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...
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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...
Terror sponsor Iran gets UN leadership overseeing Charter principles
Iran has been elected vice-chair of the United Nations Charter Committee, a body tasked with examining and strengthening the principles...
Harvey AI Launches Global Legal Benchmark for UK, Australia, Spain
Harvey's BigLaw Bench Global doubles benchmark size, testing AI legal capabilities across jurisdictions as model scores hit 90% on core...
It’s Correct and Moral to Use the Olympics to Speak Out About Politics
Gold medalists Alysa Liu and Amber Glenn of Team USA pose for a photo after the medal ceremony for the...
Air Force Maintenance Staff Can’t Stop Buying Fancy Knives With Tax Dollars
They call them “box cutters,” but everyone on the flightline knows what the term really means. The blades slide out...
Iran operating secret ‘black box’ sites holding thousands in detention: reports
Tens of thousands of Iranians are being held in "black box" detention sites with no judicial oversight, official records, and...
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...
