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Meta’s new rules let it ban users or suppress comments that ...

2026-04-14T16:05:03Z

Meta’s new rules let it ban users or suppress comments that include the word “antifa” alongside “content-level threat signals.” https://theintercept.com/2026/04/14/facebook-instagram-antifa-censor

An Intercept analysis finds that every single Board of Peace ...

2026-03-02T15:03:16Z

An Intercept analysis finds that every single Board of Peace member state has been rebuked for human rights violations. https://theintercept.com/2026/03/02/trump-board-peace-human-right-abuses

Democrats' refusal to react proportionally to the threat of ...

2026-01-27T20:41:53Z

Democrats' refusal to react proportionally to the threat of President Donald Trump and his army of secret police with “absolute immunity” is only making things worse. https://theintercept.com/2026/01/26/alex-pretti-democrats-abolish-ice/

In apparent references to Renee Good, multiple agents have asked ...

2026-01-14T20:26:06Z

In apparent references to Renee Good, multiple agents have asked protesters: “Have y’all not learned from the past couple of days?” https://theintercept.com/2026/01/14/ice-minneapolis-protests-renee-good

ICE shot a woman point-blank in Minneapolis. The agency’s raids ...

2026-01-07T20:56:10Z

ICE shot a woman point-blank in Minneapolis. The agency’s raids and impunity were always going to lead to death. https://theintercept.com/2026/01/07/ice-mineapolis-shooting-death

Once billionaire anti-Palestinian investors and ideologues take ...

2025-12-27T11:15:02Z

Once billionaire anti-Palestinian investors and ideologues take control, TikTok users who are critical of Israel will need to fight even harder and more creatively to evade the suppression of free speech.

https://interc.pt/4p3Hbub

Users need to revolt against what will very likely be an even ...

2025-12-22T17:05:03Z

Users need to revolt against what will very likely be an even more widespread effort to censor voices critical of Israel.

Justice Democrats endorsed Melat Kiros in Denver as the ...

2025-12-04T15:06:43Z

Justice Democrats endorsed Melat Kiros in Denver as the progressive group looks to recover from crushing losses to AIPAC-backed candidates last cycle. https://theintercept.com/2025/12/04/denver-primary-melat-kiros-diana-degette-justice-democrats

“This is about as clear of a case being patently illegal that ...

2025-12-02T19:21:53Z

“This is about as clear of a case being patently illegal that subordinates would probably not be able to successfully use a following-orders defense.” https://theintercept.com/2025/12/02/hegseth-boat-strikes-war-crime-venezuela/

The Palestinian groups’ YouTube channels hosted hours of ...

2025-11-05T20:37:02Z

The Palestinian groups’ YouTube channels hosted hours of footage documenting and highlighting alleged Israeli government violations of international law in both Gaza and the West Bank. https://theintercept.com/2025/11/04/youtube-google-israel-palestine-human-rights-censorship/

The materials reviewed by The Intercept also indicate Amazon sold ...

2025-10-25T16:05:07Z

The materials reviewed by The Intercept also indicate Amazon sold cloud-computing services to Israel’s nuclear program and offices administering the West Bank. https://theintercept.com/2025/10/24/amazon-weapons-gaza-israel-rafael-iai/

Birth in Gaza often means sharing incubators, giving birth ...

2025-10-06T21:25:03Z

Birth in Gaza often means sharing incubators, giving birth without anesthesia during power outages, and risking infection because water and sanitation systems are destroyed. https://theintercept.com/2025/10/06/mothers-pregnant-gaza/

“My aunt died beneath the debris, alongside many others who ...

2025-08-25T00:05:01Z

“My aunt died beneath the debris, alongside many others who carried nothing but their faith and a small hope for survival.” https://theintercept.com/2025/08/18/gaza-holy-family-catholic-church-israel-attack/

What is there to even say? ...

