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Government officials said a series of recent attacks and threats have highlighted the vulnerability of U.S. military bases.
The Pentagon and private capital have teamed up to militarize the island nation. theintercept.com/2026/10/26/p...
“Records are important,” said the mother of a woman killed by her Navy colleague. We found nearly twice as many domestic-abuse killings by servicemembers as the DoD listed. theintercept.com/2026/10/26/m...
“What do I tell a soldier who believes an action is immoral, but also believes that God commanded it?” one Army chaplain told The Intercept. theintercept.com/2026/10/25/h...
Centrist Democrats’ calls to fall in line behind the party’s nominee only ever seem to cut one way — and fall apart when their candidate loses. theintercept.com/2026/10/24/c...
Brazilians will head to the polls on Sunday in one of the most consequential presidential elections of the last decade. The run-off election will determine the future of the largest democracy in Latin America and the fate of the Amazon rainforest. youtube.com/shorts/GMKL0...
Mississippi investigators said the shooting was “justified,” but new body camera footage shows the cop firing into a passenger side as the car passed by him. theintercept.com/2026/10/23/k...
Watch live as Inequality Media co-founder Robert Reich and The Intercept’s Akela Lacy break down the most pressing issues of the midterm elections. theintercept.com/2026/10/23/r...
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Forget the daily movement of the polls. The question we should all be asking is this: can America’s slide into oligarchy be reversed? Join me LIVE NOW for a conversation about the midterms and democracy with @theintercept.com's @akelalacy.bsky.social.
The Fellowship PAC routed more than half a million dollars in support of Democrats through a firm co-founded by former Trump crypto adviser Bo Hines. theintercept.com/2026/10/23/c...
“Almost all of the worst ideas in the United States have been intentionally exported to Brazil as a way to make Brazil a worse country that’s more in line with U.S. interests.” theintercept.com/2026/10/23/b...
The New York City mayor has said he doesn’t want to “normalize” ICE. But the NYPD, led by Jessica Tisch, has other plans. theintercept.com/2026/10/22/m...
Sofia Liguori stepped down from DeepMind due to current military contracts — not speculative fears of an AI apocalypse. theintercept.com/2026/10/21/g...
Years of “counterterror” surveillance paved the way for the Trump administration’s abuses leading to the raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar's home. @ramirez.house.gov joined @jesswash.bsky.social on The Intercept Briefing to discuss: youtube.com/shorts/fyqAy...
Beyond targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar, the Trump administration has killed, arrested, deported, and demonized Somalis at home and abroad. theintercept.com/2026/10/21/t...
Mississippi has yet to release any support for its claim that a “thorough and impartial” review showed the shooting was “justified.” theintercept.com/2026/10/20/k...
At least 10 patients with kidney failure near Taiz, a city under a Houthi siege, died because they were unable to get to their dialysis treatments. theintercept.com/2026/10/20/y...
The Republican running for Senate in Michigan is directing campaign funds toward chartered flights, a Miami car service, and BMW repairs. theintercept.com/2026/10/19/m...
Documents obtained by The Intercept show the military is trying to deploy autonomous AI agents to hack its adversaries. theintercept.com/2026/10/19/a...
While Trump campaigns for a Nobel Peace Prize, his war on humanity’s only home continues unabated. theintercept.com/2026/10/18/t...
With Democrats campaigning on ending the war, advocates want them to put their money where their mouth is and risk a lame-duck shutdown. theintercept.com/2026/10/17/c...
Rep. Delia Ramirez and writers Rozina Ali and Will Sommer discuss the ICE raid on Ilhan Omar and the years of “counterterror” surveillance that paved the way for the Trump administration’s abuses. theintercept.com/2026/10/16/i...
The toxic exposures didn’t begin with the flames. Researchers are examining how fires affected a community already harmed by plantation agriculture, development, and colonialism. theintercept.com/2026/10/16/m...
Collins received tens of thousands from Lockheed during a two-month period surrounding a critical 2023 watchdog report. theintercept.com/2026/10/15/s...
Omar is “far left,” Bolton is squarely in the center-right of elite Washington consensus. Omar is a harsh critic of Israel, and Bolton is among its most overtly and bloodthirsty champions. Writ large, Bolton is a member of The Club, and Omar isn’t. buff.ly/ixP8YPb
“She’s always been a thorn in the side of the Trump administration,” said the ICE official, who spoke to The Intercept on the condition of anonymity to protect their livelihood. “This has to be politically motivated.” buff.ly/6issoC1
Unlike the raid on John Bolton, the targeting of Omar has elicited zero condemnation from NYT, WSJ, and Washington Post.
Hegseth’s plan to livestream an execution was not without precedent — it tapped into a dark and forgotten U.S. tradition. theintercept.com/2026/10/15/p...
One ICE official said the timing of the raid on Ilhan Omar’s home was “politically motivated.”
What are therapists and addiction experts seeing as prediction markets become more mainstream? @knibbs.bsky.social joined @jesswash.bsky.social on The Intercept Briefing to explain. youtube.com/shorts/UeOj0...
The lawsuit alleges that the contractor MVM Inc. and the hotel chain Sonesta detained the family for profit. theintercept.com/2026/10/15/i...
Trump’s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation should have been an easy lift. But it quickly became a monument to failure. theintercept.com/2026/10/14/t...
Prediction market companies are swiftly integrating into news companies' coverage without being treated as experimental products, @knibbs.bsky.social of Wired explains. youtube.com/shorts/1N_Rk...
After a woman obtained public records indicating a Google datacenter would cover only one-third of the cost of a new solar plant to power the facility — contradicting its promises that ratepayers would not be on the hook — her electricity company sued her.
EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Delia Ramirez is bringing a bill to eliminate DHS a day after the raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home.
A Republican-affiliated super PAC is having a little trouble finding Maine on a map. The Defending Main Street super PAC spent thousands of dollars on an attack ad to audiences thousands of miles away from the Maine Senate race it was targeting. buff.ly/siuwgjh
With his popularity tanking and his grip on power growing tenuous, Trump is becoming a decrepit tyrant — and the checks to stop him are failing.
The group Defending Main Street, long associated with Susan Collins, spent thousands attacking Troy Jackson in the wrong state.
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After months of questions from The Intercept, the U.S. military finally acknowledged the March death of Maj. Sorffly Davius.
The mainstream of Minnesota’s left-of-center politics — including unions, the backbone of Democratic power — are behind the radical left.
Dana Joudeh was denied proper food and medical care throughout her pregnancy in an Israeli prison. She gave birth to a premature baby surrounded by armed guards. theintercept.com/2026/10/10/i...
After ICE shot a young father in Manhattan, New Yorkers asked the mayor to protect them from his police department and federal agents alike. theintercept.com/2026/10/09/i...
Despite a wildly unpopular war with Iran, a mass protest movement for peace hasn’t materialized — at least in the ways we’ve been taught to recognize. theintercept.com/2026/10/09/a...
As Kalshi and Polymarket dodge state regulations, prediction markets are upping the ante on next month’s elections.