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The Washington Post headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. Federal agents searched the home of a Washington Post reporter who allegedly obtained and reported on classified information from a Pentagon contractor who is currently in jail, Attorney General Pam Bondi said. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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FBI Raid on WaPo Reporter’s Home Was Based on Sham Pretext

Pam Bondi’s decision to rescind rules to protect journalists is being used as a cudgel to attack the First Amendment.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 13: Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (D-IL) speaks during a press conference with other members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus on funding for and efforts to reform the Department of Homeland Security, in Washington, DC on, January 13, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Unmasking ICE

New Bill Would Put Basic Limits on ICE Use of Force After Minneapolis Killing

Jessica Washington

Rep. Delia Ramirez called her bill “the bare minimum” to rein in ICE while Democratic leadership remains resistant to abolishing the agency.

Federal law enforcement agents during a raid in south Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. Minnesota officials are suing over the unprecedented surge of US immigration authorities in the state, taking the Trump administration to court days after a federal agent shot and killed a Minneapolis woman. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Chilling Dissent

Federal Agents Keep Invoking Killing of Renee Good to Threaten Protesters in Minnesota

In apparent references to Renee Good, multiple agents have asked protesters: “Have y’all not learned from the past couple of days?”

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 25: Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) arrives prior to the Senate Republicans weekly policy luncheon, in the US Capitol on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Republicans are meeting as the Trump administration faces blowback after defense plans that were posted in a group chat including top cabinet officials on the Signal app were accidentally shared with Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)

License to Kill

Trump Bullies Flip-Flopping Senators Into Defeating Vote to Block Venezuela War

The Royal Danish Navy Thetis-class warship HDMS Vaedderen sails past sea ice off the coast of Nuuk, Greenland, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.

Danish Forces Are Mandated to Fire Back if U.S. Attacks Greenland

MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2025/08/15: NY Assemblymember Claire Valdez. Members of the Stop The Williams Pipeline Coalition, New York residents, and elected officials hand-delivered over 11,000 new public comments marking 50,000 in total to Governor Hochul's Manhattan office, demanding she reject the Williams NESE pipeline that will poison waterways, drain New Yorkers' wallets, and endanger communities. This is yet another example of a unifying moment for communities that have banded together to reject this pipeline three times over the past eight years. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Midterms 2026

National Progressives Side With Mamdani in House Race Splitting NYC Left

June 26, 2025. The Capitol Reflecting Pool, Washington, DC, USA. Representatives from various Jewish and non-Jewish organizations rallied on the U.S. Capitol Grounds in support of Jewish Civil Rights in America. Photo Credit: Robyn Stevens Brody(Sipa via AP Images)

Chilling Dissent

New York Attorney General Slams Pro-Israel Group Betar U.S. for Biased Harassment of Arabs, Muslims

Jacqueline Sweet, Noah Hurowitz

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Greg Grandin on Trump’s “Universal Police Warrant”

The Intercept Briefing

AI’s Imperial Agenda

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Royalist protesters gather with signs of Reza Pahlavi and flags some Israeli and call for an end to the current Iranian regime during the demonstration. People take part in a rally in solidarity with protesters in Iran, in London, England starting outside the Iranian embassy. Later members of the Iranian community gathered outside Downing Street, calling on the British government to support Iranians as anti-government protests continue across Iran. The demonstrations have followed economic troubles in the country and the regime shutting down the internet and arresting many protesters. (Photo by Martin Pope / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

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Would-Be Iran Monarch Reza Pahlavi Declares a Civil War in Iran

Demonstrators hold up signs outside the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse as ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro awaits his arraignment hearing on January 5, 2026 in New York. Leftist strongman Nicolas Maduro, 63, faces narcotrafficking charges along with his wife, who was also seized and taken out of Caracas in the shock US assault on January 3, which involved commandos, bombing by jet planes, and a massive naval force off Venezuela's coast. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP via Getty Images)

Voices

Americans Are Sick and Tired of Pointless Wars

Politics

Kristi Noem, secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), speaks during a news conference at One World Trade Center in New York, US, on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a woman during a confrontation in Minneapolis on Wednesday, sparking an uproar over the presence of ICE agents in the city and heightening political divisions around the Trump administration's migrant crackdown. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images

DHS Used Neo-Nazi Anthem for Recruitment After Fatal Minneapolis ICE Shooting

Austin Campbell

License to Kill

Five GOP Senators Vote to Move Forward Bill Blocking Future Trump Attacks on Venezuela

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 02: U.S. President Donald Trump attends a meeting of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House on December 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. A bipartisan Congressional investigation has begun regarding Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's role in ordering U.S. military strikes on small boats in the waters off Venezuela that have killed scores of people, which Hegseth said are intended "to stop lethal drugs, destroy narco-boats and kill the narco-terrorists who are poisoning the American people.” (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

