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Alabama Begs Supreme Court to Make It Easier to Execute People With Intellectual Disabilities

The bizarre oral argument in Hamm v. Smith shows how decades of case law rooted in science is now under siege at the high court. The post Alabama...

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Liliana Segura

The Brand-New Pentagon Press Corps Is Gaga for Hegseth

The Department of War has cracked the code on making the perfect press corps by welcoming in only its biggest cheerleaders. The post The Brand-New...

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Katherine Krueger

Lawmakers Pave the Way to Billions in Handouts for Weapons Makers That the Pentagon Itself Opposed

The pilot program, added to the military budget behind closed doors, upends an 80-year precedent against covering contractors’ interest payments....

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Matt Sledge

“Trump Has Appointed Himself, Judge, Jury, and Executioner” 

The Trump administration is killing civilians in the Caribbean and Pacific and trying to suppress videos of boat strikes and press coverage. The...

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White House Refuses to Rule Out Summary Executions of People on Its Secret Domestic Terrorist List

The Trump administration ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its NSPM-7 list — even while answering our other...

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Nick Turse

ICE Prison’s 911 Calls Overwhelm a Rural Georgia Emergency System

The 911 operator couldn’t send an ambulance because it was already responding to another call from ICE’s Stewart Detention Center. The post ICE...

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Timothy Pratt

Anduril Partners With UAE Bomb Maker Accused of Arming Sudan’s Genocide

Anduril calls itself an “arsenal of democracy.” So why is it partnering with an authoritarian monarchy to build drones? The post Anduril Partners...

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Sam Biddle

AIPAC Spent Millions to Keep Her Out of Congress. Now, She Sees an Opening. 

Growing dissatisfaction with the Israel lobby may pave a lane for Nida Allam, who launched her congressional campaign in North Carolina Thursday...

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Akela Lacy

How Many Members Does Antifa Have? Where Is Its Headquarters? The FBI Has No Answers.

Despite saying that antifa is the biggest U.S. domestic threat, the FBI couldn’t explain how the movement is a “terror organization” — or an...

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Matt Sledge

Trump Administration Diverted $2 Billion in Pentagon Funds to Target Immigrants, Lawmakers Say

The Trump administration is funding its anti-immigrant campaign with money set aside for defense, Democratic lawmakers wrote. The post Trump...

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Noah Hurowitz

U.S. Realizes It Can Seize Boats After All

After months of extrajudicial killings in the waters off Venezuela, the Trump administration opted instead to capture an oil tanker. The post U.S....

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Nick Turse

Congress Quietly Kills Military “Right to Repair,” Allowing Corporations to Cash In on Fixing Broken Products

Both chambers included Pentagon budget provisions for a right to repair, but they died after defense industry meetings on Capitol Hill. The post...

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Matt Sledge

Official Propaganda for Caribbean Military Buildup Includes “Crusader Cross”

Once eschewed by the Pentagon, the “Jerusalem cross” has been co-opted by the far right — and embraced by Pete Hegseth. The post Official...

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Noah Hurowitz

MS-13 and Trump Backed the Same Presidential Candidate in Honduras

MS-13 gang members told Hondurans to vote for the Trump-backed right-wing candidate or “we’ll kill you and your whole fucking family.” The post...

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Jared Olson