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

For the first time, documents confirm the CIA carried out tests on North Korean POWs and planned for much more invasive experimentation.

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Garrett kim

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

Twenty donors to the Southern Poverty Law Center said the alleged “fraud” being prosecuted in their name was exactly how they hoped the group...

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Noah Hurowitz

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

The FBI director was arrested twice in his youth for alcohol-related incidents that he said were “not representative of my usual conduct.”

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Trevor Aaronson

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

Military contractor Palantir has been paid more than $130 million by the IRS to analyze sensitive federal databases.

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Sam Biddle

“Me Too” Comes Back To Congress

Intercept staffers discuss the themes emerging this midterm election season.

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

By suing The Atlantic for defamation, the FBI director is leveraging one of Trump’s legal tactics to tamp down free speech.

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Voices

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

It’s not cheap to attack Venezuela and capture its president or conduct dozens of strikes on civilian boats.

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Nick Turse

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

A renown criminologist’s experiment with ChatGPT demonstrates the destructive power of police to elicit false confessions.

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Radley Balko

The Short and Ridiculous Trial of a Protester Arrested in an Inflatable Penis Costume

An Alabama cop who confronted the No Kings protester claimed she posed a risk to public safety. The judge was unconvinced.

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Liliana Segura

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

The U.S. government altered its tally of American casualties — inexplicably scrubbing 15 wounded-in-action troops from the count.

22.04.2026 2

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Nick Turse

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

Two Americans killed in Mexico, previously identified only as “staff from the United States Embassy,” participated in a raid on a drug lab.

21.04.2026 3

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Nick Turse

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

With its last contract expiring, activists say garage owners should spurn ICE to avoid becoming complicit in Trump’s deportation blitz.

21.04.2026 3

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Noah Hurowitz

Progressive Group Founded by Bernie Sanders Endorses Billionaire for California Governor

With voters on the left split across a wide Democratic field, Our Revolution says it backed Tom Steyer to avoid handing the seat to a Republican.

20.04.2026 4

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Akela Lacy

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

The deal is a welcome reprieve from Israel’s bombing — but separating Lebanon from the ceasefire with Iran sets a dangerous precedent.

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Voices

LAPD Deployed Drones to Spy on No Kings Protest

Flight records show that Los Angeles police dispatched drones 32 times over last month’s No Kings rally.

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Sam Biddle

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

Al-Fassel and Pishtaz News publish pro-U.S. coverage about the war on Iran and the Trump administration’s plan to redevelop Gaza.

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Sam Biddle

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

There’s a divide between those seeking to end all U.S. weapons deals with Israel and those who want to allow some exceptions.

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Jonah Valdez

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

Maxine Waters, the scourge of crypto, could become Financial Services Committee chair if Democrats win the House in midterm elections.

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Matt Sledge

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

In Lebanon, an unprecedented campaign of DNA tests is being used to identify mangled bodies left trapped under rubble by Israel’s blitz.

17.04.2026 5

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Alaa serhal

When Anti-War Candidates Become War-Monger Presidents

Matt Duss, former foreign policy adviser to Sen. Bernie Sanders, on how Democrats can win on an anti-war platform and bring about real change.

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Don’t Trust the Lebanon Ceasefire When Israel Keeps Killing in Gaza

News of less violence is welcome, but with Israel promising to stay in Lebanon, we need to remember the Gaza “ceasefire” has meant continued genocide.

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Voices

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

Despite their defeat by Senate Republicans, bills seeking to block arms sales to Israel found widespread Democratic support.

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Matt Sledge

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

“My plan is legitimately to just let them all assault me and you guys arrest them all,” the Phoenix cop told fellow police after the incident.

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Noah Hurowitz

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

Grassroots opposition to renewing Section 702 of FISA is building, thanks in part to fears about AI used to sort Americans’ data.

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Matt Sledge

Swift Swalwell Fallout Suggests the Democrats Have Finally Learned From Epstein

The former representative’s rapid collapse over sexual assault allegations signals that Democrats have gotten the message: Voters see accountability...

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Jessica Washington

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

The Trump administration has hit a grim milestone with its 50th strike on a civilian boat in the waters off Latin America.

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Nick Turse

Facebook and Instagram Tighten Censorship Rules for Saying “Antifa”

Meta’s new rules let it ban users or suppress comments that include the word “antifa” alongside “content-level threat signals.”

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Sam Biddle

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

The investigative journalist and “Democracy Now!” host — and the subject of a new documentary — on why independent media is needed now more than ever.

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

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights “lacks the competence” to review Trump’s campaign of deadly boat strikes, a State Department...

