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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.

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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 Pentagon Office Building is seen from the air on August 25, 2026, in Arlington, VA.

TomDispatch

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.

Demonstrations against ICE and those who die in their hands are held in cities around the country. These signs are those of some of the victims. (Photo by John Whitney/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The War on Immigrants

ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical Care

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)

Israel’s War on Gaza

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

The War on Immigrants

Prison That Didn’t Report Sex Abuse Allegation Against Staffer to Reopen as ICE Camp

John Washington

ALVARADO, TEXAS - JANUARY 30: The Prarieland Detention Center is seen, on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in Alvarado. (Shafkat Anowar/The Dallas Morning News via Getty Images)

Chilling Dissent

The Intercept Sues Texas City Over Refusal to Release Police Records on Prairieland Protest

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The Intercept Briefing

The Blueprint for Democrats to Win Back Voters

The Intercept Briefing

Apocalypse Now: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Investigate the End-Timers Alliance

Voices

FILE - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight operates out of King County International Airport-Boeing Field, Aug. 23, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Voices

Inside the Business of Trump’s Third-Country Deportations

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.'

Voices

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

Séamus Malekafzali

Iran

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

A pedestrian walks past a billboard depicting US President Donald Trump inside a catering container, installed on a building along a street in downtown of Tehran on August 31, 2026. Iran attacked US military targets in the Middle East on August 31 in retaliation for American strikes on an island in the Strait of Hormuz, the first exchange of fire for a month in a war that has engulfed the region. Six months into the conflict, the two sides remain at an impasse, with Iran keeping the strategic strait shut and Washington persisting with a naval counter-blockade of Iran. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images) /

Congress Failed Again to Stop Trump’s Iran War. This Group Is Trying Through the Courts.

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth salute as a U.S. Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Pvt. Isabella Gonzales of Carrollton, Texas, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.

Another U.S. Soldier Is Dead as Iran War Casualties Rise

Mohammadjamal Azizi and his wife Hannaneh Alikaram in Sari, Iran, in 2024. Though the couple submitted nearly identical requests asylum, his bid was granted and hers was denied.

Immigration Roulette: Husband Granted Asylum, Wife Locked Up Awaiting Deportation

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The Blueprint for Democrats to Win Back Voters

The Intercept Briefing

Demonstrators hold signs during a voting rights rally outside the US Capitol in Washington DC, US on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. The US Supreme Court refused to clear the Postal Service to enforce new restrictions on mail-in ballots for the congressional midterms, in a rebuff to the Trump administration after some states started early voting and opponents warned late-breaking changes would inject chaos into the elections. Photographer: Pete Kiehart/Bloomberg via Getty Images

They Trained to Protect Immigrants From ICE. Now They’re Prepping to Defend the Midterm Elections.

Jessica Washington

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 03: U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks to members of the media as the Trump Cabinet briefs members of Congress on Iran at the U.S. Capitol on March 3, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump administration Cabinet officials will be briefing all lawmakers in the House and Senate on U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

John Fetterman Is Fundraising on GOP Donor Email Lists

25 Years After 9/11, Muslims Are Still Politicians’ Favorite Scapegoat

Justice

Christa Pike in an undated photo provided by her legal team.

The “Satanic Panic” Made Her a True-Crime Obsession. The Truth Is More Haunting.

FORTH WORTH, TEXAS - JULY 1: A sign that reads FREE THE PRAIRIELAND DEFENDANTS is taped to a post outside of the Eldon B. Mahon U.S. Courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. Two judges sentenced seven defendants in the Prairieland Detention Center attack in the federal court Wednesday. (Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News via Getty Images)

Exclusive: Feds Denied Ballistics Expert Access to Prairieland Defendant Who Got 100 Years in Prison

Adam Federman, Sara Van Horn

Flock camera

Flock Wants the Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline

How a Small Kansas City Became a Critical Hub for Trump’s Deportation Regime Against Its Will

War on Gaza

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.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft arrives before an NFL football owners meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, in Atlanta.

Robert Kraft Claims His Donations Help Palestinians. Turns Out He’s Funding Friends of the IDF.

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - DECEMBER 14: Ed Sheeran performs during iHeartRadio KISS108's Jingle Ball 2025 Presented By Capital One at TD Garden on December 14, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for for iHeartRadio)

Ed Sheeran’s Craven “Neutrality” Is a Watershed Moment for Mainstreaming Palestine Solidarity

Natasha Lennard

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 29: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hold a short rally after marching around the "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" in the West Lawn of Columbia University on April 29, 2024 in New York City. Demonstrators marched at Columbia University as a 2 P.M. deadline to clear the encampment given to students by the university passed. Columbia was the first elite college to erect an encampment in support of Palestine, with students demanding that the school divest from Israel amid the Israel-Hamas war, in which more than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Columbia Gives Big Money to Pro-Israel Groups — But Not to Pro-Palestine Ones

Meghnad Bose, Macy Hanzlik-Barend

Unmasking ICE

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

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

Matt Sledge, Sam Biddle

Chilling Dissent

HOUSTON, TEXAS - SEPTEMBER 11: The University of Houston's Turning Point USA chapter hosts a vigil in memory of Charlie Kirk, in front of the university's Student Center and 9/11 memorial, on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 in Houston.

Fired After the Charlie Kirk Revenge Purge, They’re Still Unemployed

Jessica Washington

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a Mexican Border Defense Medal Ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2026. (Photo by Annabelle GORDON / AFP via Getty Images)

Pentagon Employee DataRepublican Posts Inside Info About Hacks Against the Far Left

FAA Investigates Drone Pilot Who Films Animal Abusers

PHOENIX, ARIZONA - SEPTEMBER 20: People wearing T-shirts featuring Charlie Kirk stand outside the Turning Point USA's Phoenix headquarters to commemorate the conservative activist on September 20, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona. As tens of thousands of people poured into Phoenix this weekend to attend Mr. Kirk's memorial service at the city's N.F.L. stadium on Sunday. (Photo by Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images)

They Tried to Make Charlie Kirk a Saint. They Made Him a Meme.

Katherine Krueger