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Akela Lacy, Jessica Washington

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Midterms 2026

Michigan Senate Race Closes as a Referendum on Israel Policy

Matt Sledge, Jonah Valdez

The fate of Abdul El-Sayed will either herald an ascendant left flank among Democrats or trigger the party’s revanchist centrist instinct.

Troy Jackson (left) at a campaign event with Sen. Ed Markey on November 1, in Scarborough, Maine; Sen. Susan Collins at a campaign event at a fire equipment supplier on November 2 in Island Falls, Maine.

Midterms 2026

Democrats Hold Razor-Thin Lead in Final Push to Oust Sen. Susan Collins

Noah Hurowitz, Austin Campbell

The longtime Republican incumbent is at risk of losing her seat to Troy Jackson, a progressive Democrat who entered the race just over three months ago.

President Donald Trump speaks in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, in Washington.

Israel’s War on Gaza

Trump Scrambles to Halt Military Aid to Israel to Deprive El-Sayed of a Talking Point

In a Fox News interview, Trump said the U.S. will stop giving Israel weapons for free because Abdul El-Sayed keeps talking about it.

US Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders is joined on the stage by Democratic candidate for the US Senate Troy Jackson (R) during a campaign rally in Biddeford, Maine on October 11, 2026. Jackson, a former state senate president, is challenging Republican incumbent Susan Collins in the November 3 midterm elections. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images)

Midterms 2026

If Democrats Win, Thank the Left

Jessica Washington, Noah Hurowitz, Akela Lacy, Matt Sledge

Senatorial candidate US Representative Ashley Hinson (R-IA) speaks during a midterm campaign rally in Davenport, Iowa on November 2, 2026. Hinson is running against Democratic candidate Josh Turek to replace retiring US Senator Joni Ernst (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Midterms 2026

Ashley Hinson’s Digital Chief Oversees Firm Paid Millions to Push Israeli Propaganda

Jacqueline Sweet

Chilling Dissent

“Offensive Driving”: ICE’s Deadly Weaponization of Vehicles Against Civilians

Sophie Shepherd

Former Representative Mike Rogers, a Republican from Michigan and US Senate candidate, and Representative Haley Stevens, a Democrat from Michigan, speak to members of the media following a service at Perfecting Church in Detroit, Michigan, US, on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. Representative Haley Stevens, who lost the Democratic primary for Michigan's US Senate seat, formally backed Republican candidate Mike Rogers, sealing her rupture with Democrat Abdul El-Sayed. Photographer: Emily Elconin/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Radical Centrists Like Haley Stevens Are the Real Extremists in the Democratic Party

Natasha Lennard

Podcasts

The Intercept Briefing

How AIPAC and AI Spent Their Money This Midterm Election

The Intercept Briefing

The Intercept Live in Conversation With Robert Reich

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at the start of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting on Oct. 30, 2026, in Atlanta.. (Photo by Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Voices

The CIA Is Resorting to an Open Casting Call for Would-Be Cuban Assets

Séamus Malekafzali

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., speaks during a primary night watch party at the Hotel Saint Regis Detroit on August 4, 2026 in Detroit.

Voices

Centrist Democrats Would Rather Lose the Senate Than Win With El-Sayed

Iran

TAIZ, YEMEN - OCTOBER 17: A general view of daily life amid severe living conditions in Taiz, Yemen on October 18, 2026. Escalating localized clashes and blockades on key supply routes by Iran-backed Houthi forces have driven up fuel and cooking gas prices, disrupted food supplies, and left local hospitals facing severe shortages of medicine and generator fuel. (Photo by Muhammed el-Rumeym/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Yemenis Unable to Reach Hospital Are Part of the Iran War Death Toll

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 23: U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on July 23, 2026 in Washington, DC. During the news conference Jeffries spoke about a range of topics including the midterms and the upcoming August recess. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Dems Have an Opportunity to Force an End to the Iran War. Will They Take It?

A B1 bomber prepares to take off as police officers man a checkpoint near RAF Fairford air base, in Fairford, England Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026.

The U.S. Military Struggles to Protect Its Bases Amid Failing Iran War

The destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile during Operation Epic Fury on Feb. 28, 2026.

U.S. Has Suffered More Casualties in Iran Since the Conclusion of Operation Epic Fury

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DETROIT, MICHIGAN - NOVEMBER 01: Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed speaks to supporters at a "Knock Out The Vote Tour" rally on November 01, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. El-Sayed is running against GOP candidate Mike Rogers for the open U.S. Senate seat. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Abdul El-Sayed’s Race Has Been Defined by Islamophobia. Will It Be Determined by It?

