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Hegseth’s obsession with beards risks jeopardizing religious liberties as the military undergoes an apparent Christian nationalist turn.
The Defense Department is recruiting on behalf of DHS while the latter faces public backlash and a continued lack of government funding.
“This is the kind of thing that really resonates: seeing respected people in positions of power validating what many service members feel.”
Ali Gharib speaks to Afeef Nessouli about the latest strikes on Lebanon and peace strategist Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini on the U.S.–Israel assault on...
With militaries increasingly relying on artificial intelligence, data centers have emerged as new targets for strikes.
“Obviously, it takes money to kill bad guys,” said Pete Hegseth, when asked about the funding request.
The Massachusetts congressman is struggling to land his message of generational change with his past anti-trans comments haunting him.
Since World War II, the U.S. has rarely, if ever, attacked so many places. “All war. All the time. Everywhere,” one source put it.
The academy’s oversight board records show leaders dismantling DEI to align with Trump directives. Critics warn the military is becoming “a...
2nd District voters picked Donna Miller, backed by AIPAC-funded groups, while progressives Daniel Biss and Kat Abughazaleh compete in the 9th...
Agencies are reportedly pooling immigration data, Social Security numbers, and more into a central database. FPF is suing to learn how deep it goes.
“My kids’ kids, and probably their kids, are going to be paying for this,” said one official briefed on the U.S war on Iran.
Since his first inauguration, Trump has been throwing charges at protesters and seeing what sticks. He always failed — until now.
Despite his high-profile controversies, Platner is still popular with Mainers. But leadership isn’t budging from its centrist pick.
“Jordan Wood was not a CD2 resident until very recently, and I personally look sideways at someone who moves into a district in order to run.”
A crypto PAC smeared one progressive backed by Bernie Sanders as a “corporate pawn” and spent millions calling another a tax cheat.
I was supposed to witness Sonny Burton’s execution by nitrogen gas. Instead I saw him celebrate a stunning commutation.
The government won on most of its charges, including convicting defendants for moving a box of radical zines.
By rallying behind process-based critiques, the Democrats are refusing to stand against the war on moral grounds.
Doctors who went to Gaza said Israel’s suspension of travel puts vulnerable patients at risk after years of genocide.
My little horror movie review was introduced to prove a conception of antifa that — like many of the monsters we scream at in horror flicks —...
The Prairieland case is a major test of the Trump administration’s push to label “antifa” protesters as terrorists.
AIPAC is spending big in Tuesday’s Illinois House primaries. In the Senate race, its donors quietly lined up behind the lieutenant governor.
Nick Turse and Hooman Majd discuss war on Iran and other U.S. conflicts, and Sam Biddle breaks down how AI is being used.
Despite attempts by Trump to claim otherwise, the U.S. military was responsible for killing at least 175 in a strike on a school in Iran.
Elected officials desperately want to cast our war with Iran as an “intervention” or “operation.” Don’t let them get away with it.
The Israeli military has closed checkpoints around the West Bank, restricting Palestinians’ movement as settler violence ramps up.
The far-right Center for Security Policy, led by anti-Muslim activist Frank Gaffney, is best known for pedaling conspiracy theories.
“It would be inappropriate to comment given the incident is under investigation,” CENTCOM told The Intercept.
Israeli bombing left cars in Gaza immobile and roads impassable. The assault on Iran has only spiked prices and worsened conditions.
OpenAI says Americans shouldn’t worry about the ethics of its new Pentagon contract. You’ll have to take their word for it (and Pete Hegseth’s).
The policy has been in place for at least a year — but school security keeps letting ICE agents in.
DHS has built a national police force with massive surveillance capabilities — which it could use to interfere with our elections.
Intercept senior editor Ali Gharib discusses the human and political toll of the Israel–U.S. war on Iran with Séamus Malekafzali.
“The administration doesn’t have a clue. They do not have an actual, real rationale, endgame, or plan for the aftermath of this.”
A military watchdog has been “inundated” with complaints that officials are using end-times Christian rhetoric to justify war.
The bipartisan push to remove anonymity from the internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented mass surveillance and censorship.
Democratic primary voters in North Carolina stuck with the incumbent backed by the AI lobby over a challenger running against corporate power and...
Immigration authorities in Minnesota have identified legal observers by name and address, and in some cases showed up at their homes.
The Senate version already failed, with Fetterman once again casting the only Democratic vote against imposing restrictions on Trump’s Iran war.
Two government officials told The Intercept that the joint U.S.–Ecuador military action won’t just be a one-off raid.
Rakhi Israni, whose House primary campaign stunned observers with an early fundraising haul, has ties to Hindu nationalist political groups.
A pro-Palestine group launched a $2 million ad buy aiming to exploit Republican rifts over Israel. They hope Democrats will take note.
The Senate primary between Talarico and Rep. Jasmine Crockett emphasized style over substance. Now local organizers want concrete promises.
A Tennessee bill would take the right to education away from undocumented children. The Heritage Foundation is pushing it in other states.
Israel’s plan to strike Iran would put American lives at risk, Rubio said. Rather than confronting Israel, the U.S. joined their war.
With Paramount’s takeover of CNN owner Warner Bros. Discovery, the network might become the next CBS News.
Top Democrats close to AIPAC stick to criticizing Trump’s process failures — but primary candidates are calling for a referendum on the war itself.
The Iran war shows that Trump is loving his military interventions — but they are never what he claims them to be.
An Intercept analysis finds that every single Board of Peace member state has been rebuked for human rights violations.