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It’s not cheap to attack Venezuela and capture its president or conduct dozens of strikes on civilian boats.
The U.S. government altered its tally of American casualties — inexplicably scrubbing 15 wounded-in-action troops from the count.
Two Americans killed in Mexico, previously identified only as “staff from the United States Embassy,” participated in a raid on a drug lab.
The Trump administration has hit a grim milestone with its 50th strike on a civilian boat in the waters off Latin America.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights “lacks the competence” to review Trump’s campaign of deadly boat strikes, a State Department...
Foreign service officers fired in Elon Musk’s workforce purge warn the State Department is unable to help Americans stranded in the Middle East.
With automatic Selective Service registration, it would be harder for Americans to dodge a potential military draft.
After we exposed what one source called a “casualty cover-up,” the Pentagon offered another lowball count.
“What President Trump is describing as the destruction of ‘a whole civilization’ would be a war crime, plain and simple.”
Iran shot down a U.S. fighter jet as Trump threatened the country’s critical infrastructure and destroyed a bridge near Tehran.
The Pentagon has sent outdated statements on the number of U.S. troops killed or wounded during the Iran war, resulting in undercounts.
An analysis by The Intercept reveals that the “peace” president has embroiled the U.S. in more than 20 military interventions, armed conflicts,...
Government sources tell The Intercept that leadership of the storied 82nd Airborne Division have been ordered to the Middle East.
With “Operation Total Extermination” and Trump’s threats against Cuba, expect more U.S. military strikes in the region.
“Obviously, it takes money to kill bad guys,” said Pete Hegseth, when asked about the funding request.
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.
“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.
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.
“It would be inappropriate to comment given the incident is under investigation,” CENTCOM told The Intercept.
“The administration doesn’t have a clue. They do not have an actual, real rationale, endgame, or plan for the aftermath of this.”
Two government officials told The Intercept that the joint U.S.–Ecuador military action won’t just be a one-off raid.
Israel’s plan to strike Iran would put American lives at risk, Rubio said. Rather than confronting Israel, the U.S. joined their war.
An Intercept analysis finds that every single Board of Peace member state has been rebuked for human rights violations.
Nick Turse
Last month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers pulled over several cars in Eagle County, Colorado. They took the people away in handcuffs,...
Eschewing a U.S.-style double-tap strike, the Cuban government rescued survivors.
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Federal agents have reportedly been leaving “death cards” at the sites of immigration raids and assaults.
Law enforcement sources told The Intercept that Noem’s tale about a cannibal was a fabrication.
The amount of military forces gathering near Iran dwarfs even the monthslong build-up before the U.S. coup in Venezuela.
The Trump administration is sending more troops to a region where U.S. military presence has coincided with increased violence.
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