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The U.S. is interested in acquiring machine-learning technology to carry out AI-generated propaganda campaigns overseas.| The Intercept
Unlike Donald Trump, Joe Biden vowed to “respect the Fed's independence,” even as bank lobbyists continue to swarm it.| The Intercept
While skeptics doubt the prospects for de-extinction, the CIA’s venture capital firm deems powerful genetic manipulation tools worth the money.| The Intercept
TRAC, a little-known database, logs hundreds of millions of wire transfers sent to or from Mexico, Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas.| The Intercept
Our so-called worker shortage crisis hearkens back to the colonial era.| The Intercept
The Pentagon owns 145 golf courses. As Trump cuts key government services, we found its plan to spend on sand traps and clubhouses.| The Intercept
It would give the Trump administration the power to strip the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit it deems a “terrorist-supporting organization.”| The Intercept
Attacking civili society is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes — and the House, including some Democrats, just gave Trump the power to do it.| The Intercept
An analysis conducted for The Intercept found that the militarization of D.C. could end up costing hundreds of millions.| The Intercept
The site did an “investigation” into preexisting conditions in starving kids in Gaza — the same logic that would have you believe typhus killed Anne Frank.| The Intercept
ICE arrested a New York high school student at a regular check-in, then whisked him to private hotels and isolated him until he was deported.| The Intercept
Donald Trump's GOP may fight among itself ver the FTC's new click-to-cancel rule for subscriptions and services.| The Intercept
The GEO Group and CoreCivic have pursued complicated maneuvers to keep the private facilities they operate open.| The Intercept
As GEO Group boasted to investors about its handling of the coronavirus, the company was scrambling to contain outbreaks.| The Intercept
The Education Department is probing claims that UMass Amherst discriminated against Palestinian and Arab students amid Israel’s war on Gaza.| The Intercept
The murder of George Floyd mobilized the Movement for Black Lives and inspired a national reckoning with police violence and impunity.| The Intercept
Air Force member Aaron Bushnell, who set himself ablaze in a pro-Palestine protest, appeared to have posted on Reddit about regretting joining the military.| The Intercept
American forces did most of the heavy lifting responding to Iran’s retaliation for the attack on its embassy in Damascus.| The Intercept
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Decades after sending him to death row, Nashville prosecutors admitted he shouldn’t be executed. Tennessee plans to kill him anyway.| The Intercept
Thanks to the Supreme Court and the Trump administration, student loan forgiveness is out of reach for many — unless you work for ICE.| The Intercept
Americans on the scene who tried to help Palestinians said Israel authorities detained, deported them — all as settler attackers roamed free.| The Intercept
Survivors of the Al-Baqa Cafe bombing in Gaza, and the loved ones of the dead, share their stories of the Israeli attack.| The Intercept
As it helps Israel find Hamas hostages in Gaza, NSO Group, which the U.S. put on a blacklist in 2021, intensified its lobbying push.| The Intercept
The agency broke into virtual private networks for several key targets, including two government entities in Iraq.| The Intercept
A Customs and Border Protection “Industry Day” deck also asks for drones, seismic sensors, and tech that can see through walls.| The Intercept
The people of Gaza face starvation under the joint U.S.-Israeli food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.| The Intercept
The Trump administration’s detention of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk rests on an opinion article she wrote in 2024, her lawyers said in a filing.| The Intercept
The Trump administration is targeting nonviolent acts like identifying masked agents and aiding LA’s anti-ICE protests.| The Intercept
Pentagon press releases say 20,000 federal troops have deployed to support ICE across the country. The real number may be markedly higher.| The Intercept
Mamdani struggled against Andrew Cuomo to win the "Black vote" — but his lackluster performance may not tell the whole story.| The Intercept
All along the border, immigrants coming into the U.S. — even those applying for asylum at ports of entry — have had their children taken from them.| The Intercept
Sent over the objections of California officials, the military has detained one man who was rushing to an appointment in a federal building, not protesting.| The Intercept
ICE attorneys fighting to deport immigrants are able to obscure their identities — no masks required.| The Intercept
As Congress grills CUNY's chancellor, the terminated Brooklyn College faculty say Palestine activism is "the only thing we have in common."| The Intercept
Jordana Cutler, Meta’s policy chief for Israel and the Jewish Diaspora, repeatedly flagged for censorship posts by Students for Justice in Palestine.| The Intercept
Davidai posted that he had been cleared of allegations filed against him last year. He was previously suspended after he was accused of harassment and intimidation.| The Intercept
Georgia authorities said their goal was to serve warrants for crimes against children. They swept people up and got immigration detainers later.| The Intercept
An investigation by The Intercept reveals that ICE officials deceived eight men now expelled to South Sudan.| The Intercept
Tom Homan, Trump’s former acting ICE director who contributed to Project 2025, will be “border czar” in the next administration.| The Intercept
“We have nothing to add,” the FBI said, when asked for evidence of TikTok’s actual threat.| The Intercept
The democratic socialist has closed in on the former governor ahead of Tuesday’s primary. Cuomo is running in the general election either way.| The Intercept
Defense officials say his claims are “overblown” — and the intelligence community said Iran wasn’t building a bomb.| The Intercept
The Border Patrol detonated explosives on sacred Native American lands while tribal leaders were testifying against the desecration in Washington, D.C.| The Intercept