License to Kill

Congrats to Donald Trump on Starting the Least Popular War in Recent Memory

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 15: A mobile billboard sponsored by Win Without War is seen outside the US Capitol Building on December 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. The billboard urges Congress to support war powers resolutions to prevent the Trump administration from launching military interventions. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Win Without War)

License to Kill

How Congress Blew All Their Chances to Stop Trump’s War With Venezuela

Justice

A protester holds up a sign as they march from Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent, 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)

Bill Ackman Gave $10,000 to Jonathan Ross GoFundMe Created by User Linked to Nazi Salute Image

Jacqueline Sweet

Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino, center, and law enforcement officers outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in St. Paul, Minnesota, US, on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a woman during a confrontation in Minneapolis, sparking an uproar over the presence of ICE agents in the city and heightening political divisions around the Trump administration's migrant crackdown. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The War on Immigrants

“They Could See My Color”: Minneapolis Uber Driver Speaks Out on Why Border Patrol Accosted Him

The War on Immigrants

Border Patrol Agents Shot Two People in Portland During Immigration Stop

A memorial set up by community members following a fatal shooting by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a woman during a confrontation in Minneapolis, sparking an uproar over the presence of ICE agents in the city and heightening political divisions around the Trump administrations migrant crackdown. Photographer: Jaida Grey Eagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Trust What You Can See With Your Own Eyes

Katherine Krueger

National Security

Residents look at a damaged apartment complex that neighbors say was hit during U.S. strikes to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026.

U.S. Military Command That Attacked Venezuela Gutted Its Civilian Harm Team

Gen. Michael Langley, USMC, Commander, U.S. Africa Command, center, and Major General Mohammed Berrid, Inspector General of Moroccan Royal Armed Forces, attend the 21st edition of the African Lion military exercise, in Tantan, south of Agadir, Morocco, Friday, May 23, 2025.

Failed U.S. Military Effort in Africa is on the Chopping Block

Kristi Noem, secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), center, speaks during a news conference at One World Trade Center in New York, US, on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a woman during a confrontation in Minneapolis on Wednesday, sparking an uproar over the presence of ICE agents in the city and heightening political divisions around the Trump administration's migrant crackdown. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Voices

We Asked for ICE Bodycam Footage. DHS Claims They Don’t Have It.

Screenshot from a video U.S. Southern Command posted on X on Dec. 31, 2025, to announce an attack the day prior.

License to Kill

After Undercounting Boat Strike Killings, U.S. Military Updates Death Toll

World

CARACAS, VENEZUELA - JANUARY 4: Pro-government supporters attend a rally a day after the capture of Nicolas Maduro by US forces on January 4, 2026 in Caracas, Venezuela. US President Donald Trump announced on January 3 that his country's military had launched a "large-scale" attack on Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Venezuela faces a political and social crisis, while citizens start to struggle with the lack of supplies and water. (Photo by Carlos Becerra/Getty Images)

The U.S. Desperately Wants Back in the Business of Empire With Venezuela

Gabriel Hetland

The List of Countries Trump Is Threatening With War Keeps Growing

Voices

Israel Is Cynically Capitalizing on the Iranian Protests for Its Own Ends

Séamus Malekafzali

US President Donald Trump, alongside (L/R) Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine, speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026. President Trump said Saturday that US forces had captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after launching a "large scale strike" on the South American country. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

License to Kill

Pentagon Official on Venezuela War: “Following the Old, Failed Scripts”

Technology

View of the earth photographed from the Apollo 11 spacecraft as it approached the earth on its return from the moon, July 24, 1969.

Why Is Everyone Suddenly Talking About Putting Data Centers in Space?

The Intercept Briefing

AI’s Imperial Agenda

Tarek Mansour, co-founder of Kalshi, during a joint SEC-CFTC roundtable at SEC headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Sept. 29, 2025.

Voices

These Apps Let You Bet on Deportations and Famine. Mainstream Media Is Eating It Up.

Tekendra Parmar

Voices

Anti-Palestinian Billionaires Can Now Control What TikTok Users See

Environment

A serpentine river near Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska on September 11, 2022.

Trump Sacrifices Alaska Wilderness to Help AI Companies

The new US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., shakes hands with US President Donald Trump after a swearing in ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

MAHA Slams “Corporate Capture” by Food and Pharma Giants — While Trump Strips Regulations

Jessica Washington

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 29: Members of the Sunrise Movement are arrested as they protest outside the Senate office of Republican vice presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) on Capitol Hill on July 29, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Sunrise Movement, a climate change political action group, held signs accusing Vance of being in the pocket of big oil companies. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Chilling Dissent

Sunrise Movement, Founded to Fight Climate Change, Pivots to Fighting Trump

Israeli excavators demolish some of constructions belonging to Palestinians for allegedly being unauthorized at Dura district in Hebron, West Bank on September 23, 2020.

Israel’s War on Gaza

USAID Cuts Help Push West Bank Into Extreme Water Shortages