2025-08-24T21:25:00Z

What is there to even say? https://theintercept.com/2025/08/19/bari-weiss-free-press-gaza-starvation-famine/

“If this is what’s being done today, we must ask: what else ...

2025-08-24T19:37:02Z

“If this is what’s being done today, we must ask: what else are we surrendering to unchecked surveillance under the guise of enforcement?” https://theintercept.com/2025/08/21/ice-immigrants-wire-transfers-remittances-surveillance/

Israel and countries like El Salvador, South Sudan, and Eswatini, ...

2025-08-23T19:37:00Z

Israel and countries like El Salvador, South Sudan, and Eswatini, which have agreed to accept and in some cases imprison U.S. deportees as part of Trump’s growing global gulag, got a soft touch. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/14/state-department-human-rights-reports/

“The daily cost of the D.C. troop deployment is more than four ...

2025-08-21T21:25:03Z

“The daily cost of the D.C. troop deployment is more than four times what it would cost to operate affordable housing for D.C.’s entire unhoused population.” https://theintercept.com/2025/08/20/trump-federalize-washington-dc-military-troops-cost/

“The guards were with us day and night, and they wrote down ...

2025-08-21T17:27:34Z

“The guards were with us day and night, and they wrote down everything we did, even when I went to the bathroom." https://theintercept.com/2025/08/18/ice-children-hotel-detention-nyc-deported/

ICE is using sensitive data about wire transfers between the U.S. ...

2025-08-21T16:05:22Z

ICE is using sensitive data about wire transfers between the U.S. and Mexico to track down immigrants for deportation. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/21/ice-immigrants-wire-transfers-remittances-surveillance

"The Free Press is actively stoking genocide denial, but ...

2025-08-20T21:51:16Z

"The Free Press is actively stoking genocide denial, but it’s not the first media organ to take this odious tack of minimization," writes Natasha Lennard. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/19/bari-weiss-free-press-gaza-starvation-famine/

This was not the first time the Holy Family Church had been ...

2025-08-20T00:05:02Z

This was not the first time the Holy Family Church had been targeted. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/18/gaza-holy-family-catholic-church-israel-attack/

"The DSCC’s corporate donors won’t let them support the ...

2025-08-19T15:52:27Z

"The DSCC’s corporate donors won’t let them support the candidate who can win.” https://theintercept.com/2025/08/18/jd-scholten-iowa-senate-dscc/

A new lawsuit seeks to end ICE’s tactic of setting up ...

2025-08-19T13:03:31Z

A new lawsuit seeks to end ICE’s tactic of setting up immigrants to be taken from immigration courts. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/19/ice-courthouse-arrests-immigrants-lawsuit-nyclu

“It’s hard for me to comprehend that I might never see him ...

2025-08-19T00:05:02Z

“It’s hard for me to comprehend that I might never see him again,” Roger's friend said. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/18/ice-children-hotel-detention-nyc-deported/

Original reporting. Fearless journalism. Delivered to you in our ...

2025-08-18T21:25:01Z

Original reporting. Fearless journalism. Delivered to you in our newsletter. https://theintercept.com/newsletter/

“We couldn’t even look out the window,” the New York City ...

2025-08-18T16:49:39Z

“We couldn’t even look out the window,” the New York City high school student said of his isolation while detained in a hotel. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/18/ice-children-hotel-detention-nyc-deported

A reporter in Gaza finds a Catholic community grieving their ...

2025-08-18T13:58:02Z

A reporter in Gaza finds a Catholic community grieving their family members killed by Israeli bombs, but still worshipping together.
https://theintercept.com/2025/08/18/gaza-holy-family-catholic-church-israel-attack/

As if a medical diagnosis could somehow cancel out the ...

2025-08-18T12:28:04Z

As if a medical diagnosis could somehow cancel out the consequences of hunger. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/04/gaza-famine-diabetes-illness-medication/

"The worst-kept secret in New York is also one of its most ...

