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Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., at a town hall on taxing billionaires and the future of AI in February 20, 2026 in Stanford, California.

Midterms 2026

Once a Target of TrackAIPAC, Ro Khanna Gains Its Endorsement

With endorsements and a new pledge for lawmakers, TrackAIPAC is flexing its growing influence on the Capitol.

Andrea Lucas, nominee to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Trump Admin Wants to Make It Easier for White Men to Sue for Discrimination

The EEOC is moving to rescind a rule that has stood in the way of its politicized attacks alleging discrimination against white men.

Navy sailors signal to an F-35C Lightning II on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln during operations in support of the war in Iran, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.

Targeting Iran

U.S. Casualties in Iran Are Still Rising

The official count of U.S. personnel hurt or killed in the war on Iran inched up, but it still omits hundreds of known casualties.

State Representative Justin Pearson, a Democrat from Tennessee, during a special legislative session at the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee, US, on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Tennessee is considering redrawing its House congressional map following a key Supreme Court decision last week, a move expected to bolster Republicans ahead of what are forecast to be tough midterm elections in November. Photographer: Madison Thorn/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Midterms 2026

Bernie Sanders Backs Justin J. Pearson, House Candidate at the Heart of Tennessee Voting Rights Fight

President Donald Trump stands in the ring after Justin Gaethje defeated Ilia Topuria in a lightweight title bout during UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 15, 2026, in Washington.

Targeting Iran

Trump Celebrates Achieving Absolutely Nothing in Iran

An illustration of a boy sitting with his face buried in his knees in a room with a toppled chair and drawings taped on the walls. A shadow from the doorway suggests the presence of a menacing adult.

An Army Whistleblower Believed in Pete Hegseth — Until the Military Covered Up Her Child’s Abuse

Austin Campbell

A general view shows demolished homes and structures destroyed by the Israeli army in the southern Lebanese village of Beit Lif, in the Bint Jbeil district on April 22, 2026. Israel's foreign minister on April 22, urged Beirut to make joint efforts with Israel to counter the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, ahead of talks between the countries set to resume in Washington. On February 28, Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran, killing its supreme leader and triggering a war that spread across the Middle East, with Lebanon's Hezbollah entering the fray on March 2. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP via Getty Images)

Israel’s Lebanon Blitz

Civil Records for Hundreds of Thousands of Lebanese Could Be Wiped Out By Israel’s Total War

Podcasts

The Intercept Briefing

The Right’s “Election Fraud” Cry for Midterms Previewed in Primaries

The Intercept Briefing

“Warehousing Human Beings”

Voices

A protester raises a hand showing the words "I support Palestine Action" during their arrest at a demonstration at Woolwich Crown Court on June 12, 2026 in London, England.

Voices

They Weren’t Convicted of Terrorism, But These Palestine Activists Got Sentenced as Terrorists Anyway

Natasha Lennard

SAN QUENTIN, CALIFORNIA SEPTEMBER 21, 2010?A view of the new lethal injection chamber at San Quentin State Prison. The new facility costs $853. (Photo by Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Voices

Indiana Banned Press From Executions for “Dignity.” It Actually Serves Repression.

Iran

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in Washington.

A Point-by-Point Breakdown of Trump’s Failed Iran War Objectives

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted the village of Arnoun in the southern Lebanese area of Marjayoun on June 3, 2026.

Stop Calling It a Ceasefire

Katherine Krueger

President Donald Trump stands alongside Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, May 25, 2026, in Arlington, Va.

U.S. Casualties in Iran War Rise as Military Strikes Begin Again

TEHRAN, IRAN - MAY 12: Iran's former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reads his statement while attending a press center after registering as a candidate for June 18, presidential elections, in the Iranian Interior Ministry building on May 12, 2021 in Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Ahmadinejad Is Still Bad for Iranians — and Still Great for Israel

Midterms

The Right’s “Election Fraud” Cry for Midterms Previewed in Primaries

The Intercept Briefing

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 14: Mayoral candidate Kenyan McDuffie adjusts his glasses during the Free DC candidate forum, an event for constituents to meet and question candidates for mayor and congressional delegate, on March 14, 2026 in the Southeast neighborhood of Washington, DC. (Photo by Pete Kiehart for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

D.C. Mayor Candidates Are Fixating on Teen Hangouts — and Turning the Cops on Them

Jessica Washington

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 28: (L-R) Steve Hilton (R) and Xavier Becerra (D) speak during CBS Television Stations' California Gubernatorial Debate on April 28, 2026 in Claremont, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for CBS Television Stations)

In California, a Former Biden Official Will Face Fox News Personality for Governor

Jessica Washington

PORTLAND, MAINE - JUNE 07: Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks to voters at a town hall at the Elks Lodge 188 on June 7, 2026 in Portland, Maine. Platner is the presumptive Democratic nominee and will face incumbent Sen. Collins (R-ME) for Maine's U.S. Senate seat in the general election. (Photo by Laura Brett/Getty Images)

