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AUSTIN, TEXAS - JANUARY 8: Protesters gather at the intersection of 45th Street andNorth Lamar Boulevard to protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Jan. 8, 2026 in solidarity with nation-wide protests after the killing of a Minneapolis woman, a U.S. citizen, by ICE agents on January 7. (Photo by Sara Diggins/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

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“Abolish ICE” Is More Popular Than Ever. How Will Democrats Drop the Ball This Time?

Mychal Denzel Smith

Establishment Democrats are rejecting an increasingly popular position by refusing to take a bold stance that happens to be good politics.

The War on Immigrants

Inside the Somali-Led Resistance to Trump’s Assault on Minneapolis

Fatima Khan, Meghnad Bose

Somalis are fighting back, from homemade sambusas for protesters to foot patrols on the lookout for ICE.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MAY 01: CTU Local 1 Pres. Stacy Davis Gates speaks on stage during the Nationwide May Day Strong Rally - Workers Stand Up to Billionaires on May 01, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Barry Brecheisen/Getty Images for May Day Strong)

Chilling Dissent

Trump Is Helping Right-Wing Groups Target Chicago Teachers Union

Jessica Washington

Dark-money groups want a look at the Chicago Teachers Union’s finances. The Trump administration could help them get it.

US Border Patrol agents stand guard at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 8, 2026. A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed an American woman on the streets of Minneapolis January 7, leading to huge protests and outrage from local leaders who rejected White House claims she was a domestic terrorist. The woman, identified in local media as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, was hit at point blank range as she apparently tried to drive away from agents who were crowding around her car, which they said was blocking their way. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images)

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ICE Agents Are Even Worse At Being Cops Than You Think

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Trump’s War on America

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 01: Mahmoud Khalil, an Algerian-Palestinian, arrives at the New York City Mayor Zohrarn Mamdani's ceremonial inauguration at City Hall on January 1, 2026 in New York City. Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, built his platform on promises to reduce the cost of living for average New Yorkers while taxing the wealthy. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Chilling Dissent

Despite Court Ruling, ICE Can’t Detain Mahmoud Khalil — For Now

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

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Trump’s War on America

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Greg Grandin on Trump’s “Universal Police Warrant”

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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)

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Americans Are Sick and Tired of Pointless Wars

Politics

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)

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

Jessica Washington

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

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

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

The War on Immigrants

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

Austin Campbell

Justice

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

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

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

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)

Chilling Dissent

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

National Security

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

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.

License to Kill

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

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

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