The Sinister Reason Trump Is Itching to Invoke the Insurrection Act
Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Oct. 6, 2025. Photo: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty...
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Government Shutdown and Free Speech Showdown
The federal government shut down on Wednesday as President Donald Trump threatened mass federal layoffs. Republicans are blaming Democrats for...
Trump Calls Cartel Members “Terrorists.” They’re Armed With Bullets From a U.S. Army Factory.
EL GUAYABO, Michoacán, Mexico — The armored vehicle, or what now remained of it, lay abandoned in the road where...
Riley Gaines’ attorney reveals condition it would take to agree to settle lawsuit with NCAA
EXCLUSIVE: Riley Gaines' lawsuit against the NCAA will proceed after a federal judge partially denied the defendant's motions to dismiss...
Unnamed Pentagon Officials Ridicule Hegseth’s Plan to Stop War Department Leaks
Three current Pentagon officials decried a new War Department policy designed to restrict press freedom. Under new rules, the Department of...
Trump Wants to Label Antifa a Terror Group. His Real Target Might Be a Lot Bigger.
Donald Trump’s obsession with antifa surfaced again Wednesday as the president announced that he was designating the loose-knit anti-fascist political...
New Bill Would Give Marco Rubio “Thought Police” Power to Revoke U.S. Passports
In March, Secretary of State Marco Rubio stripped Turkish doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk’s of her visa based on what a...
Rubio warns Brazil of US response after Bolsonaro’s conviction for plotting a coup
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that the U.S. would respond after former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro...
The House Just Passed a Bill Punishing “Politically Motivated” Boycotts of Israel
In a first step toward a federal law punishing criticism of Israel, the House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a...
Trump’s Chicago Occupation Could Cost Four Times More Than Housing City Homeless
President Donald Trump’s plan to add Chicago to the list of American cities under U.S. military occupation could cost almost...
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,...
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...
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,...
World leader who took swipe at Trump over tariffs appears to cozy up to China
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared his country open to foreign companies at the inauguration of Chinese automaker...