Graham Platner Wins in Maine, Turning Anti-Establishment Fight on Susan Collins

Justice

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island, center, and Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, left, during a hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images

ICE Should Show It Hasn’t Been “Infiltrated by Violent Extremists,” Senator Urges

Matt Sledge, Sam Biddle

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 07: Journalist Scott Pelley speaks onstage at the annual Freedom Award Benefit hosted by the International Rescue Committee at The Waldorf=Astoria on November 7, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for IRC)

Scott Pelley Shows How Legacy Media Got It Wrong — Before Bari Weiss Made It Worse

Camp 57 is seen at Angola Prison, the Louisiana State Penitentiary and America's largest maximum-security prison farm, before a press conference to announce the opening of a new US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility that will house immigrants convicted of crimes in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, near the town of St. Francisville on September 3, 2025. (Photo by Matthew HINTON / AFP) (Photo by MATTHEW HINTON/AFP via Getty Images)

ICE Defied Direct Order From Federal Judge and Re-Detained Elderly Palestinian

Delaney Nolan, Evelyn Ronan

Malik Muhammad shown in an undated photo taken from his blog, which is maintained by a support group.

They Were Serving the Longest Federal Sentence of Any 2020 BLM Protester. Then They Vanished in Prison.

Jessica Washington

War on Gaza

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 15: A supporter of Israel counter protests as pro-Palestinian activists take part in a protest on Nakba Day on May 15, 2026 in New York City. Pro-Palestinian activists worldwide marked the 78th anniversary of the Nakba amid the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images)

The Real “Divide” Among Democrats Over Israel Is Between Party Leadership and Voters

A Palestinian walks along a street next to the Israel's separation wall at dusk during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the West Bank town of al-Ram, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A Gay Palestinian Fled to Israel’s “Safe Haven.” Israel Tried to Exploit Him for Intelligence.

Company Behind California Chemical Leak Was Building F-35 Parts Amid Rush of Orders From U.S. and Israel

Miami Beach Official Hired Billboard Truck to Call Pro-Palestine Activists “Jew Hater,” Lawsuit Alleges

Unmasking ICE

ICE Recruitment Tweets Are So Racist That Cops Feared They Could Incite Neo-Nazi Violence

Matt Sledge, Sam Biddle

Protesters walk past a screen reading "arrest and charge Jonathan Ross", the ICE officer, named in US media as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who fatally shot Renee Good, as they march from Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis against ICE and the fatal shooting of Good, calling on federal authorities to leave the city and demand accountability, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 10, 2026. A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good on the streets of Minneapolis on January 7, leading to huge protests and outrage from local leaders who rejected White House claims she was a domestic terrorist. (Photo by Octavio JONES / AFP via Getty Images)

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

Noah Hurowitz, Austin Campbell

WASHINGTON, DC August 25, 2025:

US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth and US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem during the signing of Executive Orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday August 25, 2025.

(Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Pentagon Implores Civilian Workers to Join ICE “Volunteer Force”

Noah Hurowitz, Austin Campbell

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 5: Protesters, mostly students targeted by ICE and demanding more protections, were arrested by New York police for engaging in civil disobedience by blocking a road outside Columbia University on February 5, 2026, in New York City, United States. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Zohran Mamdani Kept Columbia Student in New York — Then Phoned With Trump to Secure Her Release

Chilling Dissent

Protesters against at the proposed Natelli Holdings data center development gather ahead of an informational meeting at Patuxent High School in Lusby, Maryland on April 6, 2026.

Philly Cops Admit That They’re Tracking “First Amendment Activity” Critical of AI

Matt Sledge, Sam Biddle

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - MAY 26: Detainees stand by a window inside the federal immigration center at Delaney Hall in Newark, where ICE is housing detained immigrants on May 26, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. The protests, which have become tense over the holiday weekend, come amid reports of an ongoing hunger strike by detainees. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images)

ICE Pepper-Sprayed, Beat Detainees for Protesting “Horrific Conditions” in Delaney Hall Jail

Biplob Kumar Das, Noah Hurowitz

DETROIT, MICHIGAN - APRIL 18: Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the 38th Annual Michigan Democratic Women's Caucus Legacy Luncheon on April 18, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. Michigan will be a closely watched state in the 2026 midterm elections, with statewide races being held for Governor, Attorney General, and Secretary of State, and national races for U.S. Congress and an open U.S. Senate seat. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

DNC Autopsy of 2024 Loss Doesn’t Mention Gaza or Israel at all

WASHINGTON D.C., USA - JANUARY 6: US President Donald Trump speaks at "Save America March" rally in Washington D.C., United States on January 06, 2021. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization” Fund Is a Handout to His Hardcore Supporters

Natasha Lennard