I Wrote a Movie Review. Cops Took It From A Protester’s Home to Make the Case That He’s a Terrorist.
FBI agents remove evidence from a private home in Arcadia, Calif., on March 8, 2012. Photo: Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times via...
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Wearing All Black at Protests Makes You Guilty of Terrorism, Prosecutors Tell Jury
Federal agents raiding the home of two alleged antifa “operatives” seized a telling piece of evidence, a defense attorney said...
ICE Poses a Real Threat to Our Elections
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, joined by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and fellow congressional Democrats, speaks at a press...
Federal Agents Are Intimidating Legal Observers at Their Homes: “They Know Where You Live.”
Former Minnesota state Sen. Matt Little was lawfully observing federal immigration agents in a Dakota County neighborhood last month when...
Trump Uses the Courts to Intimidate Critics. The Media Must Fight Back.
Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb 23, 2026. Photo: Michael Brochstein/Sipa...
Pro-Palestine International Students Have Won in Court. Why Hasn’t Mahmoud Khalil Won His Freedom?
Most of the student activists targeted for deportation by the Trump administration for their pro-Palestine speech have beaten back their...
Florida Might Make Its Own Spy Squad. Muslims Think They Have a Pretty Good Idea Who’ll Be Targeted.
Under a bill gaining traction in its state legislature, Florida could soon have its own spy squad. The spooks operating...
Nonprofit Coalition Asks Courts to Prevent Coercive Federal Investigation Tactics
Seventeen nonprofit organizations, led by The Intercept’s Press Freedom Defense Fund, filed an amicus brief today urging the U.S. Court...
Prison-Style Free Speech Censorship Is Coming for the Rest of Us
The library is seen through a window at the Rensselaer County Jail in Troy, N.Y., Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Photo: Lori...
Leakers Helped Destroy Deportation Case Against Tufts Student
Rümeysa Öztürk, a doctoral student at Tufts University, arrives at Boston Logan International Airport following her release from federal custody...
Texas “Antifa Cell” Terror Trial Takes On Tough Questions About Guns at Protests Against ICE
A group of activists gathered outside the Prairieland Detention Center near Dallas last July 4 with fireworks and plans to...
Trump Calls His Enemies Terrorists. Does That Mean He Can Just Kill Them?
“Terrorist” is the word that the Trump administration employs to describe the victims of its most egregious acts of state...
The Farcical Case Against Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for Protest Reporting
Journalist Georgia Fort, right, and Minnesota State Senate candidate Jamael Lundy hold leave the Federal Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn., on...
Even the Top Prosecutor in Minneapolis Doesn’t Know the Identity of the Agents Who Killed Alex Pretti
In the two months Minnesota has been under siege by federal agents, immigration officers have shot and killed two U.S....
New Legal Documents Show Marco Rubio Targeted Students for Op-Eds and Protesting
New documents unsealed Thursday as a part of litigation brought by The Intercept and other news outlets reveal a critical...
