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Die Linke party co-leaders, Ines Schwerdtner, Heidi Reichinnek, and Jan van Aken, attend a press conference in Berlin, Germany, on Feb. 24, 2025.

Voices

Grow a Spine: Democrats Have a Lot to Learn From the German Left

Natasha Lennard

The German elections show we don’t need to moderate fascism, we need to oppose it.

On a campaign trail trip, presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures to people yelling from across the Rio Grande in Mexico when he visited Shelby Park on the U.S.-Mexico border, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas.

The War on Immigrants

Title 42 Isn’t About Public Health — It’s About Keeping Immigrants Out

Jessica Washington

The Trump administration may claim Title 42 aims to stop the spread of tuberculosis. But it’s truly a ploy to stop asylum-seekers.

President Donald Trump reaches out to lawmakers as he prepares to depart the National Prayer Breakfast at the U.S. Capitol Feb. 6, 2025. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)

How Trump Twisted DEI to Only Benefit White Christians

Jessica Washington

Trump’s crusade against “wokeness” is co-opting the language of the civil rights movement to undo its legacy.

DOGE’s Lawyer Once Warned That Ignoring Court Orders Would Destroy the Country

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) arrives for a vote at the U.S. Capitol Feb. 18, 2025. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

Fetterman Staff Quit Amid Frustration Over “Just Working on Israel All the Time”

The Arthur J. Altmeyer Social Security Administration building at the agencys headquarters in Woodlawn, Maryland, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration and her top deputy have left following a confrontation with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency team over access to data on 70 million beneficiaries, according to people familiar with the moves. Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images

DOGE Said It Cut $232 Million From Social Security Budget. It Was Only About Half a Million.

The Intercept Briefing

One Month Under Trump: Are You Keeping Up?

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Constitutional Crisis Looms

Voices

Former President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Trump Tower, on Sept. 27, 2024, in New York.

Voices

Trump Doesn’t Care About Ukraine or Russia — Just Money

Voices

This Is the Way to Stop Elon Musk

Politics

Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump’s EPA Kills Grant to Climate Nonprofit Over Its Support for Palestine

Democrats Swear They’ll Fight Elon Musk. But What About the Cash They Took From SpaceX?

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gestures during his visit to the headquarters of U.S. European Command and Africa Command at the Africa Command at Kelly Barracks in Stuttgart Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025.

Pentagon Official: Hegseth’s Campaign to Scrub DEI History Is a “Dumb” Distraction

In this Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017 photo, Damon Hininger, the CEO of CoreCivic Inc., the nation's largest private-prison operator, answers questions from legislators during a briefing on a plan to build a new state prison. The state wants CoreCivic, based in Nashville, Tennessee, to build the new prison and lease it to the state for its first 20 years in operation. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

The War on Immigrants

Private Prison CEO on Trump Deportation Surge: “One of the Most Exciting Periods in My Career”

Justice

Trump and Musk Delight in the Sounds of Human Suffering With Sick “ASMR” Immigrant Video

Natasha Lennard

Trump Is Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: Federal Prisons Are Purposely Inhumane

Israel’s War on Gaza

The Columbia Network Pushing Behind the Scenes to Deport and Arrest Student Protesters

Natasha Lennard, Akela Lacy

Supporters of immigrants' rights protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policies on February 07, 2025 in Homestead, Florida.

The War on Immigrants

ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online

National Security

Emergency crews respond to the crash site near the Potomac River after a passenger jet collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, US, on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025.

Army Helicopter Accidents Are Occurring at Near Record Rates

Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, arrives to testify during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Tulsi Gabbard Refused to Back Down on Edward Snowden. It Could Tank Her Nomination.

Former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii is escorted by police as she move between meetings with senators in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on December 18, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Tulsi Gabbard Once Called for an Edward Snowden Pardon. Will She Flip-Flop Now?

President Donald Trump's nominee to be FBI Director, Kash Patel arrives for a meeting with Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on December 11, 2024 in Washington, DC.

FBI’s Warrantless Search Ruled Unconstitutional in a Blow to Government Spying

World

King Abdullah II of Jordan, from left, US President Donald Trump, and Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025.

Trump Is Bullying Jordan and Egypt to Help in Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza. It Isn’t Working.

Jessica Washington, Matt Sledge

A Palestinian man sits in front of a destroyed building in the war-devastated Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on February 7, 2025.

Israel’s War on Gaza

“You Don’t Own Gaza, Donald Trump”: Palestinians Vow to Remain and Rebuild

Daily pediatric HIV medication including tablets and liquid medication in syringes. Each beaker contains the treatment for a different child living at Lambano Sanctuary, a hospice and care home for children with HIV and AIDS. The drugs include anti-retrovirals (ARVs) the treatment for HIV. Guateng, South Africa. (Photo by In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images)

Global HIV Care Thrown Into Chaos by Trump: “I Will Be Sick and Maybe Die”

Afeef Nessouli, Steven W. Thrasher

Marco Rubio’s USAID “Humanitarian Waiver” Isn’t Helping Restart Lifesaving Programs

Technology

Poised to Take Over TikTok, Oracle Is Accused of Clamping Down on Pro-Palestine Dissent

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 6, 2025.

The IRS Is Buying an AI Supercomputer From Nvidia

Proton Mail Says It’s “Politically Neutral” While Praising Republican Party

Trump Appointees Can’t Own Crypto. That Rule Doesn’t Apply to Trump Himself.

Environment

Which LA Fire Victims Get Money on GoFundMe — and Who Gets Left Out?

FILE - This photo taken with a drone shows portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed the night before, Feb. 4, 2023, in East Palestine, Ohio. Norfolk Southern announced new details Monday, Sept. 18, about its plan to compensate East Palestine residents for lost home values since the fiery derailment disrupted life in the eastern Ohio town in February. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Trump Inauguration Official’s “Phony Charity” Allegedly Pocketed East Palestine Train Disaster Funds

A home burns during the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, on January 8, 2025.

Climate Crimes

LA Budgeted Money For Cop Jobs While Cutting Fire Department Positions. Now the City Is Burning.

Schuyler Mitchell

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 14: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a climate event at the White House complex November 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. Biden spoke on his administration’s efforts to address the global climate crisis and the Fifth National Climate Assessment. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

EPA Staffers Demand Biden Release Climate Funds Withheld Over Gaza