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...
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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...
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...
He Witnessed an Earlier Shooting. Feds Arrested Him at the Scene of Alex Pretti’s Killing
Less than 40 minutes after federal immigration agents shot and killed 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti on Nicollet Avenue in south...
Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now
The recent federal raid on the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson isn’t merely an attack by the Trump...
Russian oil tanker, the Grinch, intercepted as US, allies escalate sanctions crackdown
The French navy intercepted a Russian oil tanker in the Mediterranean suspected of operating as part of Moscow’s shadow fleet,...
While Threatening Greenland, Trump Also Threatens Iceland
In a speech about annexing Greenland, President Donald Trump on Wednesday also appeared to announce plans for the United States...
Massacre at Nigerian market leaves more than 30 dead as gunmen torch stalls, kidnap others
Dozens of people were killed and several others kidnapped when armed attackers raided a rural market in central Nigeria, police...
Can Maduro survive as Trump’s oil pressure campaign hits his regime’s weak spot?
For years, Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro has defied predictions of collapse. Sanctions, diplomatic isolation and internal unrest have failed to...
US and Ukraine target 1,000-vessel ‘dark fleet’ smuggling sanctioned oil worldwide
A 1,000-strong "dark fleet" of rogue oil tankers skirting sanctions has emerged as a new target for the U.S. and...
Episode Eight: Legalized Takings
In 1992, Donald Scott, the eccentric owner of a large Malibu estate, was killed in his home by an ad...
Putin calls Trump’s peace plan a ‘starting point’ as he warns Ukraine to pull back or face ‘force’
Vladimir Putin on Thursday expressed interest in using President Trump’s peace plan as a negotiating departure point to end the...
