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Trans Women in Federal Custody Face the Terror of Being Transferred to Men’s Prisons

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...

29.01.2025 6

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

Rubio Orders State Department to Stop Issuing Accurate Passports to Trans People

Trans, intersex, and nonbinary people applying for passports will no longer be able to select an “X” marker for gender. The post Rubio Orders...

23.01.2025 4

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

The Pregnant Immigrants Fighting Trump’s Bid to End Birthright Citizenship

Trump hopes to gut birthright citizenship via executive order. In lawsuits filed across the country, immigrants seek to stop him. The post The...

23.01.2025 20

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

DOGE Got Sued Three Times While Elon Musk Watched The Trump Inauguration

The so-called Department of Government Efficiency flouts federal law, the lawsuits allege. The post DOGE Got Sued Three Times While Elon Musk Watched...

21.01.2025 40

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

SCOTUS Won’t Hear the Real Reason Porn Age-Verification Laws Are Spreading

Conservatives have been caught admitting that age-verification laws are pretext to shut down pornography entirely. The post SCOTUS Won’t Hear the...

15.01.2025 7

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

Congress Considers Putting Ken Paxton in Charge of Choosing Who to Deport

The Laken Riley Act authorizes state attorneys general to sue federal authorities to force deportations and block visas. The post Congress Considers...

14.01.2025 7

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

The Trump DOJ Loved Leaking, as Long as It Was to Rupert Murdoch’s Newspapers

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...

12.01.2025 20

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

To Ban TikTok, Supreme Court Would Rank “National Security” Before First Amendment

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...

08.01.2025 3

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

Police Bodycam Footage Is Going Behind a Paywall

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...

03.01.2025 4

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

This Is How Trump’s Department of Justice Spied on Journalists

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...

11.12.2024 6

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

Trump Justice Department Appointee Oversaw “Systemic” Misconduct in Previous Job

Trump’s attorney, Emil Bove, may be No. 3 at DOJ. A judge blamed him for “grave derelictions of prosecutorial responsibility.” The post Trump...

09.12.2024 20

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

The Intercept’s Lawsuit Against OpenAI Advances on Claim It Removed Reporters’ Bylines

The Intercept’s lawsuit argues that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act prevents OpenAI from stripping a story’s title or byline. The post The...

23.11.2024 9

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

Trump Wants to Kill a Bipartisan Bill That Protects Journalists and Whistleblowers

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...

21.11.2024 9

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

White House Staffers to Biden: “You Are Running Out of Time” on Gaza

The letter urges President Joe Biden to follow through on an ultimatum his administration issued to Israel over humanitarian aid. The post White...

19.11.2024 3

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

Matt Gaetz Is Barely a Lawyer

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...

15.11.2024 9

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

Trump’s Family Separation Czar Is Back

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...

13.11.2024 10

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

The Looming Fight to Make Local Cops Part of Trump’s Deportation Machine

Arizona voted to grant state and local police the authority to make immigration arrests, going against Supreme Court precedent. The post The...

08.11.2024 10

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

Elon Musk Can Keep Throwing Cash at Voters for Now

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...

01.11.2024 6

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

As Cops Scrambled at Trump Rally Shooting, Operators Assured 911 Callers Police Were in Control

Butler County finally released 911 recordings of the chaotic aftermath of the Trump rally shooting after a lawsuit filed by The Intercept. The post...

23.10.2024 4

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

State Lawyer Quits Over Ron DeSantis’s Unconstitutional Attacks on Abortion Amendment

“A man is nothing without his conscience,” the Florida health department’s top lawyer wrote in his resignation letter. The post State Lawyer Quits...

22.10.2024 2

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

Trump’s Big Lie Attorneys Are Back

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...

17.10.2024 4

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

Trump White House Got in the Way of Brett Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Investigation

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...

09.10.2024 30

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

This Law School Dean Sure Is Associated With Lots of Trump’s Alleged Co-Conspirators

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...

08.10.2024 1

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

We Identified the Key Unnamed Figures in Jack Smith’s New Trump Brief

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...

05.10.2024 20

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Shawn Musgrave

Justice Alito Taught Law With a Man Who Tried to Overturn the Election

Mark Martin floated fringe theories to keep Trump in power. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito taught with him — even after January 6. The post...

03.10.2024 20

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Shawn Musgrave

The Law School Dean Who Quietly Worked to Overturn the Election

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...

02.10.2024 8

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

The Intercept Sues to Release 911 Recordings From Trump Rally Shooting

Questions remain about the police response to the shooting of former President Donald Trump — questions that 911 logs may help answer. The post The...

10.09.2024 20

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

Why Is a Dem-Aligned Political Shop Making RFK Jr. Ads?

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-...

30.08.2024 2

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

Project 2025 Co-Author Caught Admitting the Secret Conservative Plan to Ban Porn

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-...

16.08.2024 3

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

She Wrote an Op-Ed Criticizing Biden on Gaza. The Justice Department Accused Her of Breaking the Law. 

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...

14.08.2024 1

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

The “League of American Workers” Consists of One Guy: A Former Trump Spokesperson

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...

07.08.2024 30

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

Project 2025 Contributors Are Abandoning Ship as Trump Turns Against Them

Former Trump officials’ names and corporate affiliations have been scrubbed from Project 2025. The post Project 2025 Contributors Are Abandoning...

02.08.2024 50

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Shawn Musgrave

Project 2025’s Mastermind Personally Thanked J.D. Vance in His New Book

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...

31.07.2024 20

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

Now a Lame Duck, Biden Finally Floats Supreme Court Reforms

Once the stuff of progressive pipe dreams, now even centrists like Biden are questioning the court’s outsized power. The post Now a Lame Duck,...

30.07.2024 10

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

Why Won’t Authorities Release 911 Recordings From Trump Rally Shooting?

The Intercept has appealed to the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records to obtain emergency dispatch calls from the July 13 Trump rally. The post Why...

27.07.2024 30

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave

Conservative Organizations Are Quietly Scurrying Away From Project 2025 

Joining the exodus from Project 2025 is Americans United for Life, a national anti-abortion group. The post Conservative Organizations Are Quietly...

17.07.2024 1

The Intercept

Shawn Musgrave