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New court documents reveal how the feds tried to unmask the Columbia students — and got blocked by federal judges on First Amendment grounds. The...
The Transaction Record Analysis Center database logs millions of wire transfers sent to or from Mexico and U.S. border states. The post The Intercept...
One former airport employee no longer faces criminal charges, while a second pleaded no contest on Wednesday. The post Prosecutors Quietly Drop Charge...
One Senate Democrat called it “a slap in the face to the concept of separation of powers.” The post GOP Budget Would Make It Even Harder to Hold...
Targeting tax leakers seems like an odd fit for a budget bill, but on page 1,081 of the Republican draft is a provision doing just that. The post Why...
The Intercept helped unseal an affidavit revealing how ICE got a “judicial fig leaf” to search two Columbia students’ dorm rooms. The post How...
Senate Democrats had a legislative path to shield journalists and their sources from surveillance and subpoenas. They didn’t act. The post...
Former Tesla employee Tarak Makecha has roles at the FBI and the Justice Department, records reviewed by The Intercept show. The post DOGE Installs a...
A little-known database logs hundreds of millions of wire transfers sent to or from Mexico, Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas. The post The...
The law behind the warrants bars concealment of people in the country illegally, yet the students were legal residents living on campus. The post ICE...
DOGE claims it’s not an “agency” that has to comply with FOIA. We don’t buy it — and so far judges haven’t, either. The post DOGE Keeps...
Government lawyers would be happy to avoid a legal precedent set in the case of Ravi Ragbir during the first Trump administration. The post Why Trump...
“The rapid pace of [DOGE’s] actions requires the quick release of information about its structure and activities,” a judge ruled. The post DOGE...
The Intercept is publishing Elon Musk’s government email address to aid those seeking information on DOGE in the public interest. The post We Found...
A list of DOGE staffers reviewed by The Intercept shows Elon Musk’s quasi-agency has brought in at least three more attorneys. The post Leaked List...
The Bureau of Prisons rescinded rules shielding trans women from being searched by male guards, The Intercept has learned. The post Trump...
With DOGE initiatives getting hung up in court, Elon Musk and Donald Trump attacked judges and flirted with defying their rulings. The post DOGE’s...
Following Trump’s executive order, a trans woman held at a federal prison was told she would be moved to a men’s prison. The post Trans Women in...
Trans, intersex, and nonbinary people applying for passports will no longer be able to select an “X” marker for gender. The post Rubio Orders...
Trump hopes to gut birthright citizenship via executive order. In lawsuits filed across the country, immigrants seek to stop him. The post The...
The so-called Department of Government Efficiency flouts federal law, the lawsuits allege. The post DOGE Got Sued Three Times While Elon Musk Watched...
Conservatives have been caught admitting that age-verification laws are pretext to shut down pornography entirely. The post SCOTUS Won’t Hear the...
The Laken Riley Act authorizes state attorneys general to sue federal authorities to force deportations and block visas. The post Congress Considers...
The Trump administration spied on reporters to catch leakers. At the same time, it was leaking to right-wing media. The post The Trump DOJ Loved...
Critics worry that a sweeping ban based on predictions rather than more concrete proof of TikTok’s security risks sets a precedent in line with...
Ohio becomes the latest state to allow police to charge high fees for access to footage. The post Police Bodycam Footage Is Going Behind a Paywall...
In a new report, the Justice Department’s inspector general found that the agency violated its own rules to snoop on reporters. The post This Is...
Trump’s attorney, Emil Bove, may be No. 3 at DOJ. A judge blamed him for “grave derelictions of prosecutorial responsibility.” The post Trump...
The Intercept’s lawsuit argues that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act prevents OpenAI from stripping a story’s title or byline. The post The...
The PRESS Act, a federal reporter shield bill, already passed the House unanimously. Trump wants it dead. The post Trump Wants to Kill a Bipartisan...
The letter urges President Joe Biden to follow through on an ultimatum his administration issued to Israel over humanitarian aid. The post White...
Trump’s pick for attorney general shows that loyalty is the only qualification that matters. The post Matt Gaetz Is Barely a Lawyer appeared first...
Tom Homan, Trump’s former acting ICE director who contributed to Project 2025, will be “border czar” in the next administration. The post Trump’s...
Arizona voted to grant state and local police the authority to make immigration arrests, going against Supreme Court precedent. The post The...
The fight over a sweepstakes by Musk and his America PAC will likely go to federal court after judge paused a local lawsuit. The post Elon Musk Can...
Butler County finally released 911 recordings of the chaotic aftermath of the Trump rally shooting after a lawsuit filed by The Intercept. The post...
“A man is nothing without his conscience,” the Florida health department’s top lawyer wrote in his resignation letter. The post State Lawyer Quits...
In lawsuits filed across the country, attorneys who worked to overturn Trump’s 2020 defeat are alleging rampant voting fraud. The post Trump’s Big...
Despite Trump’s claim that FBI had “free rein,” his aides limited witness lists and scope of questioning, per a senator’s report. The post...
Mark Martin crosses paths with plenty of people described in Jack Smith’s latest brief. The post This Law School Dean Sure Is Associated With Lots...
Jack Smith’s latest brief redacts almost every name. We undid that for you. The post We Identified the Key Unnamed Figures in Jack Smith’s New...
Mark Martin floated fringe theories to keep Trump in power. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito taught with him — even after January 6. The post...
Lawyers who worked to keep Trump in power in 2020 have risked being disbarred. But not Mark Martin. The post The Law School Dean Who Quietly Worked...
Questions remain about the police response to the shooting of former President Donald Trump — questions that 911 logs may help answer. The post The...
Videos leaked to The Intercept include both “Stand With Kennedy” and “Stand Against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” campaign spots. The post Why Is a Dem-...
In a hidden-camera recording, Russ Vought explains that age verification laws are just pretext to shut down porn sites. The post Project 2025 Co-...
A federal watchdog ruled that a Department of Justice employee’s article did not violate the Hatch Act. The post She Wrote an Op-Ed Criticizing...
Steve Cortes’s right-wing populist group has no members, a secret board, and ties to dark money and “pink slime” websites. The post The “League of...
Former Trump officials’ names and corporate affiliations have been scrubbed from Project 2025. The post Project 2025 Contributors Are Abandoning...
The acknowledgments page from an upcoming book reviewed by The Intercept shows the deep ties between J.D. Vance and Project 2025. The post Project...