The Informant at the Heart of the Gretchen Whitmer Kidnapping Plot Was a Liability. So Federal Agents Shut Him Up.
Internal FBI reports and undercover recordings reveal that federal agents were concerned about entrapment claims.
Justice
Israel’s War on Gaza
Leaked U.S. Cable: Israeli Invasion of Rafah Would Have “Catastrophic Humanitarian Consequences”
With 1.5 million Palestinians trapped in Rafah, a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable says an Israeli offensive would cut off all aid and seize an already collapsed health system.
Voices
Florida Anti-Trans Bill Could Raise Everyone’s Health Insurance Costs
The Florida GOP's so-called trans erasure bill mandates that insurance companies cover widely debunked "conversion therapy."
Voices
An Abortion-Seeker Is Not a Victim
“Abortion trafficking” bills and a new study of rape-related pregnancy contribute to the “awfulization” of abortion.
Voices
Alabama Court Rules Frozen Embryos Made by IVF Are “Children”
With Roe v. Wade dismantled, far-right courts are coming for all aspects of reproductive health care.
Out for Blood
Amid the Lingering Trauma of Trump’s Executions, a New Project Brings Families to Federal Death Row
Three years after Trump’s unprecedented killing spree, the death row visitation project offers a lifeline for those who survived.
Israel’s War on Gaza
Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Northwestern Students for Pro-Palestine School Paper Parody
The parent company of the Daily Northwestern backed down after days of backlash and promises to boycott from students, faculty, and alumni.
The War on Immigrants
ICE’s Use of Solitary Confinement “Only Increasing” Under Biden
A new report reveals that ICE continues to isolate immigrants en masse, including many with known mental health conditions.
Israel’s War on Gaza
Northwestern Students Face Criminal Charges for Pro-Palestine College Newspaper Parody
Publishers of the school newspaper notified police. Now the students, charged under an obscure anti-KKK law, face a year in jail.
Prosecutors Buried Evidence and Misled the Court. Ten Years Later, They Got a Slap on the Wrist.
Supervisory error justified leniency, a court ruled. One supervisor now runs the Justice Department office that investigates prosecutorial misconduct.