2025-08-17T16:05:07Z

"The worst-kept secret in New York is also one of its most bizarre and frequent happenings: The NYPD runs red lights in obviously non-emergency situations all the time." https://theintercept.com/2025/08/16/nypd-car-red-light-laws/

Public housing tenants could receive as little as 14 days of ...

2025-08-16T16:25:01Z

Public housing tenants could receive as little as 14 days of notice prior to eviction proceedings beginning, and in some places, people in project-based rental assistance programs could receive no notice at all. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/15/trump-eviction-notice-public-housing/

AG Gentner Drummond, who is running for governor, told ...

2025-08-15T19:37:00Z

AG Gentner Drummond, who is running for governor, told Glossip’s lawyer that the timing of his release hinged “on his own political calculus.” https://theintercept.com/2025/08/15/richard-glossip-oklahoma-gentner-drummond-judge-recusal

The Trump administration is pushing a rule change that would ...

2025-08-15T17:31:34Z

The Trump administration is pushing a rule change that would speed up the eviction process by providing tenants less notice. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/15/trump-eviction-notice-public-housing

More than 30 human rights groups urge congressional leaders to ...

2025-08-15T16:05:04Z

More than 30 human rights groups urge congressional leaders to block Trump’s attempt to target Mexican cartels. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/15/trump-mexico-war-cartels

Democrats say they need enthusiasm among young voters. They ...

2025-08-15T14:51:38Z

Democrats say they need enthusiasm among young voters. They aren’t listening to what Gen Z wants. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/15/dnc-chair-israel-arms-weapons-gaza

Journalist Kylie Cheung on why post-Dobbs restrictions ...

2025-08-15T14:14:30Z

Journalist Kylie Cheung on why post-Dobbs restrictions “aren’t unintended consequences.” https://theintercept.com/2025/08/15/briefing-podcast-dobbs-abortion-bans

“If the theory is recording a computer screen is a violation, I ...

2025-08-14T21:25:02Z

“If the theory is recording a computer screen is a violation, I don’t know where that stops.” https://theintercept.com/2025/08/13/dc-plane-crash-washington-cnn-leak/

I met Anas during an Israeli siege of a hospital. He grew to be ...

2025-08-13T00:48:45Z

I met Anas during an Israeli siege of a hospital. He grew to be my mentor — and my friend. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/12/anas-al-sharif-al-jazeera-journalist-killed-israel

“I am not asking for much. Just to live. To find my medication. ...

2025-08-12T21:25:00Z

“I am not asking for much. Just to live. To find my medication. To feel safe. To dream of a tomorrow where my illness does not suffocate me, and war does not kill me.” https://theintercept.com/2025/08/04/gaza-famine-diabetes-illness-medication/

President Trump’s "federalization" of Washington D.C. ...

2025-08-11T21:31:57Z

President Trump’s "federalization" of Washington D.C. is a test of the limits of his power -- and by extension, of our democracy. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/11/trump-washington-dc-federalization-national-guard-troops

In March, we spoke to Hoda Osman, the executive editor of Arab ...

2025-08-11T19:16:34Z

In March, we spoke to Hoda Osman, the executive editor of Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism, about how reporters with the Gaza Project investigate the killing and targeting of Palestinian journalists. https://theintercept.com/2025/03/28/briefing-podcast-gaza-palestine-journalists/

With Trump set to deploy the National Guard to D.C., it's ...

2025-08-11T15:12:39Z

With Trump set to deploy the National Guard to D.C., it's important to remember what they did in LA: Pretty much nothing. https://theintercept.com/2025/07/16/federal-troops-la-doing-nothing/

From July 3: ...

2025-08-11T08:25:35Z

From July 3: https://theintercept.com/2025/07/03/israel-palestine-journalists-killing-gaza/

Nearly 73% of Trump’s wealth — $11.6 billion of an estimated ...

2025-08-10T21:25:02Z

Nearly 73% of Trump’s wealth — $11.6 billion of an estimated $15.9 billion — comes from crypto holdings that he built at record pace by misusing his office, the group claims. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/09/trump-crypto-billionaire-accountable/

“This just shows the lengths that the Trump administration will ...

