The Intercept Investgations

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ICE Raid on Ilhan Omar Shows How Dangerous Two Years of Flailing Trump Could Get

In the mode of historic fascist regimes, President Donald Trump’s administration sent federal agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to raid the home of a political opponent, singled out for her race and religion, in a transparent effort to strip her of her citizenship.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/12/ilhan-omar-raid-ice-trump/?

Trump Wanted Minnesota 15 Case to Be Another Prairieland. Instead, Twin Cities Rallied Behind Anti-ICE Activists.

As the Trump administration unveiled an indictment earlier this year against 15 anti-ICE activists, many of whom identify as radicals, for purportedly tormenting federal agents last winter, a top U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official took the podium.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/12/minneapolis-15-ice-protesters-prairieland-unions/?

Susan Collins-Aligned Super PAC Buys Attack Ads in Portland… Oregon

A Republican-affiliated super PAC is having a little trouble finding Maine on a map.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/12/susan-collins-super-pac-portland-oregon-ads/?

Don’t Stop at ICE, Says Progressive Dem: Abolish the Department of Homeland Security

Rep. Delia Ramirez is expected to introduce a bill to abolish the Department of Homeland Security and eliminate all immigrant detention in the United States on Tuesday, the Illinois Democrat shared exclusively with The Intercept. 

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/13/abolish-ice-dhs-delia-ramirez-ilhan-omar/?

ps:That doesn't make any sense! The US needs those departments!! It's the person running them that are the problem

Pentagon Finally Counts an Iran War Death — Six Months Late

The Pentagon quietly acknowledged additional Iran war deaths on Friday evening after The Intercept repeatedly demanded an explanation for inaccurate statistics on a War Department website tracking U.S. casualties from the conflict.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/12/iran-war-casualties-death-toll-accuracy/?

An Arkansas Mom Obtained Public Records About a New Data Center. Then She Got Sued.

Two wealthy lawfare warriors recently failed in their attempts to bury reporting on government-released documents. Both lawsuits — one in state court in California, the other in federal court in Arkansas — were frivolous strategic lawsuits against public participation, known as SLAPPs. Supreme Court precedent couldn’t be clearer that it’s not the journalists’ problem if the government accidentally shares information it’s not supposed to disclose. 

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/13/google-data-center-slapp-lawsuit/?

Reflecting on the Trump Era

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes exploded at Trump administration attorneys on Monday after they admitted more than 400 trees had been cut down at a D.C. public golf course that President Donald Trump wants to turn into a championship-level course, like those of his personal properties.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/14/trump-dc-lincoln-memorial-pool/?

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Lockheed Martin Showered Susan Collins With Cash as F-35 Program Hit Turbulence

In May 2023, the Pentagon’s shiny new fighter jet was not looking so shiny or new.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/15/susan-collins-lockheed-martin-f35-fighter-jet/?

Inside ICE, Officials Question String of Trump Admin “Midterm Panic Moves”

After agents with Homeland Security Investigations, a division of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, raided the Washington, D.C., home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Monday morning, officials who spoke to The Intercept raised questions about whether the raid was political in nature.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/15/ice-omar-raid-midterms-political/?

Trump Is Targeting Ilhan Omar. Where’s the Elite Media Outrage?

Agents from the Department of Homeland Security on Monday raided the Washington, D.C., home of Rep. Ilhan Omar ostensibly in connection with a criminal investigation into her childhood immigration to the United States. The raid was signed off on by a federal judge, apparently after a “back-and-forth” with federal law enforcement, and has been condemned by civil rights groups as highly suspect.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/15/ilhan-omar-raid-corporate-media-coverage/?

America’s Sordid History of Filming Executions as Entertainment

Earlier this month, Acting Secretary of the Army Adam R. Telle signed an order scheduling the execution of Nidal Hasan, a former Army major who was convicted of killing 13 people in a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas. Two days later, self-styled War Secretary Pete Hegseth made a startling announcement. “We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public,” Hegseth told the conservative Real America’s Voice News network, as the interviewer raised his eyebrows. The Department of War’s official “Rapid Response” Twitter account promptly promoted the clip.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/15/public-execution-livestream-hegseth-trump/?

Mother Sues ICE Contractor for Jailing Her and Her Baby in a Hotel Room

After being detained for five days in an airport hotel, a mother filed suit against a longtime Immigration and Customs Enforcement contractor on behalf of herself and her now 23-month-old son, alleging false imprisonment among other counts.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/15/ice-contractor-hotel-detention-mvm-sonesta/?

