The Intercept Investgations

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The Dam Breaks: Democratic Senators Overwhelmingly Reject Arms Sales to Israel

Democratic senators overwhelmingly voted to block bomb and bulldozer sales to Israel on Wednesday, in a reflection of the Jewish state’s plummeting stock among party rank-and-file and growing anger over the war with Iran.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/15/senate-democrats-block-arms-sales-israel/?

Armed Off-Duty Cop Tried to Incite Violence at a High School Anti-ICE Protest

A police official in Arizona has been placed on administrative leave after showing up armed to a student-led protest and provoking an altercation that led to the arrest of a teenage girl. The officer told fellow police who arrived on the scene that he attended the students’ immigration rights protest with the intent of acting as an agent provocateur, according to a news report.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/15/high-school-ice-protest-arizona-armed-cop/?

State Department Tells Human Rights Watchdog to Ignore Trump’s Extrajudicial Killings

The United States is waging a pressure campaign against the leading inter-American human rights watchdog to squash a potential investigation into illegal U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/13/trump-boat-strikes-iachr/?

Facebook and Instagram Tighten Censorship Rules for Saying “Antifa”

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta changed its speech rules to add new restrictions around posts including the word “antifa,” according to documents reviewed by The Intercept.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/14/facebook-instagram-antifa-censor/?

Swift Swalwell Fallout Suggests the Democrats Have Finally Learned From Epstein

Sexual assault allegations leveled against former Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., stood out for their lurid detail — and because the fallout was unusually swift.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/14/eric-swalwell-sexual-assault-allegations-midterms-epstein/?

The U.S. Is Still Routinely Killing Civilians in Boats

The Trump administration is ramping up its boat strike campaign, conducting three strikes in the space of three days. The U.S. has now conducted 50 strikes in its campaign of targeting civilian vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. The death toll now exceeds 170.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/14/trump-boat-strikes-pacific-caribbean/?

Dem Leaders Aren’t Even Bothering to Rally Caucus Against Trump Domestic Spying Powers

The House of Representatives is set to vote Wednesday on renewing a spy power that grants the Trump administration warrantless access to thousands of Americans’ communications.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/14/democrats-trump-spying-surveillance-fisa-section-702/?

Amy Goodman on the Media’s “Access of Evil”

As talks to end the U.S.–Israel war on Iran break down and President Donald Trump demands a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, journalist Amy Goodman says that in times of war and conflicts, “What I care about is the answer, and I care that people in this country don’t get health care at the same time that money goes to kill others in another country.”

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/14/amy-goodman-democracy-now-independent-media/?

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Israel’s “Black Wednesday” Massacre Leaves Lebanese Families Giving DNA to ID Loved Ones’ Remains

Jaafar Annan has been posted up on the sidewalk outside the emergency room of Rafik Hariri University Hospital, on the southern edge of Beirut, for so long that he’s become a permanent fixture.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/17/lebanon-israel-black-wednesday-bombing-id-dna/?

When Anti-War Candidates Become War-Monger Presidents

Sen. Bernie Sanders forced a vote on Wednesday to block the sales of bombs and bulldozers to Israel. The resolutions failed mostly along party lines with a handful of defections to the Republican side, but a record number of Democrats voted against sending weapons to Israel.  

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/17/trump-iran-war-matt-duss/?

Democrats Are Split Over What It Means to Block Israel Weapons Deals

Ending U.S. military aid to Israel is now the mainstream position among Democratic leaders.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/19/israel-weapons-military-aid-arms-embargo-democrats/?

Crypto Critic Maxine Waters’s New Primary Foe Got Over Two-Thirds of Money From Crypto

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is the scourge of cryptocurrencies on Capitol Hill, burnishing her bona fides by supporting tighter oversight from her perch as ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee. If Democrats win the midterm elections, Waters is poised to become the chair of the influential committee.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/18/maxine-waters-crypto-primary/?

Israel Will Keep Occupying Lebanon Despite Ceasefire

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that a temporary ceasefire agreement had been reached between Israel and Lebanon. The 10-day ceasefire, set to begin at 5 p.m. ET, will reportedly see a pause to Israel’s relentless assault on southern Lebanon, which has displaced over 1.2 million people and killed at least 2,000 since early March.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/16/lebanon-ceasefire-israel-gaza/?

