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Trump’s Dangerous Decision to Suppress Anti-ICE Protests With Troops

The National Guard's response to civilian protests has a deadly history made infamous by the Kent State Massacre. The post Trump’s Dangerous...

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The Intercept

Nick Turse

Top U.S. General in Africa Paints Grim Picture of U.S. Military Failures in Africa

After two decades, and many failed counterterrorism efforts, the Trump administration is considering shuttering U.S. Africa Command. The post Top U.S....

yesterday 10

The Intercept

Nick Turse

ICE Official Reveals Miserable Conditions for U.S. Immigrants at Djibouti Prison

A top ICE official said illness is common at Camp Lemonnier, with inadequate medical care and exposure to smoke from burn pits. The post ICE Official...

friday 20

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Trump Travel Ban Punishes Victims of the U.S. War Machine

Trump’s latest travel ban hits Afghans who aided the U.S. in its failed 20-year war. The post Trump Travel Ban Punishes Victims of the U.S. War...

05.06.2025 8

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Weapons Violations, Misconduct, and Whistleblower Retaliation at ICE

Allegations of long-running misconduct plague ICE’s Houston deportation hub. The post Weapons Violations, Misconduct, and Whistleblower Retaliation...

03.06.2025 4

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Expect Trump’s Military Parade to Cost More Than the Army Says

The Army says Trump’s June 14 military parade will cost up to $45 million. This is likely an underestimate due to unaccounted expenses. The post...

29.05.2025 3

The Intercept

Nick Turse

U.S. Conducts “Largest Airstrike in the History of the World” (Sort Of)

The U.S. launched 16 jets from the USS Harry S. Truman to drop 125,000 pounds of bombs on a cave complex in Somalia, killing 14. The post U.S....

23.05.2025 20

The Intercept

Nick Turse

The Questionable Case of Kristi Noem's $50 Million Luxury Jet

Coast Guard search and rescue planes need fixing, but DHS argues Noem suddenly requires a fancy new jet for safety reasons. The post The Questionable...

20.05.2025 40

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Trump Is Building a Global Gulag for Immigrants Captured by ICE

The U.S. is in talks with 19 nations, including Libya, Kosovo, Rwanda, and Moldova, to accept deportees from other countries. The post Trump Is...

15.05.2025 6

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Trump Said Syria Deserves a “Fresh Start” — But U.S. Troops Aren’t Leaving

Over 1,000 American soldiers are still on the ground in Syria, even as Trump talks about lifting sanctions for its new government. The post Trump Said...

15.05.2025 30

The Intercept

Nick Turse

“I Don’t Know.” Trump’s Go-To Response to All Sorts of Questions

Three times in the last week, President Trump expressed ignorance when responding to questions about his signature policies. The post “I Don’t...

10.05.2025 20

The Intercept

Nick Turse

More Troops Injured as U.S. Planes Keep Plunging Into Red Sea

The injured aviators are the latest in a growing number of casualties in the Middle East that the Trump White House prefers to ignore. The post More...

08.05.2025 30

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Elon Musk Set to Win Big With Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Pentagon Budget

Trump’s proposal cuts SpaceX competitors out of the NASA budget and could add billions to the company’s defense contracts. The post Elon Musk Set...

07.05.2025 40

The Intercept

Nick Turse

U.S. Troops Are Being Attacked Every Other Day in the Middle East

As Trump talks of a ceasefire with the Houthis, soldiers in the Middle East have faced steady and seldom discussed attacks. The post U.S. Troops Are...

07.05.2025 10

The Intercept

Nick Turse

The Trump Administration Is Hiding American Casualties of War

The U.S. government is keeping American casualty numbers for the undeclared war on Yemen secret. This is not normal. The post The Trump Administration...

02.05.2025 30

The Intercept

Nick Turse

The Vietnam War Is Still Killing People, 50 Years Later

After the Trump administration cut funding to demining efforts, unexploded ordnance from the Vietname war killed four people in February alone. The...

30.04.2025 5

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Pentagon Insiders on Hegseth Leak Hypocrisy: “Full On Shit Show”

Current and former Defense officials describe Pentagon unrest over accusations of leaks while their boss shares classified information. The post...