Dems Have an Opportunity to Force an End to the Iran War. Will They Take It?

For months, Democrats have forced Republicans to take vote after vote on President Donald Trump’s unpopular war on Iran. Now those votes could help Democrats retake Congress — and they will immediately have opportunities to follow through on their anti-war rhetoric.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/17/congress-democrats-iran-war-end-strategy/?

ps:Well we'll see or are they also just talk and no action??

President Apocalypse

Twenty-five years ago — as the U.S. prepared to invade Afghanistan — Tom Engelhardt launched this publication as a form of pushback. TomDispatch began as an informal listserv offering commentary and collected articles from the global media to a select group of Tom’s friends and colleagues. A year later, it gained its signature moniker and has been providing “a regular antidote to the mainstream media” ever since.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/18/trump-president-apocalypse-war/?

Long After the Maui Fires, Toxic Metals Linger in Residents’ Bodies

In August of 2023, a series of wildfires broke out across Maui, killing more than 100 people, destroying thousands of homes, and causing billions in damage. Noelani Ahia, who is Kanaka Maoli and co-founder of Maui Medic Healers Hui, helped mobilize nearly 600 volunteers in Lāhainā, including doctors, nurses, and therapists. 

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/16/maui-wildfire-toxic-metals/?

DHS Was Designed as a Weapon

A fresh wave of outrage over the Trump administration’s use of Immigration and Customs Enforcement has surged after two high-profile events involving ICE in the span of a week: the shooting of a young father in New York City last Thursday, and the Monday morning Homeland Security Investigations raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/16/ice-raid-ilhan-omar-dhs-trump/?

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Google DeepMind Engineer Resigns in Protest of Pentagon Contract

Sofia Liguori, a research engineer working at DeepMind, resigned in protest this week from Google’s pioneering artificial intelligence laboratory. Unlike a wave of other AI researchers who have quit over fears AI might someday turn against humanity, Liguori stepped down over concern about her employer’s current practices.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/21/google-deepmind-resign-ai-military-gaza/?

Mike Rogers Spent $100K on Private Jets and Luxury Travel Last Quarter

The Republican candidate for Senate in Michigan spent more than $40,000 to cover a single private jet bill last month, according to campaign finance records reviewed by The Intercept. The five-figure ticket was part of over $100,000 worth of campaign cash Rogers spent on luxury travel last quarter, most of it on private jet trips.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/19/michigan-senate-mike-rogers-spending-private-jets/?

The Army Wants to Sic AI Agents on Its Enemies. What Could Go Wrong?

As global governments and tech giants reckon with widespread revelations of autonomous AI agents unexpectedly breaking into computer systems, documents obtained by The Intercept show the U.S. Army is looking to harness that exact technology to seek and destroy.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/19/army-autonomous-ai-agents-arcyber/?

Trump’s Obsession With Somalia Isn’t Just Racist. It’s Been Lethal.

The Trump administration is waging a multi-pronged war on Somali people, painting them as criminals, murderers, and terrorists and using multiple federal agencies to target them at home and abroad. The campaign includes military attacks in Somalia, as well as arrests, deportations, and the weaponization of federal law enforcement agencies against immigrants and the Somali American community in the United States, including the recent use of Homeland Security agents as a goon squad to target Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/21/trump-ilhan-omar-somalia-war/?

Kohen Wiley’s Family Says Investigators Didn’t Contact Them Before Concluding Cops Did No Wrong

For months, the residents of Senatobia, Mississippi, have waited with a mix of dread and anticipation for state authorities to decide what, if anything, they plan to do about the killing of Kohen Wiley. Ever since the 1-year-old child was shot by a white police officer outside a local Walmart in June, organizers have held protests and press conferences outside the town’s city hall to call for accountability — or even a simple acknowledgment — for the loss of the Black toddler.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/20/kohen-wiley-police-shooting-mississippi/?

Yemenis Unable to Reach Hospital Are Part of the Iran War Death Toll

SANA’A, Yemen — For more than two weeks, Abdullah laid at home in al-Silw district, in Yemen’s besieged southwestern governorate of Taiz, as his body slowly failed.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/20/yemenis-dialysis-houthi-blockade-iran-war/?

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Bodycam: Cop Was Not in Danger When He Fired Shots That Killed 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley

After the Mississippi attorney general cleared a white cop for firing into a car and killing a Black toddler in a Walmart parking lot, video footage released by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety has revealed the fullest picture to date of what happened.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/23/kohen-wiley-body-camera-police-shooting-justification/?

