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A medical staff member salvages medical equipment at Nasser Hospital after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike overnight in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026.

Israel’s War on Gaza

Israel Used a U.S.-Made Missile to Kill Six at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital

“That’s not complicity,” said a U.S. doctor. “That’s active participation in the murder of physicians and other healthcare workers.”

US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat from New York, speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 12, 2026. The Democrats who swept to victory in the US midterm elections will reshape the next Congress, with a record number of women in the House, several historic firsts and commanding majorities that may test the party's unity. Their House ranks could approach 260 lawmakers at the opening of the new session in January 2027, up from 215. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

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The Hegseth Vote Was Jeffries’s First Big Test. He Failed.

By not showing discipline on the Pete Hegseth impeachment vote, Democrats seem poised to repeat the mistakes of the past.

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - NOVEMBER 11: U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth attends a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery to mark Veterans Day on November 11, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. Members of the Trump administration visited Arlington National Cemetery to observe the federal holiday honoring military service members. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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Next Time, Impeach Pete Hegseth for Press Censorship

When Democrats take power, they should take aim at the president’s censors, like Hegseth and FCC Chair Brendan Carr.

The Intercept Briefing

Hegseth Dodges Impeachment, for Now. And Tom Morello on Fighting for the World You Want

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN - APRIL 24: Hundreds of activists gather for encampment on the Diag on University of Michigan's campus calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, on April 24, 2024 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. (Photo by Adam J. Dewey/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Chilling Dissent

Trump Subpoenas Teachers Union for Info on Pro-Palestine Students

Richard Glossip stands with his wife, Lea, and his longtime attorney Don Knight after a hearing in Oklahoma City on November 12, 2026.

Trials of Richard Glossip

Oklahoma Drops Murder Charge Against Richard Glossip, Avoiding Third Trial

Liliana Segura, Jordan Smith

Perla, left, and wife Yolanda, looks at Rogelio, 39, right, a Guatemalan citizen who has lived in the United States since 2007 and is married to a U.S. citizen, as he embraces his daughter Daniela, center, after being released by ICE on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

The War on Immigrants

New Trump Rule Threatens Immigrant Families With Separation or Homelessness

Jessica Washington

Podcasts

The Intercept Briefing

How Democrats Changed Everything

The Intercept Briefing

How AIPAC and AI Spent Their Money This Midterm Election

Voices

WEATHERFORD, TEXAS - OCTOBER 29: US Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks during a midterm campaign rally at JRJ Construction on October 29, 2026 in Weatherford, Texas. Vance is in Texas to campaign for Republican candidates ahead of the midterm elections. (Photo by Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images)

Voices

Republicans Are Desperate to Pretend They Never Supported the War With Iran

Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers, right, and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., attend a service at Perfecting Church, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

Voices

Haley Stevens Destroyed Her Political Career for Absolutely Nothing

Iran

SANA'A, YEMEN - MARCH 20: A child walks on the rubble of a building destroyed by the United States aerial attacks on March 20, 2025, in Sana'a, Yemen. US officials have said airstrikes launched against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis will continue indefinitely, after launching strikes on Saturday which aim to punish the Houthis for their attacks against Red Sea shipping. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

Humanitarian Orgs Demand Answers on Yemen War After Hegseth Impeachment Fails

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - NOVEMBER 10: U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth takes questions from reporters during a news conference at the Pentagon on November 10, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-TX) introduced articles of impeachment against Hegseth on Monday, saying he violated the Constitution by waging war in Iran without congressional authorization and other charges. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Hegseth Survives Impeachment Attempt

Matt Sledge, Nick Turse

A Challenge Airlines MT Boeing 767-300F cargo aircraft, registration 9H-CAH, approaches Larnaca International Airport for landing in Larnaca, Cyprus, on May 18, 2026. (Photo by Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto)

Tons of “Bunker-Buster” Bomb Parts for Israel Go Through JFK Airport

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

Midterms

A Kalshi advertisement at Union Station in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. Prediction markets have gotten lots of attention by offering a new way to bet on flashy topics like elections, sports and what President Donald Trump will say during a speech, that frequently involves longshot bets, with around half of all trading volume on Kalshi coming from wagers in which one side is betting on odds of 10% or less. Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Kalshi Is Cozy With Trump — But It’s Ramping Up Dem Hires and Campaign Spending

Los Angeles Mayor-elect Nithya Raman speaks on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in Los Angeles.

The Pressure on LA’s First Self-Proclaimed Socialist Mayor

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 3: Janeese Lewis-George, D.C. council member and mayoral candidate, talks with attendees after listening sessions at the East Washington Heights Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. Lewis-George is running to be elected the mayor of D.C. in November. (Eric Lee for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

How a Socialist Can Govern a City Under the Thumb of the Trump Administration

Jessica Washington

ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN - NOVEMBER 02: Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed speaks to the press following an event at Farmer Market on November 2, 2026, in Royal Oak, Michigan. El-Sayed, is running against Republican Senate candidate, former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) for the open U.S. Senate seat. (Photo by Salwan Georges/Getty Images)

Abdul El-Sayed Won His Senate Seat With a Mandate on Palestine. Can He Deliver?

Justice

Arizona Town’s Probe on Sex Abuse Claims Could Block Prison Firm Building New ICE Camp

John Washington

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

Sophie Shepherd

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

War on Gaza

People wave a giant Palestinian flag during a demonstration part of a nationwide day of strikes and protests as school and university students demand more funding for schools and support for housing in Rome on October 30, 2026. Students have been protesting for weeks, setting up tent camps and occupying schools to make their demands heard, matching similar movements across the border in France. The Italian protests have taken place alongside those of truck drivers and farmers over the spike in fuel prices and the cost of living, as well as rising defence spending.

Defeating Zionism to Free Palestine

Noura Erakat, John Reynolds

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

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

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.

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.