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ITHACA, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 3: A view of one of the entrances to the Cornell University campus on November 3, 2023 in Ithaca, New York. The university canceled classes after one of its students is accused of making violent antisemitic threats. (Photo by Matt Burkhartt/Getty Images)

Chilling Dissent

Cornell to Pro-Palestine Students Targeted by ICE: Come Back to the U.S. or Lose Funding

Momodou Taal and Amandla Thomas-Johnson were finishing their graduate degrees abroad because of targeting by the Trump administration. Cornell is ordering them back to campus.

The Intercept Briefing

Has the Left Really Met Its Limit?

David Sirota on Francesca Hong’s defeat, what it means for the insurgent left, and how the American presidency has consolidated king-like power.

Samson Childs holds a sign during an anti-death penalty march in Nashville, Tenn. on Aug. 9, 2026.

Out for Blood

Tennessee Plans Another Execution Despite Its Brutal Recent Mistakes

Despite a record of botched executions, three states including Tennessee plan to kill by lethal injection on Thursday.

TOPSHOT - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint press conference with the US Secretary of State at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 15, 2025. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington would provide "unwavering support" to Israel in the war in Gaza as he called for the eradication of Hamas during a visit to the US ally on September 15. (Photo by Nathan Howard / POOL / AFP) (Photo by NATHAN HOWARD/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Voices

Israel Justified Its Wars by Calling Enemies “Crazy.” Now, the Warning Signs All Apply to Israel.

Eli Clifton, Ian S. Lustick

MADISON, WISCONSIN - AUGUST 11: Democratic Wisconsin Gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong speaks to reporters after voting in the primary election on August 11, 2026 in Madison, Wisconsin. Recent polling has Hong with a substantial lead over her nearest Democratic rival David Crowley. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Midterms 2026

Francesca Hong’s Loss in Wisconsin is a Win for AI Data Centers — for Now

Jessica Washington

US President Donald Trump holds up a copy of his Truth Social post about Air Force One as he speaks with the media aboard Air Force One shortly after departure from Mildenhall Air Force Base in the United Kingdom, after he switched from the old VC-25A Air Force One to the newer VC-25B Bridge Air Force One, enroute to Washington, on July 8, 2026. Trump is returning from the NATO Summit in Turkey. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Chilling Dissent

The Intercept Sues Trump for Selling Premium Access to Truth Social Announcements

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks at The People v. The Powerful rally at the Detroit Opera House on July 18, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. Ocasio-Cortez, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and others joined El-Sayed to rally the crowds.

Voices

No, AOC: “Woke” Wasn’t “Crazy” the Way You Say It Was

Natasha Lennard

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The Intercept Briefing

Has the Left Really Met Its Limit?

The Intercept Briefing

The Most Expensive Democratic Senate Primary Has a Winner

Voices

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong talks during a primary debate in Milwaukee, Tuesday, July 28, 2026.

Voices

Francesca Hong’s “Thanksgiving-Gate” Shows Her Detractors Are Totally Out of Ideas

Sophie Cunningham #8 of the Indiana Fever points during the game against the Phoenix Mercury at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on June 22, 2026 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Voices

Sophie Cunningham Is the Anti-Trans Right’s New White Woman Mascot

Iran

An Aug. 1, 2026 post on X by Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell depicts a service member and the words "SEND ME," a biblical quote.

The Pentagon Is Posting Cryptic Biblical Messages on Social Media

Austin Campbell

President Donald Trump boards Marine One on the Ellipse, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, in Washington.

When a President Promises a Massacre

Donald Trump, far right, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, second from right, attend the dignified transfer of four U.S. service members recently killed in the Middle East, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.

The Pentagon Found a New Way to Undercount U.S. Casualties in Iran

Scale models of Iran-made ballistic missiles and the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Shahed-136 are displayed during a pro-government rally marking the Muslim holy month of Muharram in downtown Tehran, Iran, on June 15, 2026.

Iran Has Figured Out How to Overwhelm U.S. Air Defenses

Midterms

The Most Expensive Democratic Senate Primary Has a Winner

The Intercept Briefing

Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, speaks during a primary election night event Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit.

Abdul El-Sayed Beats the Democratic Establishment and AIPAC in Michigan

Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Mo., visits with supporters at a polling station visit on primary election day Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, in St. Louis.

Wesley Bell Again Defeats Cori Bush — With Plenty of Help From AIPAC

Former Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., canvasses a neighborhood on Saturday, July 18, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)

Cori Bush Has No Regrets

Justice

A customer heads into Best Buy on February 5, 2025, shortly after two members of a Department of Homeland Security tactical team exit the store after using the restroom.

Congress Might Give ICE the Power to Go After Shoplifters

Black Residents Warned of Abusive Cops for Years. Then Police Shot and Killed a Toddler.

BLM Protester Transferred Thousands of Miles Away After They Organized Against Their Solitary Confinement

Jessica Washington

CEUTA, SPAIN - JULY 31: A member of the armed services watches over migrants crossing the border between Spain and Morocco on July 31, 2026 in Ceuta, Spain. Spain's interior ministry has said it's deploying 60 members of the armed forces and an additional 30 Guardia Civil officers to Ceuta after tens of thousands of migrants entered the Spanish enclave in North Africa on Thursday. A large number of people swam through the Tarajal breakwater to enter the Spanish territory from neighboring Morocco, while others scaled the border fence. Some estimates have said that around 49,000 migrants made the crossing, with the surge of arrivals overwhelming migrant reception centres, with many sleeping on the streets overnight. (Photo by Adri Salido/Getty Images)

Liberals Are Ceding Ground to the Far Right on Ceuta Border Crossings

Natasha Lennard

War on Gaza

On a West Bank Eviction Tour, Israeli Settlers Advertise “No Arabs Here”

Armed Israeli Settlers Detained Ro Khanna. He Wants Their Illegal Outposts Demolished.

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)

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

Natasha Lennard

The Performative Ceasefire in Gaza

Unmasking ICE

NYC, NY, UNITED STATES - 2025/12/19: Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building. According to White House Border Czar Tom Homan, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will increase its operations in New York City due to its status as a sanctuary city. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

ICE Mandates Dress Code After Killings and Botched Arrest

Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, left, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island, during a hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will look to defend her immigration enforcement and make the case to end the DHS shutdown in front of a combative audience before hearings in both chambers. 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

Chilling Dissent

President Donald Trump, left, reacts as Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at a roundtable on American mining, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, at the State Department in Washington.

Rubio Is Trying to Keep Leftists Out of U.S. by Banning Supporters of “Economic Sabotage”

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 14: Vice President-elect Mike Pence and PayPal founder Peter Thiel, listen to Republican presidential-elect Donald Trump during a meeting with technology industry leaders at Trump Tower in New York, NY on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

State Department Wants Palantir’s Advice on Free Speech and “Countering Digital Surveillance”

NYPD Used High-Tech Surveillance to Find Gaza Paint Splatter Protester, Docs Show

Free Speech Crackdown: Germany Deports Bob Vylan Frontman for Anti-Israel Chants

Hanno Hauenstein