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These Middle Eastern News Sites Are Actually U.S. Government Propaganda Operations

Al-Fassel and Pishtaz News look like typical news websites. They have neatly designed homepages and active social media accounts, where they share reporting and videos on Middle Eastern geopolitics in Arabic and Farsi, respectively, as well as English. Al-Fassel’s X account states the publication’s mission is “to investigate events of great significance that are often overlooked by local and regional media, and to shed light on them.” The Pishtaz News X account says it was established “to investigate and expand upon important news that local and regional media often overlook.”

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/20/pentagon-middle-eastern-news-propaganda-iran/?

Progressive Group Founded by Bernie Sanders Endorses Billionaire for California Governor

Our Revolution, the progressive group founded by Bernie Sanders as an outgrowth of his 2016 presidential campaign, is endorsing its first billionaire as the race for California governor tightens. 

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/20/california-governor-our-revolution-tom-steyer-endorse/?

Pentagon Erases Wounded U.S. Troops From Iran War Casualty List: “Definition of a Cover-up”

Amid a fragile ceasefire in the U.S. war on Iran, the Pentagon is playing a numbers game with American casualty statistics, adding and subtracting from the count as questions about the human toll mount.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/22/iran-war-military-casualties-wounded/?

How the Lebanon Ceasefire Could Make It Harder to End the War on Iran

For the first time in history, the Lebanese ambassador to the United States, Nada Moawad, and Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, sat in the same room at the State Department in Washington, D.C., facing one another as two states ostensibly on equal ground, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other officials presiding over the talks. Lebanese and Israeli officials had been in the same room before, having held indirect negotiations in 2022 and direct talks last in 1993, but this was the first time that Israel and Lebanon’s flags were hung next to one another — a high-level public meeting of a kind never before attempted.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/20/israel-iran-war-lebanon-ceasefire/?

U.S. Personnel Who Died in Mexico Were Working for the CIA, Sources Say

Two U.S. officials who died in Mexico on Sunday worked for the Central Intelligence Agency, two sources told The Intercept. They are among the first known fatalities of President Donald Trump’s expanding drug war in Latin America.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/21/cia-mexico-deaths-drugs/?

LAPD Deployed Drones to Spy on No Kings Protest

The Los Angeles Police Department deployed drones intended for public safety uses to surveil a No Kings rally and a protest against the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant campaign, flight data reveals.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/20/lapd-skydio-drone-surveillance-no-kings-protest-ice/?

ICE Is Looking for Parking in New York City — For a 150-Vehicle Deportation Fleet

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is on the hunt for parking in Lower Manhattan — but they’re not just circling the block waiting for a spot to open up. Instead, they’re looking to rent out a whole parking lot.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/21/ice-new-york-cars-parking/?

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Kash Patel Got Arrested for Public Urination After a Night of Drinking

FBI Director Kash Patel was twice arrested in incidents involving alcohol, once for public intoxication and once for public urination after leaving a bar, he admitted in a 2005 letter about disclosures on his Florida Bar application.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/24/kash-patel-arrest-alcohol-drinking/?

ChatGPT Confessed to a Crime It Couldn’t Possibly Have Committed

You might spend your Saturday mornings sipping coffee, attending a kids’ soccer game, or just recovering from a tough week at work.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/23/chatgpt-ai-false-confession-interrogation-crime/?

Kash Patel Is Using MAGA’s Favorite Tool to Muzzle the Free Press

Smarting from the humiliation of a report published at The Atlantic about his time in office, FBI Director Kash Patel did what conservatives have done over and over in the age of Trump: He sued for defamation. 

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/23/kash-patel-atlantic-lawsuit/?

Trump Has Already Spent at Least $4.7 Billion Attacking Latin America

The Pentagon won’t disclose the price tag of its wars in the Western Hemisphere, but a new analysis by Brown University’s Costs of War Project, provided exclusively to The Intercept, offers the first window onto the ballooning costs.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/23/costs-war-latin-america-boat-strikes-venezuela/?

