Republican Freedom Caucus Pushes for New Committee to Investigate the Surveillance State
Democrats fear the committee on "Weaponization of the Federal Government" will become a partisan cudgel.
Politics
Kevin McCarthy Must Commit to Government Shutdown Over Raising Debt Ceiling, Says Freedom Caucus Holdout
Rep. Ralph Norman, a South Carolina Republican, said the debt ceiling fight is a “non-negotiable item.”
What Matt Gaetz and AOC Talked About During Kevin McCarthy’s Speaker Vote
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Matt Gaetz wanted to know if Democrats would bail out the would-be Republican speaker. Not a chance, she told him.
How Jan. 6 Brought Frontier Violence to the Heart of U.S. Power
The rioters had the aspect of barbarians ready to sack the Capitol. So who was manning the gates?
Biden’s "Diplomacy" in Yemen Means Taking Saudi Arabia’s Side — and Could Spark All-Out War
The White House said Bernie Sanders’s war powers resolution would prolong the war, but that’s what its own efforts are doing.
Voices
Liberals Rose to Fight the Assault on Abortion — but Not Trans Rights
2022 has seen right-wing attacks on trans rights increasingly aided by the tacit, if sometimes unwitting, transphobia of liberal institutions.
Voices
Merry Christmas! We’re All Being Murdered by Capitalism.
Here at The Intercept, we are committed to ruining the holidays.
Did Republicans Know About George Santos Before the Election?
The race was neck and neck, but outside Republican groups put almost no cash into Santos’s effort.
George Santos Moved to Florida in 2016, Voted There, Then Quickly Registered Again in New York
Republican Rep.-elect George Santos's official biography was filled with misrepresentations, but his real history is coming into focus.
Boxed In on the Border
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Agrees to Remove Illegal Border Wall
After being shut down by local protesters, Ducey told a federal judge he would remove the shipping container wall.