Trump’s Iran Attack Was Illegal, Former U.S. Military Officials Allege
President Donald Trump’s order to launch a coordinated U.S.-Israeli strike against Iran ran afoul of international and domestic law, according...
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Texas Progressives Say Democratic Establishment Is Blowing It In the Rio Grande Valley
Just four years ago, a progressive primary challenger with endorsements from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.,...
Made-in-America Guns Are Fueling Death and Destruction in Mexico
A burnt truck seen after a wave of violence in Aguililla, the birthplace of Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, leader of...
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...
Tour guide arrested after drawing stick figure on 4,000-year-old pyramid
An Egyptian tour guide was arrested after allegedly sketching a stick figure onto the side of the 4,000-year-old Pyramid of...
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...
US military base at Diego Garcia thrown back into uncertainty amid Chagos deal turmoil
The Chagos Islands deal fell into disarray Wednesday amid conflicting U.K. government messages about whether ratification was paused for talks...
There’s No “Progressive Foreign Policy” Without a Reckoning for Dems Who Supported Genocide
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the recently announced ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas while joined by Vice President...
Rambling Man: Trump’s State of the Union
“The deliberate cruelty that they found humor in stood out to me,” says Jordan Uhl of Donald Trump’s Tuesday evening...
Mexico Got Help Killing Drug Lord From Secretive U.S. Campaign Led by FBI and ICE
A new player in the U.S. military’s decadeslong war on drugs announced itself to the world on Sunday, providing intelligence...
Trump Won’t Stop Trying to Punish Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Almost a year after Kilmar Abrego Garcia was first targeted by the U.S. government as part of its violent mass...
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...
As war losses near 2 million, Russia accused of trafficking foreign recruits from Africa, Asia
As the war in Ukraine enters its fifth year, the central challenge facing both Moscow and Kyiv is no longer...
What Does Trump Want With Cuba
Cuba is spiraling into a humanitarian crisis. The country’s long-standing economic and political turmoil reached new heights this week as...
Iraq War flashbacks? Experts say Trump’s Iran buildup signals pressure campaign, not regime change
As U.S. forces surge into the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran, the military posture is drawing comparisons to...