The Stakes of Brazil’s Presidential Election

Brazilians will head to the polls on Sunday in one of the most consequential presidential elections of the last decade. The run-off election will determine the future of the largest democracy in Latin America and the fate of the Amazon rainforest.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/23/brazil-president-election-lula-bolsonaro-meta/?

Giant Crypto Super PAC Funnels Big Money to Former Trump Official’s Firm to Support… Democrats?

The Fellowship PAC, a super PAC fueled by crypto industry cash that once lavished praise on Donald Trump, is making a surprising pivot.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/23/crypto-donations-democrats-elections-bo-hines/?

The Spirit of “Party Unity, My Ass” Is Back and Coming for the DSA (and El-Sayed)

The PUMA spirit is back. The 2008 Democratic Party protest movement, inflamed by what Hillary Clinton supporters viewed as Barack Obama stealing the nomination from their primary candidate, scorned his general election campaign and embraced the mantra “Party Unity, My Ass.” 

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/24/centrist-democrats-dsa-el-sayed/?

Hegseth Built a New Pentagon Office for Religion. Military Religious Leaders Wish He Hadn’t.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has extended a line for the military’s religious leaders to reach him directly — and current and former military chaplains say they don’t want it.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/25/hegseth-military-christian-religion/?

The Intercept Live in Conversation With Robert Reich

Democrats may be ahead in the polls. But can they withstand billions in campaign spending by Elon Musk and other MAGA oligarchs? Will the election be safe from intimidation and interference? And even if they do prevail, what would a Democratic Congress actually do to obstruct Trump’s attacks on democracy?

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/23/robert-reich-live-midterm-elections-democracy/?

Mamdani’s High-Wire Balancing Act Between ICE and NYPD Can’t Last

The October 8 shooting of Oscar Belgal by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in front of his 5-year-old son in Manhattan forced into the open a question that had been on many New Yorkers’ minds: What would the New York Police Department do when ICE broke the “rule of law” in the city, and how would Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the person who has the power to hire and fire the NYPD commissioner, respond? 

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/22/mamdani-tisch-ice-shooting-nypd/?

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AIPAC Isn’t Retreating. Here’s How It’s Already Shaping the Next Congress.

In the words of the biggest name in the outside elections-spending game, “Being pro-Israel is good policy and good politics.” 

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/29/aipac-israel-midterms-spending-elections-congress/?

AI Tried to Buy the Midterms — Then the Lobby Learned Everyone Hates AI

The artificial intelligence industry was poised to act as a kingmaker in the midterm elections.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/29/midterms-election-money-ai-super-pac/?

The Disappearing Victims

Angelina Resendiz’s voice on the phone was frantic. She was calling a friend from the barracks room of Jermiah Copeland, a fellow sailor at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia. They had spent the evening together, kissing and drinking, and now Resendiz, 21, needed to leave.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/26/military-domestic-violence-murder-deaths-women/?

The Bolsonaro Family Playbook: Lose, Cry Fraud, and Run to Trump’s America

“I never thought about leaving the country,” Flávio Bolsonaro, a Brazilian senator and son of the deposed, disgraced leader, told his 16 million Instagram followers on Monday. It was the day after he lost the presidential election to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by a margin of more than 4 million votes. 

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/27/flavio-bolsonaro-trump-visa/?

Pentagon Fears Drone Attacks on U.S. and Foreign Bases

Top defense officials are expressing increasing worry about the vulnerability of U.S. bases around the world and even within the United States as cheap drone technology upends long-standing defense strategies.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/27/pentagon-drone-attacks-military-bases/?

Trump Vows to Send Election “Monitors” to Maine After Far-Right Conspiracies Spread

With voters set to cast ballots in two critical races that could help determine control of both chambers of the U.S. Congress, fears of potential voter suppression are running high in Maine.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/28/maine-trump-election-monitors-voting-polls/?

Bankrolling American Empire in the Philippines

The U.S. military just can’t help meddling in the Philippines.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/26/philippines-military-base-cerberus-private-capital/?

Prosecutors Want to Keep a Man in Prison for His Wife’s Murder — Despite Judge Saying Their Evidence is Junk

Alabama attorney Larry Grissett was checking Facebook in late September when he saw a news story about a man he represented in a murder trial more than 40 years ago. According to the article, a federal judge had just vacated the conviction of that client, Charles McCrory.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/28/bite-mark-forensics-junk-science-mccrory/?