13.04.2026 7

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Nick Turse

DOGE Cuts Left U.S. Unable to Help Americans Stranded in Iran War Zone

Foreign service officers fired in Elon Musk’s workforce purge warn the State Department is unable to help Americans stranded in the Middle East.

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Nick Turse

“I Want to Occupy”: Inside the Israeli Movement Pushing to Raze and Settle Southern Lebanon

In the communities closest to Israel’s northern border, residents argue the only way to keep themselves safe is to displace their Lebanese neighbors.

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Theia Chatelle

Trump Administration Wants to Make It More Difficult to Evade a Military Draft

With automatic Selective Service registration, it would be harder for Americans to dodge a potential military draft.

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Nick Turse

Putting Fuel on a Ceasefire: Israel Tries to Kill U.S.–Iran Talks

“In many ways, what actually has potentially led to this ceasefire is the fact that Iran is able to create a chokehold over 20 percent of the...

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A Redditor Criticized ICE. Trump Is Trying to Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand Jury.

An ICE summons to get the user’s identity failed. Advocates worry the move to a grand jury signals an escalation of the war on dissent.

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Ryan Devereaux

The Forever Spoiler: Netanyahu Has Been Blowing Up Diplomacy With Iran for Decades

Israel’s vicious attack on Lebanon emerged as the biggest threat to the Iran ceasefire. That might be intentional.

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Voices

DNC Shoots Down Resolutions Calling Out AIPAC and Limiting Arms to Israel

The party just kicked the can down the road again on Israel, deepening the divide between party members and their leaders.

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Matt Sledge

Government Ordered to Turn Over Files on ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good

A magistrate judge will be able to review and consider releasing Jonathan Ross’s personnel files and materials that capture the hour surrounding...

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Noah Hurowitz

DOJ Wants to Scrap Watergate-Era Rule That Makes Presidential Records Public

Killing the Presidential Records Act would allow private individuals to hold the keys to American history, forever.

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Voices

The Democrats Don’t Know Who They’ll Be in 2028. Michigan May Offer an Answer.

The outrage over Abdul El-Sayed’s appearance with Hasan Piker reveals a schism that runs deeper than his Senate primary race against Mallory McMorrow.

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Jonah Valdez

We Called Out the Pentagon for Undercounting U.S. Casualties in Iran. They Keep Doing It.

After we exposed what one source called a “casualty cover-up,” the Pentagon offered another lowball count.

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Nick Turse

How the War Strengthened Iran’s Hand Against the U.S. and Israel

Survival of the regime alone was a victory — but its demonstration of control over the Strait of Hormuz may be a strategic game-changer.

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GOP Megadonor Leonard Leo Is Bankrolling a Website on the Warpath Against Somalis

The Maine Wire presents itself as a plucky upstart fighting for the common Mainer, but it’s fueled by powerful right-wing money men.

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Noah Hurowitz

Iranian Women Elected to Office in U.S. Reject Trump’s Iran War

Netanyahu and Trump have invoked the Woman, Life, Freedom movement to justify war. Politicians like Rep. Yassamin Ansari rejected the idea.

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Matt Sledge

With Trump Threatening a Genocide, Military Must Disobey His Orders, Former Pentagon Officials Say

“What President Trump is describing as the destruction of ‘a whole civilization’ would be a war crime, plain and simple.”

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Nick Turse

The Media Just Can’t Help Turning Iran Fighter Jet Rescue Into “Black Hawk Down”

Everyone reported the exact same story at the exact same time — and they all relied on the same liars who got us into this mess.

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Voices

An American Company Drilled for Oil in Kenya — and Left Behind Soaring Cancer Rates

Amoco, now part of BP, never cleaned up after its failed oil prospecting mission. Rural Kenyans are suing for a right to a clean environment.

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Georgia Gee

Far-Right Religious Leaders Advising Trump See Iran as an End Times Holy War

By making Iran into a religious crusade, Trump’s spiritual advisers are making the war that much more difficult to end.

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Voices

DHS Launches Massive “Less Lethal” Chemical Weapons Buying Spree

Federal agents’ indiscriminate use of tear gases and “less-lethal” projectiles has become a mainstay of protest crackdowns.

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Sam Biddle

Iran Shoots Down F-15 Fighter Jet After Trump Bragged They Had No Capability

Iran shot down a U.S. fighter jet as Trump threatened the country’s critical infrastructure and destroyed a bridge near Tehran.

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Nick Turse

Grandmother Faces Trial in Alabama for Wearing Penis Costume to No Kings Protest

When the viral video cooled off, people thought the case against the 62-year-old would be dropped. Prosecutors doubled down.

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Liliana Segura