A revived and expanded Muslim ban is stoking fears that U.S. residents with “hostile attitudes” toward the country will be targeted.| The Intercept
Government lawyers would be happy to avoid a legal precedent set in the case of Ravi Ragbir during the first Trump administration.| The Intercept
Lawyers trying to free Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil point to a legal exception undermining the Trump administration’s argument.| The Intercept
By moving campus activist Mahmoud Khalil to a new jurisdiction, ICE disrupted court proceedings and limited his legal access, his attorneys say.| The Intercept
Heeding the request of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump dispatched U.S. warplanes to bomb Iran.| The Intercept
Homeland Security Investigations once targeted human traffickers and cartels. Now it’s leading the charge against student protesters.| The Intercept
Some Democrats are fighting to stop Trump's Iran war, but leaders like Chuck Schumer are quietly acquiescing or, worse, supporting an attack.| The Intercept
A Massachusetts bill — sponsored by Democrats — proposes allowing incarcerated people to donate organs in exchange for shortened prison sentences.| The Intercept
On the same day lobbyists for NSO met with Rep. Pete Sessions, a lawyer from the lobbying firm gave $1,000 to “Pete Sessions for Congress.”| The Intercept
Lawyer Isabella Salomão Nascimento on knowing your rights — and getting the cops to respect them.| The Intercept
Masked and unidentified ICE agents lurking near schools sparked fear, confusion, and a car crash in Latino-heavy New York suburbs.| The Intercept
Trump’s latest travel ban hits Afghans who aided the U.S. in its failed 20-year war.| The Intercept
Sam Biddle and Jack Poulson discuss their reporting on Anomaly Six, a phone-tracking firm that demo’d its surveillance reach by spying on the CIA and NSA.| The Intercept
Untangling the “white genocide” narrative from propaganda to punchline, as South Africa’s president meets with Trump in the White House.| The Intercept
DHS argues Noem needs a new jet for safety reasons — while taking the budget from the aging Coast Guard rescue and interdiction fleet.| The Intercept
The infamous “nonprofit killer” provision quietly disappeared from Donald Trump’s "Big, Beautiful Bill" as it winds its way through Congress.| The Intercept
Pam Bondi has replaced Matt Gaetz in Trump’s attorney general slot. Her lobbying clients include the GEO Group, among many others.| The Intercept
John Fetterman’s competition against Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania could determine consequential rights nationwide. Have the candidates forgotten that?| The Intercept
The government wants to build a centralized platform where spy agencies can more easily buy private info about millions of people.| The Intercept
The U.S. is in talks with 19 nations, including Libya, Kosovo, Rwanda, and Moldova, to accept deportees from other countries.| The Intercept
The Intercept helped unseal an affidavit revealing how ICE got a “judicial fig leaf” to search two Columbia students’ dorm rooms.| The Intercept
Three times in the last week, Trump expressed ignorance when responding to questions about his signature policies.| The Intercept
Internal Google documents show that the tech giant feared it wouldn’t be able to monitor how Israel might use its technology to harm Palestinians.| The Intercept
The injured aviators are the latest in a growing number of casualties in the Middle East that the Trump White House prefers to ignore.| The Intercept
Trump’s proposal cuts SpaceX competitors out of the NASA budget and could add billions to the company’s defense contracts.| The Intercept
“We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,” said a UFW official about an ICE raid in New York.| The Intercept
NYU law students organized a peaceful Gaza protest. The school demanded they renounce protests or they can’t sit their final exams.| The Intercept
With his new executive order on policing, Trump just wants to make sure he’s the one holding the lead.| The Intercept
Unexploded U.S. shells killed four people in February alone, after the Trump administration cut funding to demining efforts.| The Intercept
Harvard released dueling reports on antisemitism and anti-Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim bias. Guess which one the Times emphasized?| The Intercept
Critics warn a new bill clamping down on ethnic studies classes over antisemitism concerns goes too far.| The Intercept
Four Gaza protesters in Germany are set for deportations despite objections from an immigration official that none were convicted of crimes.| The Intercept
“Barnard was not given advance notice of this outreach,” the college’s general counsel wrote in an email to faculty.| The Intercept
Former Tesla employee Tarak Makecha has roles at the FBI and the Justice Department, records reviewed by The Intercept show.| The Intercept
When DHS erased students’ database records, universities said they had to leave. An ICE court filing says the students still had status.| The Intercept
Residents of Sackets Harbor, New York, protested the detention of a mother and her three school-aged children.| The Intercept
Palestinian Columbia student leader Mohsen Mahdawi was called in for a citizenship interview. Instead, ICE arrested him for deportation.| The Intercept
For a time, associating with Nick Fuentes was enough to tank a career in GOP politics. Now, it hardly seems to matter.| The Intercept
Trump’s attacks on the courts and Big Law are an existential threat to the legal system. Expect a reckoning.| The Intercept
Amid a wellspring of discontent over Fetterman’s coziness with Israel and Republicans, people are demanding campaign donation refunds.| The Intercept
Tom Homan is taking heat in Sackets Harbor, New York, after ICE agents detained a mom and her three children in a raid.| The Intercept
Anna Feder lost her job at Emerson College after screening a film critical of Israel. Her lawsuit says it was a free-speech violation.| The Intercept
Students from Muslim-majority countries as well as Asia and Africa are having their visas revoked with little or no explanation.| The Intercept
After Chicago police killed Harith Augustus, the question was not: What happened? It was: How do we justify what happened?| The Intercept
