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Jessica Washington

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 04: Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on March 04, 2026 in New York City. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and other federal agencies continue to have a presence in immigration courts as immigrants attend court hearings, as the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, whose funding lapsed on February 14th. Some federal agents who patrol the 12th and 14th floors of the Federal Plaza building have begun wearing body cameras for the first time in their eight-month presence at the courthouse. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

The War on Immigrants

ICE Flouting Federal Judge’s Order to Stop Arresting Immigrants at New York Courts

“ICE continues to flagrantly violate the law by arresting immigrants who are attending their mandatory court hearings,” said Rep. Dan Goldman.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and Attorney General Pam Bondi speak with reporters after briefing House Oversight Committee members on the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Capitol Hill on March 18, 2026.

Out for Blood

Trump Has Already Launched More Death Penalty Prosecutions Than in His Entire First Term

Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche have pushed hard for new death sentences, including in states that have abolished executions.

DENVER, COLORADO - MAY 28: Melat Kiros participated in a League of Women Voters Congressional District 1 candidate forum at Montview Presbyterian Church on May 28, 2026, in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Midterms 2026

Socialist Momentum Grows as Melat Kiros Wins in Denver

A democratic socialist who lost her job for speaking out about Gaza unseated a 29-year incumbent.

This undated photo from Winter 2023 provided by Breaking The Silence, a whistleblower group of former Israeli soldiers, shows blindfolded Palestinian prisoners captured in the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces at a detention facility on the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel. (Breaking The Silence via AP)

Voices

How to Show That Israel’s Sexual Violence Against Palestinians Is Systemic — and Has Gone on for Decades

Natasha Lennard

House Foreign Affairs Committee Rankiing Member Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol on May 21, 2026. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)

Israel’s Lebanon Blitz

Congressional Dems Shift to Overwhelmingly Oppose Involvement in Israel’s War on Lebanon

Women in the Army Are More Likely to Be Killed by Fellow Soldiers Than Enemy Combatants

Daniel Johnson, Austin Campbell

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 13: Protesters supporting transgender athletes competing in women's sports gather outside the Supreme Court on January 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. Groups from both sides of the debate gathered on Tuesday morning to protest while two cases that prohibit transgender girls from joining girls' and women's sports teams are heard inside the Supreme Court. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Voices

Even the Liberal Supreme Court Justices Ceded Ground in the Fight for Trans Existence

Natasha Lennard

Podcasts

The Intercept Briefing

The Democratic Party Gets Its Populist Takeover

The Intercept Briefing

The Performative Ceasefire in Gaza

Voices

Voices

The Peter Thiel Ally Who Helped Kill Gawker Wanted to Save Journalism. Then His Site Went Dark.

Tekendra Parmar

The U.S. Capitol building on May 20, 2026 in Washington, D.C.

Voices

Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing

Caitlin Vogus, Aliya Bhatia

Iran

A man passes a mural in Tehran, Iran on June 18, 2026, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran.

The Surprising Reaction Inside Iran to Its War Victory

Séamus Malekafzali

A residential area where an Iranian ballistic missile struck in Arad, southern Israel on March 22, 2026.

Israel Asked Facebook to Censor Iran War Content, Internal Documents Show

Navy sailors signal to an F-35C Lightning II on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln during operations in support of the war in Iran, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.

U.S. Casualties in Iran Are Still Rising

President Donald Trump stands in the ring after Justin Gaethje defeated Ilia Topuria in a lightweight title bout during UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 15, 2026, in Washington.

Trump Celebrates Achieving Absolutely Nothing in Iran

Midterms

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 22: Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) speaking during a hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building in the U.S. Capitol on January 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. The House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee held a hearing on "Lowering Health Care Costs For All Americans: An Examination Of Health Insurance Affordability." (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Socialists Are Surging. In Colorado, a 29-Year Incumbent Is Sweating.

U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks at the Michigan Democratic Party Endorsement Convention in Detroit, Mich., on April 19, 2026. (Photo by Andrew Roth/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

Abdul El-Sayed Becomes First Senate Candidate Backed by Pro-Palestine Jewish Group

UNITED STATES - MARCH 25: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., attends a news conference with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to announce the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. The legislation aims to "ensure that AI benefits workers, is safe and effective and does not harm communities or destroy the environment." (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wades Into Tennessee Primary, Endorsing Justin J. Pearson

US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries unveil the Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule in honor of the 250th birthday of the United States to be opened on the 500th anniversary of the founding of the United States, during a ceremony in Emancipation Hall at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2026. The capsule, that will be buried at the Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia on July 4, features contributions from all 50 states, US territories and federal partners. Artifacts include state-specific mementos, student artwork, an Olympic gold medal, and a letter from living presidents. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

The Left Just Keeps Winning. It’s Time for Democrats to Bend the Knee.