Palantir Is Helping Trump’s IRS Conduct “Massive-Scale” Data Mining

military contractor Palantir is helping the IRS analyze dozens of different data sets on Americans to investigate a broad range of financial crimes, according to records shared with The Intercept.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/24/palantir-irs-contract-data/?

“We Knew They Were Paying Informants”: SPLC Donors Reject Trump DOJ Fraud Claims

More than a dozen donors to the Southern Poverty Law Center feel that a recent Department of Justice indictment accusing the group of defrauding contributors by paying informants is farcical, the donors told The Intercept.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/24/splc-donors-fraud-doj-kash-patel/?

“Me Too” Comes Back to Congress

It’s primary season, this time against a backdrop of heightened concerns and awareness of powerful figures skirting accountability for sexual abuse and misconduct. Survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have “made accountability for sexual abuse and sexual violence an electoral issue,” says Intercept politics reporter Jessica Washington. 

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/24/congress-me-too-swalwell-democrats-midterms/?

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Who Decided to Indict Kilmar Abrego Garcia Over a Years-Old Traffic Stop?

More than a year after Kilmar Abrego Garcia won at the U.S. Supreme Court — forcing the Trump administration to bring him back from El Salvador — federal officials can’t seem to decide what, exactly, they want to do with him.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/28/kilmar-abrego-garcia-trump-justice-department/?

ICE Watchers Worry Democrats Are Trying to Co-Opt Their Movements For Votes

A seventeen-second video shows a dark-haired man rapping his pale knuckles gently below the tinted windows of a silver minivan. He stands back, shoving his hands into the pockets of his puffer coat, his boyish face twisted into a severe expression. The car drives off, and the camera pans to follow it down the suburban Minneapolis road. No words are spoken.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/29/minnesota-congress-ice-democrats-matt-little/?

CIA Ran MK-ULTRA Experiments on Prisoners of War in U.S. Custody, Declassified Docs Confirm

Korean prisoners of war in the 1950s were subjected to early MK-ULTRA experiments while in American custody, according to recently declassified CIA documents which confirm these experiments for the first time.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/26/mk-ultra-korean-war-prisoner-experiments/?

How Trump’s America Produces Normie Assassins

As more and more information is published about the suspect in the latest possible assassination attempt on President Donald Trump, commentators are in a typical scramble to assign an ideology or clear politics to the 31-year-old man. 

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/27/white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-trump/?

Mike Johnson Used Crypto Catnip to Get Freedom Caucus Support for Domestic Spy Law

Far-right Republicans in the House, including many members of the Freedom Caucus, revealed the price of their support for a controversial surveillance law this week: a ban on the unrelated and hypothetical possibility that the U.S. government might one day issue digital currency.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/29/mike-johnson-crypto-freedom-caucus-fisa-surveillance/?

Hegseth Brags of a Deadlier War Machine as U.S. Unleashes “Devastating Civilian Harm Globally”

President Donald Trump has imperiled civilians across the globe in an unprecedented fashion, outpacing his record of civilian harm during his first term in just the first 15 months of his second, according to experts. The spike in civilian casualties comes as Trump wages wars across the world from Africa to South America and as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth repeatedly brushed off questions by members of Congress on Wednesday about civilian casualties, the U.S. military’s adherence to the laws of war, and the Pentagon’s coordinated campaign to erode civilian harm mitigation efforts.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/29/hegseth-war-military-civilian-deaths/?

Meet the Four Democrats Who’ll Decide If Trump Gets His Domestic Spying Law

A messy fight over whether the U.S. government can conduct warrantless surveillance of American citizens could come down to whether four Democrats endorse Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson’s latest plan.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/27/four-democrats-fisa-domestic-spying-trump/?

Marco Rubio Is Rebranding the State Department as Explicitly Christian

The State Department has shifted its public image in favor of explicit Christian messaging and iconography and away from secular and multicultural causes, an analysis by The Intercept of the department’s Instagram posts has found.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/29/marco-rubio-state-department-christian-nationalism-instagram/?

