25 Years After 9/11, Muslims Are Still Politicians’ Favorite Scapegoat
A quarter century after the September 11 attacks emboldened then-President George W. Bush to launch the “war on terror,” many...
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Flock Donations to Local Politicians’ Groups Skyrocket as Protests Against AI Cameras Mount
As fed-up activists target Flock, the AI-powered surveillance camera company is battling back with a massive increase in donations to...
ICE Gave New Hires Access to Restricted Info on Palantir App Before They Passed Background Checks
During the height of President Donald Trump’s winter immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis, a new AI-driven “alien” targeting app appeared...
Trump Admin Tells Court: Let OpenAI Rip Off The Intercept’s Articles
President Donald Trump’s Justice Department took the side of tech giant OpenAI in its court battle with The Intercept and...
ICE Is Paying a Controversial AI Firm to Hide the Identities of Agents
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is launching a new “Doxing Mitigation Initiative” using AI to help ICE personnel keep their...
ICE Shot a Journalist and Threw Him in Detention. He’s Approaching 300 Days Behind Bars With a Festering Wound.
The parking lot outside the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in Adelanto, Calif. on May 27, 2026. Photo: Jill Connelly/AP Somewhere...
Secret ICE Agent Tried to ‘Entice’ Minneapolis Activists Into Confrontational Tactics
Organizers in Minneapolis long suspected they were being surveilled by the federal government during the height of the winter protests...
UN watchdog slams potential election of Iran to panel with human rights sway: ‘Lunatics running the asylum’
Iran's possible election to a major United Nations (U.N.) committee with influence on the shaping of policy concerning human rights,...
Luxury $9 million yacht caught on camera sinking off coast, days after delivery to owner
A luxury $9.1 million yacht sank into the waters of the Mediterranean Sea Tuesday, just days after it had been...
North Korea launches another ballistic missile as US, South Korea prepare for military drills
North Korea launched another ballistic missile Tuesday, marking its second reported ballistic missile launch in less than a week.Japan’s prime...
Moscow, Kyiv assassins hunt weapons bosses as Ukraine war spills beyond the battlefield
A dangerous new front is emerging in the Russia-Ukraine war as attackers and alleged intelligence operatives increasingly target executives and...
State Department Wants Palantir’s Advice on Free Speech and “Countering Digital Surveillance”
The Trump administration tapped a surveillance giant with a record of attacking the press to advise the State Department on...
Congress Might Give ICE the Power to Go After Shoplifters
To counter the purported national scourge of “organized retail crime,” a bill moving through Congress would deliver the Department of...
US says North Korea missile launch poses no immediate threat, ‘consulting closely’ with allies
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command vowed Thursday that the U.S. "remains committed to the defense of the U.S. homeland and our allies...
Black Residents Warned of Abusive Cops for Years. Then Police Shot and Killed a Toddler.
Outside the Walmart in Senatobia, Mississippi, where police shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley, a shrine of stuffed animals sits...