Katherine Krueger

Justice

30-Year Sentence for Transporting Zines Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech

Seth Stern, Jeremy Busby

NEW YORK, US - FEBRUARY 21: Luigi Mangione's supporters gathered outside Manhattan Criminal Court and protest the US healthcare system as he appeared in the court for his hearing on New York state murder and terrorism charges in New York City, U.S., on February 21, 2025. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Cops Warn CEO Bodyguards That Luigi Mangione Fever Could Spark Class War

Glen Stellmacher, Noah Hurowitz

Supporters of the Prairieland defendants displayed signs outside the courthouse during sentencing on June 23, 2026 in Fort Worth, Texas.

Prairieland Defendant Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Moving a Box of Antifascist Zines

The Immigration Centers of America facility Farmville is the site where more than 80% of the center's 300 detainees have tested positive for COVID-19 after it accepted 74 detainees at the facility Wednesday Aug. 12, 2020, in Farmville, Va. A federal judge has ordered immigration authorities to halt any transfers into the Virginia detention center that has seen the worst coronavirus outbreak at any such facility in the nation. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

ICE Tried to Deport an Asylum-Seeker. Now He’s Being Denied Care for a Growing Tumor in a Private Prison.

Jessica Washington

War on Gaza

The Performative Ceasefire in Gaza

The Intercept Briefing

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 15: A supporter of Israel counter protests as pro-Palestinian activists take part in a protest on Nakba Day on May 15, 2026 in New York City. Pro-Palestinian activists worldwide marked the 78th anniversary of the Nakba amid the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images)

The Real “Divide” Among Democrats Over Israel Is Between Party Leadership and Voters

A Palestinian walks along a street next to the Israel's separation wall at dusk during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the West Bank town of al-Ram, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A Gay Palestinian Fled to Israel’s “Safe Haven.” Israel Tried to Exploit Him for Intelligence.

Company Behind California Chemical Leak Was Building F-35 Parts Amid Rush of Orders From U.S. and Israel

Unmasking ICE

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island, center, and Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, left, during a hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images

ICE Should Show It Hasn’t Been “Infiltrated by Violent Extremists,” Senator Urges

Matt Sledge, Sam Biddle

ICE Recruitment Tweets Are So Racist That Cops Feared They Could Incite Neo-Nazi Violence

Matt Sledge, Sam Biddle

Protesters walk past a screen reading "arrest and charge Jonathan Ross", the ICE officer, named in US media as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who fatally shot Renee Good, as they march from Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis against ICE and the fatal shooting of Good, calling on federal authorities to leave the city and demand accountability, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 10, 2026. A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good on the streets of Minneapolis on January 7, leading to huge protests and outrage from local leaders who rejected White House claims she was a domestic terrorist. (Photo by Octavio JONES / AFP via Getty Images)

Government Ordered to Turn Over Files on ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good

Noah Hurowitz, Austin Campbell

WASHINGTON, DC August 25, 2025:

US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth and US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem during the signing of Executive Orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday August 25, 2025.

(Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Pentagon Implores Civilian Workers to Join ICE “Volunteer Force”

Noah Hurowitz, Austin Campbell

Chilling Dissent

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - MAY 29: New Jersey State Police riot and mounted units, alongside other law enforcement clear protestors from outside Delaney Hall which is being used as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center on May 29, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced that she will send in state police to the center and create a designated protest zone as well as set up vehicle checkpoints to regulate traffic outside the center. Confrontations between ICE agents and protestors, who are supporting detainees held in the facility, continue to participate in a hunger strike and have put out a list of demands. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images)

FBI Tried to Flip Anti-ICE Protesters Into Informants

C. Frances, Noah Hurowitz

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - JUNE 02: Newark Police officers stand guard as protesters gather outside the federal immigration center at Delaney Hall in Newark, where ICE is housing detained immigrants on June 02, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. The city of Newark lifted a curfew Tuesday evening, allowing protesters to gather again in front of Delaney Hall. Despite the state police taking over security outside, the protests have become increasingly tense, and come amid reports of poor living conditions inside the facility for the detainees. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Undercover Cops Infiltrated Delaney Hall ICE Protest to Spy and Make Arrest

C. Frances, Noah Hurowitz

TOPSHOT - Federal agents use pepper spray against a protester holding a sign during an enforcement operation outside the Whipple Building, ICE facility in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 11, 2026. A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good on the streets of Minneapolis on January 7, leading to huge protests and outrage from local leaders who rejected White House claims she was a domestic terrorist. (Photo by Kerem YUCEL / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s Spaghetti-Against-the-Wall Indictment Against ICE Protesters — and How to Fight It

Natasha Lennard

How Did the Feds Get Into Anti-ICE Activists’ Signal Messages?