We Need to Kick Prediction Market Betting Out of Journalism While We Still Can

Every time you turn around recently, it feels like there’s new reporting about insiders cashing in on prediction markets. On Thursday, a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier who was involved in the raid to capture Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela was arrested on charges that he used classified information to make more than $400,000 by betting on the operation before it happened. In the hours before the U.S. attacked Iran, hundreds of anonymous bets over $1,000 were placed on the U.S. striking Iran by the next day, which the New York Times said suggested that some users might’ve “seen the strike coming.”

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/28/kalshi-polymarket-news-journalism-partnerships/?

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Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archaeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border Wall

A rare archaeological site in the Sonoran Desert was bulldozed by a Department of Homeland Security contractor involved in building the latest sections of Donald Trump’s border wall, according to multiple sources briefed on the incident.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/30/arizona-archaeological-site-bulldozed-border-wall/

Graham Platner Handed Centrist Dems a Bruising Defeat in Maine

The Democratic Party’s centrist wing is doing a 180 on Maine senatorial hopeful Graham Platner after Gov. Janet Mills dropped out of the race — a major setback for their side in an ongoing intraparty war for the future of the party. 

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/01/graham-platner-schumer-centrist-democrats-senate/?

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Another Assassination Attempt, More Fertilizer for Conspiracy Theories

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner last weekend became the site of the third failed attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump. “I remember the feeling was very similar to when it was clear that the House had been invaded on January 6, 2021,” Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., who was in attendance, tells The Intercept Briefing. “Everybody was afraid that somebody had come in with an AR-15 or something like that.”

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/01/white-house-correspondents-dinner-conspiracy-theories/?

Ron Wyden Is Pissing Off the NSA’s Biggest Backers. Tom Cotton Warns There Will Be “Consequences.”

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., keeps getting under the skin of the NSA’s biggest supporters with his warnings about intelligence agency abuses — and the latest dispute resulted in a high-profile dustup on the Senate floor on Thursday.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/30/wyden-cotton-nsa-surveillance-fisa-702/?

FBI Redirected a Quarter of Staff to Target Immigrants Under Trump’s Deportation Push

The Federal Bureau of Investigation multiplied the number of employees assigned to immigration by a factor of 23 in the first nine months of the second Trump administration, The Intercept has found.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/01/fbi-ice-immigration-enforcement/?

Musk Warns of Killer AI — While He and the Rest of Silicon Valley Cash In on AI That Kills

The bitter courtroom brawl between Elon Musk and Sam Altman captivating the tech industry this week revolves in no small part around fears that artificial intelligence technologies both men are building could spiral out of control and exterminate humanity. Such far-looking scenarios obscure the fact that tech companies are enlisting to kill today.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/01/elon-musk-openai-lawsuit-trial/?

Democratic Leaders Wanted to Control the Maine Senate Race. Their Pick Just Dropped Out.

The Democratic Party’s pick for Maine senator suspended her candidacy on Thursday. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, who entered the race as the establishment pick and assumed favorite, announced her campaign did not have the financial resources to continue.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/30/maine-janet-mills-graham-platner-senate/?

Never Apologize

Another writer once told me that she never, ever apologizes. How unenlightened and abrasive, I thought at the time. This was circa 2019, when the specter of cancellation loomed large, where old tweets were being dug up, and public apologies abounded.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/02/public-apology-comey-mamdani/?

 

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Mamdani Condemns NYC Expo Promoting Property Sales in Israeli West Bank Settlements

A roving real estate expo for land sales in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories held an event at a New York synagogue on Tuesday, drawing a rebuke from Mayor Zohran Mamdani over the potential for land sales that violate international law.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/05/zohran-mamdani-israel-west-bank-settlements/?

Lawyer on EEOC’s New York Times Lawsuit Has History Battling Discrimination Against Men

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a key achievement of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the federal agency tasked with protecting American workers from employment discrimination, sued the New York Times on behalf of a white man claiming the company discriminated against him based on his race and sex.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/06/eeoc-nyt-lawsuit-discrimination-men/?

She Opposed His Plan for a Blockchain City. Now He’s Bankrolling Her Primary Opponent.

Five years ago, a Nevada state senator helped kill a crypto tycoon’s vision of a blockchain city in the Reno desert. Now, that lawmaker is running for higher office, and the crypto mogul is bankrolling her primary opponent to the tune of millions.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/06/crypto-nevada-attorney-general-race-cannizzaro-conine/?