26.04.2025 5

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Pete Hegseth Is Gutting Pentagon Programs to Reduce Civilian Casualties

The defense secretary’s focus on “lethality” could lead to “wanton killing and wholesale destruction and disregard for law,” one Pentagon...

15.04.2025 20

The Intercept

Nick Turse

DOGE’s Pentagon Budget Cuts Don’t Touch Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boasts he’s nixing contracts and grants amid DOGE’s cost-cutting campaign. But those trims won’t hit SpaceX. The...

03.04.2025 20

The Intercept

Nick Turse

The Real Outrage About the Yemen Signal Group Is That It Called for Attack on Civilian Home

“We had positive ID of him walking into his girlfriend’s building and it’s now collapsed.” The post The Real Outrage About the Yemen Signal...

27.03.2025 100

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Trump Rushes Deportations Using a Wartime Law With a Shameful History

Trump says the Alien Enemies Act gives him power to deport people he alleges are linked to the Tren de Aragua prison gang. The post Trump Rushes...

16.03.2025 30

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Trump Rushes Deportations Using a Wartime Law With a Shameful History

Trump says the Alien Enemies Act gives him power deport people alleges are linked to the Tren de Aragua prison gang. The post Trump Rushes...

16.03.2025 30

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Pentagon Keeps Pouring Cash Into Golf Courses -- Even As Trump Slashes Government Spending

The Pentagon owns 145 golf courses. As Trump cuts key government services, we found it aims to spend on sand traps and clubhouses. The post Pentagon...

10.03.2025 10

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Hey Elon: We Found a Place to Cut More Than $2 Trillion in Wasteful Spending

The bloated Department of Defense spends more money than any other government agency. So where is Elon Musk and DOGE? The post Hey Elon: We Found a...

28.02.2025 2

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Pentagon Official: Hegseth’s Campaign to Scrub DEI History Is a “Dumb” Distraction

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is trying to eliminate all Defense Department DEI efforts. It hasn’t been entirely successful. The post Pentagon...

13.02.2025 5

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Trump the “Peacemaker” Ramps Up America’s Forever War in Somalia

The American tradition of airstrikes against Somalia is continuing into Trump’s second term. The post Trump the “Peacemaker” Ramps Up...

04.02.2025 20

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Army Aviation Accidents Were Surging Even Before Washington Crash

In 2024, the Army recorded more Class A flight mishaps — the most serious type of aircraft accidents — than it has in a decade. The post Army...

31.01.2025 5

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Trump Leans on WWII Japanese Incarceration Law to Deport Immigrants

The Alien Enemies Act provides sweeping powers to detain or deport foreign nationals. It’s ripe for abuse, experts say. The post Trump Leans on WWII...

28.01.2025 3

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Trump Promised a Russia–Ukraine Peace Deal. Where Is It?

Trump boasted he would end the war between Russia and Ukraine as soon as he took office. That didn’t happen. The post Trump Promised a...

22.01.2025 7

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Nigeria's Military Gets Billions in U.S. Aid. On Christmas Day, It Bombed Its Own Civilians Again.

Rep. Sara Jacobs is trying to raise the alarm about the key U.S. ally's conduct after the Christmas strike killed 10 civilians. The post Nigeria’s...

06.01.2025 3

The Intercept

Nick Turse

U.S. Military Service Is the Strongest Predictor of Carrying Out Extremist Violence

The mass murder in New Orleans and Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas fit a troubling pattern among U.S. vets, research says. The post U.S. Military...

03.01.2025 100

The Intercept

Nick Turse

America Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine: Drone Terror

For more than two decades, the U.S. has flown drones over the heads of millions of people — watching, recording, and even killing some of them. The...

18.12.2024 7

The Intercept

Nick Turse

As Civil War Heats Back Up, U.S. Troops Are Still Deployed in Syria — And Under Fire

American troops are in Syria on questionable legal grounds. They continue to get attacked, according to new Pentagon data. The post As Civil War...

05.12.2024 3

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Happy Native American Heritage Month From the Army That Brought You the Trail of Tears

After 170 years of armed attacks, forced relocations, ethnic cleansing, and genocide of Native Americans, the U.S. military wants to celebrate. The...

