.

ICE Hunts Down Immigrants by Spying on Their Wire Transfers

The War on Immigrants

Teen Immigrant’s Release Propels Lawsuit to End ICE’s Courthouse Arrests

J. Dale Shoemaker, Akela Lacy

Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on August 14, 2025 in New York City.

The War on Immigrants

ICE Held an NYC Child Incommunicado at Secret Hotels, Then Deported Him

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond arrives to testify during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Wednesday, January 10, 2024.

Murder at the Motel

Court Filings Reveal New Details About Oklahoma AG Flip-Flopping on Freeing Richard Glossip

Liliana Segura, Jordan Smith

National Security

District of Columbia National Guard members arrive at Union Station in Washington, D.C., Aug. 15, 2025 as part of the DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force.

Price Tag for Trump’s D.C. Military Surge: At Least $1 Million a Day

Guardsmen and women leave the D.C. National Guard Headquarters after a briefing on August 12, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

Trump’s Use of Troops for Policing Hasn’t Been Seen Since America Was Ruled by a King

Israel’s War on Gaza

Team Leader at Gaza Aid Distribution Sites Belongs to Anti-“Jihad” Motorcycle Club, Has Crusader Tattoos

Sam Biddle, Matt Sledge

Senegalese, Dutch, Mauritanian, Ivorian, and American soldiers take part in an excercise at the Colonel Thierno Ndiaye Tactical Training Center during the joint multinational exercise African Lion 2025 (AL25) in Dodji on May 15, 2025.

Pentagon: U.S. Counterterrorism Efforts Have Failed Africans

World

A funeral mass in Gaza's Church of St. Porphyrius for Fumya Ayaad and Saad Salama on July 17, 2025.

Inside Gaza’s Only Catholic Church, One Month After Israel’s Attack

Can Congress Stop Trump From Starting a War in Mexico?

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a news conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025.

Israel’s War on Gaza

New U.S. Report on Israel’s Human Rights Abuses Is 91 Percent Shorter

TOPSHOT - Al-Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif reports near the Arab Ahli (Baptist) Hospital in Gaza City on October 10, 2024. Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera said on August 11, 2025, that five of its journalists were killed in an Israeli strike, including a prominent reporter. The Israeli military acknowledged in a statement targeting correspondent Anas al-Sharif, accusing him of being a "terrorist" affiliated with Hamas. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Voices

Anas al-Sharif Was My Friend. Here’s Why Israel Feared Him So Much.

Technology

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent looks on as smoke fills an area outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs building during a protest Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Portland, Ore.

Border Patrol Wants Advanced AI to Spy on American Cities

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Grok Is the Latest in a Long Line of Chatbots to Go Full Nazi

A sentry tower made by Anduril sits on a property near the U.S.-Mexico border in Valentine, Texas on Monday, January 17, 2022.

The War on Immigrants

Trump’s Big Beautiful Gift to Anduril

The War on Immigrants

Want a Student Visa? The U.S. Government Needs Your Vine Account.

Environment

Israeli excavators demolish some of constructions belonging to Palestinians for allegedly being unauthorized at Dura district in Hebron, West Bank on September 23, 2020.

USAID Cuts Help Push West Bank Into Extreme Water Shortages

The Dominion Energy headquarters in Richmond, Virginia, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Dominion Energy Inc. is expected to release earnings figures on February 22. Photographer: Minh Connors/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Virginia AG Hopeful Was Outraising His Rival — Then Dominion Energy Tipped the Scale

An animal rights activist holds a sign while protesting at the Farmer John slaughterhouse in Vernon, California, Monday, Feb 15, 2021.

Chilling Dissent

How the FBI and Big Ag Started Treating Animal Rights Activists as Bioterrorists

“Intense Culture of Fear”: Behind the Scenes as Trump Destroys the EPA From Within