Trump’s Killing Spree Isn’t Stopping the Flow of Drugs Into the U.S.

The Pentagon claims that attacks on civilian boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific have severely curtailed the import of illegal drugs to the United States. And President Donald Trump says this has saved more than 1 million American lives. Experts call these assertions laughable and reporting by The Intercept shows that claims by the White House and War Department are baseless, phony, or both.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/04/trump-boat-strikes-fentanyl-cocaine-drug-supply/?

Portland AI Company Ships Targeting Tech to Israeli Drone Maker

A company in Portland, Oregon, that specializes in AI targeting for drones has made significant shipments of materials to military contractors in Israel, according to cargo data reviewed by The Intercept. The shipments raise the possibility that a boutique Pacific Northwest tech firm has helped the Israeli military attack people in places like Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran, among others.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/05/portland-sightline-ai-surveillance-drones-israel/?

Hegseth Clings to Phony Ceasefire to Help Trump Evade War Powers Pressure

The Trump administration is tying itself in knots, clinging to a ceasefire with Iran that now remains in name only.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/05/iran-war-ceasefire-trump-strait-hormuz/?

Clavicular and the Right-Wing Project to Radicalize Young Men

Braden Peters, better known online as Clavicular, did not become famous by offering young men discipline in any ordinary sense. He became famous by selling them “ascension”: the promise that a better face, leaner body, harsher jaw, and ruthless optimization could buy them power in a world they believe has already priced them out. In April, that sermon hit a grisly wall (or, more accurately, a floor) when Peters was hospitalized after a suspected overdose during a livestream in Miami. Bloody and bruised, he later described the hospitalization as “brutal.” 

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/05/clavicular-influencer-looksmaxxing-men/?

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The Supreme Court Ends Multiracial Democracy as We Know It

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a fatal blow to the Voting Rights Act, triggering a new wave of redistricting fights in the midst of midterm primary elections. Last week, the court struck down a Louisiana congressional map with a second majority-Black district. The decision requires there to be evidence of intentional racism to prove that a map is discriminatory, making it nearly impossible to successfully challenge racial gerrymandering. 

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/08/supreme-court-voting-rights-act/?

Hasan Piker Is the Democrats’ New Man on the Trail, Whether They Like It or Not

In a letter to Twitch and Amazon, New York Democratic Rep. Richie Torres once slammed Hasan Piker, the popular political streamer, for his “depravity” and called him “the poster child for the post-October 7th outbreak of antisemitism.” While mainstream Democrats and their allies have for months weighed the “problem” of Piker for the party, his star has only continued to rise. Insurgent candidates on the left are now making him their go-to surrogate, with Piker as a new kind of kingmaker, one they hope can shepherd his mass of online supporters behind them.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/08/hasan-piker-cori-bush-wesley-bell-missouri-primary/?

Big Finance Might Be Dooming the SPLC — Even Before Its Day in Court

The Southern Poverty Law Center is preparing for the legal fight of its life with the U.S. government — but its most immediate threat is coming from the financial system, rather than the courts.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/08/splc-donations-banks-censorship/?

Maine Dems to Vote on Condemning DCCC Interference in House Primary

Locals in Maine are bridling at the decision by a powerful Washington Democratic group to throw its weight behind one candidate in the contested primary race for the House seat in the state’s 2nd Congressional District.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/07/maine-dccc-condemn-democrats-dunlap-baldacci-wood/?

Amid Hantavirus Panic, the Ivermectin Super Fans Are Back

Within days of reports of a rare Andes hantavirus outbreak, political figures and prominent Covid-era ivermectin advocates once again began promoting the drug as a potential treatment — even as infectious disease experts say there is no clinical evidence supporting its use against hantaviruses.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/08/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak-ivermectin-covid/?

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Tennessee GOP Moves to Decimate Black Voting Power After Supreme Court’s Blessing of Jim Crow

The ink had barely dried on the Supreme Court’s ruling to gut the Voting Rights Act when Republican lawmakers raced to deliver on the barely veiled promises of the court’s decision: the decimation of Black political power and a revival of Jim Crow-era racist voter suppression.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/08/gop-memphis-tennessee-gerrymander-map-black-voters/?