AUSTIN, TEXAS - MARCH 03: A sign in English and Spanish stands outside a voting center as Texans go to the polls on March 03, 2026 in Austin, Texas. Texas is holding its primary elections including two hotly contested races for Democratic and Republican Senate nominations ahead of November's midterms. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Warnings About ICE at the Polls Risk Their Own Kind of Voter Suppression

Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III speaks to the crowd during the We the People TX interfaith service, "A Night of Moral Resistance," in Dallas, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos)

The Rise of the Christian Left in Texas

AIPAC Isn’t Retreating. Here’s How It’s Already Shaping the Next Congress.

Justice

Fergie Chambers poses for photos at home in Tunis, Tunisia, on February 8, 2024. James Cox Chambers Jr., born in 1985 and also known as Fergie Chambers, is an American political activist, philanthropist, and heir to the Cox family, who derives his wealth from Cox Enterprises. (Photo by Chedly Ben Ibrahim/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Fergie Chambers Faces Extradition to U.S. Despite Never Being Indicted, Says Lawyer

People fill out their ballots at a polling station in Bangor, Maine, the United States, on Oct. 16, 2026, days before the U.S. midterm elections, which falls on Nov. 3. (Photo by Li Rui/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Trump Vows to Send Election “Monitors” to Maine After Far-Right Conspiracies Spread

Prosecutors Want to Keep a Man in Prison for His Wife’s Murder — Despite Judge Saying Their Evidence is Junk

Liliana Segura, Jordan Smith

The outlines of two women in military fatigues, their faces removed and replaced with text from domestic violence incident reports.

Pentagon Records Missed Almost Half of Troops’ Domestic Abuse Killings

Daniel Johnson, Austin Campbell

War on Gaza

HAIFA, ISRAEL - AUGUST 22: Palestinian and Israeli human rights activists gather outside Damon Prison near Haifa, Israel, on August 22, 2026, to protest the ongoing administrative detention and reported mistreatment of Palestinian female political prisoners. Demonstrators held banners calling for an immediate end to indefinite detention without trial or charge, highlighting systemic rights violations and severe prison conditions while demanding the release of all detained women. (Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A C-Section in Shackles: A Palestinian Woman’s Harrowing Birth in Israeli Detention

UNITED STATES - JULY 16: Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., speaks to reporters as he arrives in the U.S. Capitol for a vote on Thursday, July 16, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Israeli Settlers Killed His Constituent. Fetterman Is Sole Democrat Against Investigating Them.

A graffiti mural depicting Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, directors of the documentary 'NAZA'- which documents civilian deaths in Gaza, features testimonies from Israeli military personnel involved in targeting and remote killing mechanisms, and frame military operations as genocide - is altered in Ashdod, Israel, on September 16, 2026. Initially painted by an artist accusing the filmmakers of being 'traitors,' the text on the mural was subsequently modified by another artist to read 'heroes.'

The Backlash to “NAZA” Shows How Little Israeli Citizenship Really Means

Séamus Malekafzali

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 30: Recording artist Pink speaks on stage during the celebration of the launch of UNICEF Kid Power on November 30, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/FilmMagic)

Pink Supported Macklemore’s Firing. Now Activists Want UNICEF to Cut Ties With Her.

Unmasking ICE

ICE Agent on Scene of NYC Shooting Was Posing as Construction Worker, Eyewitness Says

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - MAY 26: ICE agents stand guard in front of protesters outside Delaney Hall which is being used as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centeron 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 Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

ICE Is Paying a Controversial AI Firm to Hide the Identities of Agents

NYC, NY, UNITED STATES - 2025/12/19: Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building. According to White House Border Czar Tom Homan, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will increase its operations in New York City due to its status as a sanctuary city. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

ICE Mandates Dress Code After Killings and Botched Arrest

Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, left, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island, during a hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will look to defend her immigration enforcement and make the case to end the DHS shutdown in front of a combative audience before hearings in both chambers. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images

ICE Should Show It Hasn’t Been “Infiltrated by Violent Extremists,” Senator Urges

Matt Sledge, Sam Biddle

Chilling Dissent

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 12: Homeland Security Investigations police search the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on October 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. According to reports, the search is part of an ongoing criminal investigation. (Photo by Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)

Inside ICE, Officials Question String of Trump Admin “Midterm Panic Moves”

An aerial photo shows a Google data center on July 24, 2025, in Henderson, Nevada. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

An Arkansas Mom Obtained Public Records About a New Data Center. Then She Got Sued.

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 12: Homeland Security Investigations police search the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on October 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. According to reports, the search is part of an ongoing criminal investigation. (Photo by Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)

ICE Raid on Ilhan Omar Shows How Dangerous Two Years of Flailing Trump Could Get

Natasha Lennard

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 23: Demonstrators participate in a rally and march during an "ICE Out” day of protest on January 23, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Community leaders, faith leaders and labor unions have urged Minnesotans to participate in what they are calling a "day of action" as local businesses are expected to close during a statewide general strike held in protest against immigration enforcement operations in the region. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump Wanted Minnesota 15 Case to Be Another Prairieland. Instead, Twin Cities Rallied Behind Anti-ICE Activists.