Facing Voter Pressure, Swing-State Democrat Swears Off AIPAC Cash
Democratic Rep. Deborah Ross of North Carolina has pledged that she will not accept contributions from the American Israel Public Affairs...
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The Housing Hunger Games
Homeless sweeps have become the go-to, bipartisan performance of “doing something” about the U.S. housing crisis — a spectacle embraced...
What The Intercept Is Reading
Nonfiction “Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty Book,” Adam Kucharski (2025) My summer reading was a little unusual this year,...
Even Former AIPAC Democrats Are Signing On to Block Arms Sales to Israel
Three House Democrats who collected thousands from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in recent election cycles have signed on...
DNC Votes Down “Overwhelming Popular Position” Calling for Arms Ban to Israel
In the latest party turmoil over Israel’s war on Gaza, Democratic National Committee members voted on Tuesday to kill a...
ICE Targets App Delivery Drivers — and the Tech Giants They Work for Stay Silent
Angry residents of a Washington high-rise apartment building gathered as federal agents, backed by Metropolitan Police Department officers, swooped in...
The Student Newspaper Suing Marco Rubio Over Targeted Deportations
President Donald Trump has has long considered both the media and higher education as his enemies — which makes college...
Trump Administration Wants to Banish Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda
The Trump administration announced Monday it was processing Kilmar Abrego Garcia for expulsion to Uganda, threatening to banish him to...
Pentagon Document: U.S. Wants to “Suppress Dissenting Arguments” Using AI Propaganda
The United States hopes to use machine learning to create and distribute propaganda overseas in a bid to “influence foreign...
Trump’s D.C. Takeover Is Scaring Immigrant Parents Out of Taking Kids Back to School
Washington, D.C.’s large immigrant population is facing a reign of terror: Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have flooded neighborhoods with...
Accepted at Universities, Unable to Get Visas: Inside Trump’s War on International Students
A prominent Indian journalist was notified by the Trump administration this week that his student visa to pursue a master’s...
Egyptian Officials in New York Beat Two Gaza Protesters on Video. The NYPD Arrested the Protesters.
EGyptian government employees wielding a chain and stick detained and assaulted a 22-year-old man and his 15-year-old brother at the...
Airdropped Aid Is Crushing Starving People in Gaza
Starving Palestinians flock to collect aid supplies dropped from airplanes in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on Aug. 19, 2025. Photo: Mohammed Nassar/Anadolu...
Democrats Are Missing Political Layups And Dooming Us All
The Democratic Party has lost millions of voters since 2020, according to new analysis from the New York Times. Meanwhile,...
ICE Hunts Down Immigrants by Spying on Their Wire Transfers
Court records confirm what civil liberties advocates long warned would happen: Immigration and Customs Enforcement is using sensitive data about...