Dodging FOIA Could Now Mean Arrest and Strip Search, Depending on Who’s Asking

Armed federal agents recently arrested Dr. David Morens, a 78-year-old retired government scientist, strip-searched him, and charged him with crimes that could carry decades in prison — all for allegedly using his personal email to try and evade Freedom of Information Act requests.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/09/david-morens-foia-arrest-trump/?

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We Analyzed Thousands of News Articles: Here’s the Proof of Pro-Israel Bias in Mainstream Media

Ask anyone who has followed news about Gaza with even a smidgen of critical thinking, and they will tell you: Media organizations are biased against Palestinians — and systematically favor Israel. 

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/12/gaza-media-coverage-israel-bias/?

This California Congressional Hopeful Opposes a Billionaire Tax. So Do His Tech CEO Backers.

The leading progressive candidate to replace longtime Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi in Congress is opposing a pair of wealth taxes on the ballot in his state and district: a one-time statewide tax on California billionaires and a local San Francisco tax on the city’s wealthiest businesses and corporations. 

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/14/scott-wiener-billionaire-tax-california-house-race/?

A Trump U.S. Attorney’s Professional Misconduct Must Be Kept “Private and Confidential”

An ethics watchdog found that a Trump administration-appointed former U.S. attorney committed professional misconduct in response to allegations that included retaliating against a newspaper for negative coverage. But details about John Sarcone’s case have been deemed “private and confidential” — and aren’t being released to the public.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/11/trump-new-york-us-attorney-john-sarcone-misconduct/?

Miami Beach Official Hired Billboard Truck to Call Pro-Palestine Activists “Jew Hater,” Lawsuit Alleges

A city official in Miami Beach, Florida paid thousands of dollars to hire billboard trucks with text attacking specific members of an anti-Zionist Jewish group, according to a new filing in federal court.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/13/miami-beach-billboard-truck-david-suarez-israel-gaza/?

FBI Quietly Closed a Probe Into Mahmoud Khalil While He Was in ICE Detention

A recently released FBI file shines new light on the days immediately leading up to the arrest of then-Columbia University student and Palestinian rights activist Mahmoud Khalil.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/12/mahmoud-khalil-fbi-tip-ice-arrest/?

Hegseth Asks for More Money as Iran War Costs Skyrocket

Despite a ceasefire that has been in effect for more than a month, the cost of the U.S. war with Iran keeps spiking higher, a senior Pentagon official said on Tuesday.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/12/hegseth-pentagn-budget-defense-iran-war-cost/?

Israeli Real Estate Expo Advertising West Bank Settlements Returns to NYC

A controversial real estate expo that advertises properties for sale in the occupied Palestinian territories returned to New York City on Monday, less than a week after a previous event drew dueling protests on the Upper East Side.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/11/real-estate-expo-israel-west-bank-settlement-nyc/?

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How Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy Puts You at Risk

the Trump administration last week unveiled its “2026 Counterterrorism Strategy,” a 16-page collection of threats, grievances, hyperbole, and lies. The memo is a truly foundational document and a striking distillation of Trumpism as an ideology, movement, and system of governance. It also serves as a new declaration of war on the Trump administration’s enemies — foreign and domestic, real and imagined. 

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/15/trump-terrorism-left-groups-antifa-christian-gorka/?

“It’s Overwhelming but It’s Amazing”: Richard Glossip Released From Jail After Three Decades

Three decades after he was arrested for a capital crime he swore he didn’t commit — and more than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned his conviction — former death row prisoner Richard Glossip was granted bond by an Oklahoma judge and released from jail.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/14/richard-glossip-bond-release-oklahoma-judge-natalie-mai/?

CDC Didn’t Tell New York About Resident on Hantavirus-Plagued Cruise

A Manhattan resident who was on the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak traveled freely after leaving the ship, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not warn public health authorities in New York of her potential exposure to the deadly virus, according to New York City and state officials.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/15/cdc-new-york-hantavirus-cruise-exposure/?

