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This Feb. 6, 2017 file photo shows the U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla.

Chilling Dissent

Pentagon Spokesperson Admits There’s a Secret Blacklist of Journalists

When pressed about the Iran war, a CENTCOM press official threatened to put an Intercept reporter on a “list of people to disregard.”

President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping while leaving after a visit to the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing, Friday, May 15, 2026.

The Dawn of a New Cold War

The growing tension between the United States and China boils down to a battle over resources.

Florida Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, retired Army Lt. Col. Alex Vindman, receives well-wishes from supporters while leaving a primary election-night watch party after conceding to his opponent, Florida State Rep. Angie Nixon at an election-night watch party at the American Legion Post 222 event hall , on August 18, 2026, in Oakland Park, Florida. Nixon faces incumbent Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL), who won the Republican primary tonight as well, in the November 3 general election.

Voices

RIP to the Russiagate Liberals

With Alex Vindman and George Conway’s losses, Democratic voters are forcefully rejecting the notion that Russia is to blame for America’s ills.

The Intercept Briefing

What American Doctors Saw in Gaza

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 22: David Ellison, Chairman & CEO, Paramount Skydance speaks on stage during New York Upfront Partnership Event 2026 at Storied NYC on April 22, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Paramount)

Chilling Dissent

This Mysterious “Astroturf” Group Popped Up to Defend the Paramount Merger

This picture taken from the southern Lebanese village of Zawtar al-Gharbiyah shows smoke billowing from the site of an Israeli controlled explosion in the village of Bani Hayyan on August 13, 2026. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on August 12 condemned Israel's "systematic destruction" in the country's south as a violation of international law, as Israel's defence minister said its military was "destroying all the houses" there. (Photo by Ammar Ammar / AFP via Getty Images) /

Voices

The Mossad Suffers a Crushing Defeat Entirely of Its Own Making

Séamus Malekafzali

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seal hangs on a fence at the agency's headquarters in this photo taken with a tilt-shift lens in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. The U.S. House is set to pass a $1.1 trillion spending bill that includes a banking provision opposed by many Democrats as a giveaway to large institutions. Current funding for the government ends today, and the measure would finance most of the government through September 2015. The DHS, responsible for immigration policy, would be financed only through Feb. 27. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The War on Immigrants

Immigrant Wants to Pay $368,000 in Fines, but Broken Payment System Won’t Let Him

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The Intercept Briefing

What American Doctors Saw in Gaza

The Intercept Briefing

Has the Left Really Met Its Limit?

Voices

People walk in the parking lot outside the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Adelanto, Calif. (AP Photo/Jill Connelly)

Voices

ICE Shot a Journalist and Threw Him in Detention. He’s Approaching 300 Days Behind Bars With a Festering Wound.

TOPSHOT - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint press conference with the US Secretary of State at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 15, 2025. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington would provide "unwavering support" to Israel in the war in Gaza as he called for the eradication of Hamas during a visit to the US ally on September 15. (Photo by Nathan Howard / POOL / AFP) (Photo by NATHAN HOWARD/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Voices

Israel Justified Its Wars by Calling Enemies “Crazy.” Now, the Warning Signs All Apply to Israel.

Eli Clifton, Ian S. Lustick

Iran

A cleric raises the body of Mohammad Ali Kialha in a funeral procession in Qazvin, Iran on March 23.

The Short Life of a Newborn During the Iran War

Peiman Salehi, Nick Turse

22 March 2026, Qatar, Doha: A Qatar Airways passenger plane lands at Hamad International Airport in Doha, after their flights were suspended due to the US-Israeli-Iranian conflict. Photo: Stringer/dpa (Photo by Stringer/picture alliance via Getty Images)

ICE Worked With Iranian Regime to Set Up Deportation Flights as Trump Laid Plans for War

An Aug. 1, 2026 post on X by Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell depicts a service member and the words "SEND ME," a biblical quote.

The Pentagon Is Posting Cryptic Biblical Messages on Social Media

Austin Campbell

President Donald Trump boards Marine One on the Ellipse, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, in Washington.

When a President Promises a Massacre

Midterms

Oliver Larkin, a Democratic Socialist running for Congress, canvasses in Miami, Fla. on June 5, 2026.

A Democratic Socialist Aims to Oust a Top AIPAC Beneficiary in Florida

MADISON, WISCONSIN - AUGUST 11: Democratic Wisconsin Gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong speaks to reporters after voting in the primary election on August 11, 2026 in Madison, Wisconsin. Recent polling has Hong with a substantial lead over her nearest Democratic rival David Crowley. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Francesca Hong’s Loss in Wisconsin Is a Win for AI Data Centers — for Now

Jessica Washington

The Most Expensive Democratic Senate Primary Has a Winner

Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, speaks during a primary election night event Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit.

Abdul El-Sayed Beats the Democratic Establishment and AIPAC in Michigan

Justice

Demonstrators make noise outside of hotels thought to house Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota on January 9, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Secret ICE Agent Tried to “Entice” Minneapolis Activists Into Confrontational Tactics

Cornell to Pro-Palestine Students Targeted by ICE: Come Back to the U.S. or Lose Funding

Samson Childs holds a sign during an anti-death penalty march in Nashville, Tenn. on Aug. 9, 2026.

Tennessee Plans Another Execution Despite Its Brutal Recent Mistakes

Congress Might Give ICE the Power to Go After Shoplifters

War on Gaza

On a West Bank Eviction Tour, Israeli Settlers Advertise “No Arabs Here”

Armed Israeli Settlers Detained Ro Khanna. He Wants Their Illegal Outposts Demolished.

This undated photo from Winter 2023 provided by Breaking The Silence, a whistleblower group of former Israeli soldiers, shows blindfolded Palestinian prisoners captured in the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces at a detention facility on the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel. (Breaking The Silence via AP)

How to Show That Israel’s Sexual Violence Against Palestinians Is Systemic — and Has Gone on for Decades

Natasha Lennard

The Performative Ceasefire in Gaza

Unmasking ICE

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

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

Chilling Dissent

US President Donald Trump holds up a copy of his Truth Social post about Air Force One as he speaks with the media aboard Air Force One shortly after departure from Mildenhall Air Force Base in the United Kingdom, after he switched from the old VC-25A Air Force One to the newer VC-25B Bridge Air Force One, enroute to Washington, on July 8, 2026. Trump is returning from the NATO Summit in Turkey. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

The Intercept Sues Trump for Selling Premium Access to Truth Social Announcements

President Donald Trump, left, reacts as Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at a roundtable on American mining, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, at the State Department in Washington.

Rubio Is Trying to Keep Leftists Out of U.S. by Banning Supporters of “Economic Sabotage”

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 14: Vice President-elect Mike Pence and PayPal founder Peter Thiel, listen to Republican presidential-elect Donald Trump during a meeting with technology industry leaders at Trump Tower in New York, NY on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

State Department Wants Palantir’s Advice on Free Speech and “Countering Digital Surveillance”

BLM Protester Transferred Thousands of Miles Away After They Organized Against Their Solitary Confinement

Jessica Washington