28.11.2024 6

The Intercept

Nick Turse

"Absolutely Insane": Pentagon Officials on Trump's Military Deportation Plan

Trump campaigned on mass deportations. Now he’s threatening to use the U.S. military to carry them out. The post “Absolutely Insane”: Pentagon...

19.11.2024 3

The Intercept

Nick Turse

America's Shadow War in Yemen Has Its Own Racist Military Swag

A photo of the "Houthi Hunting Club" patch — which disappeared from the Pentagon's website — shows how the U.S. dehumanizes its enemies. The post...

13.11.2024 10

The Intercept

Nick Turse

We Are Failing Children Around the World With Our Warmaking

28.10.2024 10

The Nation

Nick Turse

The Global War on Children

“War is not healthy for children and other living things,” reads a poster titled “Primer” created by the late artist Lorraine Schneider for an art...

23.10.2024 4

CounterPunch

Nick Turse

468 Million Children Who Live in Areas Affected by Armed Conflict Are Suffering

“War is not healthy for children and other living things,” reads a poster titled “Primer” created by the late artist Lorraine Schneider for an art...

22.10.2024 10

Truthout

Nick Turse

'Will You Bring My Dad and Give Me My Hand Back?' The World's War on Children

They have been physically, psychologically, and educationally stunted, as well as emotionally wounded. They have been harmed, assaulted, and...

22.10.2024 6

Common Dreams

Nick Turse

When Blood Money Isn’t Enough: Raytheon Admits to Defrauding Pentagon

RTX’s bombs regularly kill children and civilians. It does white-collar crimes too, according to a $950 million fraud and bribery settlement this...

18.10.2024 4

The Intercept

Nick Turse

How Much Does Israel’s War Cost the U.S.? Don’t Ask the State Department.

An exchange with spokesperson Matt Miller over one year of U.S. military aid to Israel totaling more than $22.76 billion raised more questions than...

09.10.2024 5

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Israel’s Year of Killing, Maiming, Starving, and Terrorizing the People of Gaza

Taking stock of the human toll of one year of destruction in the densely packed Gaza Strip. The post Israel’s Year of Killing, Maiming, Starving,...

07.10.2024 7

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Israel’s Bloody Record of Bombing Schools in Gaza

Israel has bombed nearly 85 percent of Gaza’s schools in the past year, killing hundreds of children and displaced Palestinians. The post Israel’s...

06.10.2024 5

The Intercept

Nick Turse

The National Guard Knows Its Armories Have Dangerous Lead Contamination, Putting Kids and Soldiers At Risk

An Intercept investigation reveals that the Army National Guard has known about poisonous lead dust at armories open to the public for years, but...

18.09.2024 5

The Intercept

Nick Turse

U.S. Army Is Upgrading an Israeli Base to Help Fit Boeing Warplanes

In addition to billions in weapons, the U.S. military is renovating an air base in the south of Israel, according to a new contract. The post U.S....

13.09.2024 10

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Top U.S. General Meets With Alleged War Criminal in Libya

Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter, described by some in Congress as a “warlord,” is seeking to expand cooperation with the U.S. The post Top U.S....

08.09.2024 3

The Intercept

Nick Turse

The U.S. Has Been at War in Yemen for 20 Years, but Houthis Can Still Choke the Red Sea

Despite U.S. talk of peace and stability, and two decades of war, the people of Yemen are still suffering. The post The U.S. Has Been at War in...

05.09.2024 6

The Intercept

Nick Turse

What Kamala Harris Meant by “Most Lethal Fighting Force” in Her DNC Speech

The Pentagon buzzword can apply to anything from missiles to pepperoni pizzas inside the military — while papering over the corpses that...

27.08.2024 4

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Senator Calls U.S. Support for Saudis a “National Disgrace” After Intercept Reveals Unpaid Debt to Pentagon

Saudi Arabia won’t pay the U.S. back for fueling its warplanes as it bombed Yemen, but the U.S. recently resumed weapons sales to the kingdom. The...

20.08.2024 30

The Intercept

Nick Turse