A “Scheme” Against Dobbs: SCOTUS Dissent Hints at Next Phase of Abortion Rights Fight

Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito found themselves in the minority on Thursday, when the court ruled that telehealth access to the abortion drug mifepristone could continue, leaving the dissenting conservatives to foreshadow a future showdown over abortion rights.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/16/supreme-court-mifepristone-abortion-pill-mail/?

Internal Pentagon Report Reveals Hegseth Is Willfully Putting Civilians in Danger

The Pentagon’s top watchdog says cuts to civilian harm mitigation and response efforts have been so severe under War Secretary Pete Hegseth that the United States cannot adequately protect civilians in conflict zones. 

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/15/pentagon-civilian-harm-casualties-war-hegseth/?

DOJ Escalates War on Trans Youth Healthcare With Criminal Subpoenas

In an escalation of its efforts to criminalize and eradicate trans healthcare, Donald Trump’s administration has sent its first known criminal subpoenas to hospitals that have provided gender-affirming care for young trans people. 

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/14/nyu-langone-subpoena-transgender-health-care/?

“We Will Find You and We Will Kill You”

IN 16 pages, the Trump administration’s new official counterterrorism strategy outlines in broad terms who it views as terrorist threats and priority targets, ranging from anti-fascist activists to ISIS and so-called narco-terrorists. The line “We will find you, and we will kill you” appears in the memo.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/15/podcast-trump-counterterrorism-strategy/?

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Who’s Spending in Your Congressional Election? We Tracked the Front Groups Fueling the 2026 Midterms.

The bitter Michigan Senate primary was heating up earlier this month when a mystery group bought $5 million in TV ads boosting the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s preferred candidate in the Democratic race, Haley Stevens.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/18/super-pac-election-spending-midterms-aipac-ai-crypto/?

Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization” Fund Is a Handout to His Hardcore Supporters

In yet another staggeringly corrupt and unprecedented move, President Donald Trump’s Justice Department on Monday announced a $1.776 billion slush fund, drawn from public coffers, to funnel payouts to Trump loyalists.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/19/trump-anti-weaponization-fund-jan-6/?

ps:This is the biggest crime in the history of the USofA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pennsylvania Results: Chris Rabb to Join the Squad in Congress as Bob Brooks Tries to Flip Key Seat

Chris Rabb won by nearly 15 points in a hotly contested four-way primary on Tuesday night, marking a triumph for progressives who sought to add the Pennsylvania state representative to their ranks in Congress.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/19/pennsylvania-democratic-primary-results-chris-rabb-sharif-street/?

Thomas Massie Loses His Seat in a Win for Trump — and AIPAC

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie lost his Kentucky primary on Tuesday, handing a victory to the president in a race seen as a referendum on Donald Trump.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/19/thomas-massie-loses-election-results-trump-aipac-kentucky/?

Ebola Outbreak Rages After Trump Gutted Global Health Safeguards

The World Health Organization’s chief said on Tuesday that he was “deeply concerned about the scale and speed” of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda that has resulted in a spike in deaths — to at least 130 — and more than 500 suspected cases. The outbreak is complicated by the rare strain of the disease, known as Bundibugyo, that standard field tests often miss and for which there are no vaccines or therapeutics.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/19/ebola-outbreak-trump-who/?

Xavier Becerra Pushed to Inflate a Black Man’s IQ to Execute Him as California AG

When leading California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra was state attorney general, his office pushed the state Supreme Court to artificially inflate a Black man’s IQ in order to execute him. 

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/19/xavier-becerra-california-governor-death-penalty/?

The End of the Voting Rights Act Isn’t Just a “Black Problem”

Within days of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, Republican lawmakers across the South moved with remarkable speed to carve up Black constituencies and consolidate political power. Tennessee rushed to dismantle Memphis’s majority-Black district. Louisiana went further, postponing an ongoing election and moving to eliminate a majority-Black district that snakes for more than 200 miles, from Baton Rouge to Shreveport. South Carolina and Georgia began maneuvering toward special sessions to redraw districts to be even more favorable to Republicans.

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/20/supreme-court-gerrymandering-voting-rights-act-black/?