The Elon Musk Funder Trying to Sway the Race for LA’s Top Lawyer

A DSA-backed California prosecutor who helped force Meta to pay a historic $17 billion settlement this year is on a glide path to become the top lawyer for Los Angeles — unless a tech investor cozy with Elon Musk can spend enough to stop her.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/27/la-city-attorney-roy-mckinney-big-tech-billionaires/?

The Incredible Shrinking Superpower

Just after taking office in 2025, President Donald Trump picked a fight with Yemen’s Ansarullah, whom Americans routinely call “the Houthis.” Trump got a refresher in the limits of American military power, a lesson reinforced from Korea, Laos, and Vietnam to Afghanistan, Somalia, and Iraq. The U.S. military can cause a lot of damage, but it can’t win wars unless it beats up on weaklings like Grenada and Panama. After U.S. forces killed many civilians but failed to break the resolve of the Yemeni forces, a chastened Trump called it quits.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/28/yemen-saudi-arabia-iran/?

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Abdul El-Sayed Wins Senate Seat With Pro-Palestine Campaign

Abdul El-Sayed defeated Mike Rogers in the U.S. Senate race in Michigan early Wednesday, outlasting months of Islamophobic vitriol and offering a bright spot to progressives looking to test their message ahead of the 2028 presidential primary.

https://theintercept.com/2026/11/03/michigan-senate-results-el-sayed-rogers/?

Troy Jackson Ousts Susan Collins in Maine, Replacing 30-Year Republican Senator With a Progressive

The 30-year Senate career of Maine Republican Susan Collins is coming to an end.

https://theintercept.com/2026/11/03/maine-senate-results-jackson-collins/?

“Offensive Driving”: ICE’s Deadly Weaponization of Vehicles Against Civilians

As Miguel Parra Hernandez, a Mexican national, was fleeing from U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement on foot last month, he turned into a parking lot. An unmarked government vehicle came screaming into the lot after him and struck him.

https://theintercept.com/2026/11/02/ice-vehicles-cars-hit-weapon/?

Democrats, Don’t Mess This Up

For two years, Donald Trump’s Republican Party has worked to push the United States further and further into a state of fascist rule. Trump’s regime has turned the federal government against ideological enemies, enriched and entrenched the power of billionaire allies, and done its utmost to decimate any checks and balances on the actions of the despotic leader and his loyalists.

https://theintercept.com/2026/11/04/midterm-election-results-democrats-blue-wave/?

Anti-Trans Panic Couldn’t Save Republicans in Deep-Red Texas

On an election night handing Republicans a beating in critical House and Senate races across the country, the GOP fell short even in once deep-red Texas after a campaign run on a go-to outrage tactic: fearmongering over the rights of transgender people.

https://theintercept.com/2026/11/03/james-talarico-ken-paxton-texas-results-trans/?

In California’s Central Valley, ICE Swung a Red District Blue

In California’s Central Valley, some surprising voters lined up behind a progressive upstart: A law enforcement officer who calls for the abolition of ICE. A millennial who once voted for a Republican congressman. 

https://theintercept.com/2026/11/04/villegas-valadao-california-election-ice/?

Fergie Chambers Faces Extradition to U.S. Despite Never Being Indicted, Says Lawyer

The Trump administration’s extradition case against millionaire left-wing donor James “Fergie” Chambers, detained in Spain since July, ran into an apparent hurdle when two witnesses called before a federal grand jury announced their intention last week to refuse to testify.

https://theintercept.com/2026/11/02/fergie-chambers-extradition-palestine-israel-protest/?

Ashley Hinson’s Digital Chief Oversees Firm Paid Millions to Push Israeli Propaganda

The person in charge of digital strategy for the Senate campaign of Iowa Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson helps run a company that received nearly $10 million to influence Americans with pro-Israel propaganda.

https://theintercept.com/2026/11/03/ashley-hinson-israel-aipac/?

Trump Scrambles to Halt Military Aid to Israel to Deprive El-Sayed of a Talking Point

The United States will stop providing $4 billion in annual aid to Israel starting next year, President Donald Trump claimed in an Election Day interview. While the U.S. will continue to sell arms to its closest Middle East ally, Trump’s announcement — should it actually hold true — could represent a seismic shift in American foreign policy.

https://theintercept.com/2026/11/03/trump-us-military-aid-israel-el-sayed/?

If Democrats Win, Thank the Left

Democrats are on the verge of reversing their political fortunes. The party is heading into the midterm elections Tuesday under the kind of conditions campaign consultants dream of, after two years wielding hardly more power than a strongly worded letter.

https://theintercept.com/2026/11/03/democrats-voters-midterms-maine-michigan-texas/?