2025-08-10T14:35:01Z

“This just shows the lengths that the Trump administration will go to to weaponize Public Service Loan Forgiveness and debt more broadly to achieve their fascist objectives.” https://theintercept.com/2025/08/02/student-debt-loan-forgiveness-ice-agents/

The reports will no longer call out governments for abuses like ...

2025-08-10T00:05:02Z

The reports will no longer call out governments for abuses like restrictions on free and fair elections, significant corruption, or serious harassment of domestic or international human rights organizations. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/08/trump-orders-state-department-to-overlook-international-human-rights-abuses/

“The more the President’s wealth depends on anonymous ...

2025-08-09T14:35:02Z

“The more the President’s wealth depends on anonymous investors around the world with hidden agendas, the greater the risk.” https://theintercept.com/2025/08/09/trump-crypto-billionaire-accountable

"Bove has made unwaveringly clear that, for him, the law is ...

2025-08-08T21:25:01Z

"Bove has made unwaveringly clear that, for him, the law is the president’s will." https://theintercept.com/2025/07/31/emil-bove-judge-courts-trump/

“Today, the State of Tennessee killed a gentle, kind, fragile, ...

2025-08-08T19:37:00Z

“Today, the State of Tennessee killed a gentle, kind, fragile, intellectually disabled man in violation of the laws of our country simply because they could,” Henry said. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/06/byron-black-tennessee-exeuction/

The State Department was told to cut from its human rights ...

2025-08-08T17:49:31Z

The State Department was told to cut from its human rights reports info on election integrity, corruption and the expulsion of refugees. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/08/trump-orders-state-department-to-overlook-international-human-rights-abuses

It's ICE detention by another name. https://interc.pt/4mb4L7Q

2025-08-08T17:03:47Z

It's ICE detention by another name. https://interc.pt/4mb4L7Q

The Crusader aesthetic and the proud self-labeling of oneself as ...

2025-08-07T21:52:29Z

The Crusader aesthetic and the proud self-labeling of oneself as an “infidel” grew in popularity during the war on terror and have remained as gestures of anti-Muslim sentiment on the right. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/06/gaza-aid-security-contractor-mulford-ghf/

The death, the first in the Northeast in ICE custody this year, ...

2025-08-07T17:14:33Z

The death, the first in the Northeast in ICE custody this year, came at the largest immigration jail in the region. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/07/ice-detained-suicide-pennsylvania-geo-group

Border Patrol agents used a Penske moving truck to storm a Home ...

2025-08-07T12:50:23Z

Border Patrol agents used a Penske moving truck to storm a Home Depot, despite a court order barring ICE raids at workplaces. https://theintercept.com/2025/08/07/immigrant-raid-home-depot-la-restraining-order

Inside the surveillance tech fueling Trump’s deportation ...

2025-05-30T16:05:54Z

Inside the surveillance tech fueling Trump’s deportation machine. https://theintercept.com/2025/05/30/trump-surveillance-students-protesters

Amid a wellspring of discontent over the Pennsylvania senator’s ...

2025-04-05T13:25:00Z

Amid a wellspring of discontent over the Pennsylvania senator’s coziness with Israel and Republicans, people are demanding campaign donation refunds. https://theintercept.com/2025/04/05/john-fetterman-israel-campaign-donation-refunds

DOGE claims it’s not an “agency” that has to comply with ...

2025-03-24T20:09:26Z

DOGE claims it’s not an “agency” that has to comply with FOIA. We don’t buy it — and so far judges haven’t, either. https://theintercept.com/2025/03/24/intercept-lawsuit-doge-freedom-of-information-act

In a new 300-page report, the human rights group joins a growing ...

2024-12-05T01:21:01Z

In a new 300-page report, the human rights group joins a growing chorus of legal scholars and activists describing Israel’s assault on Palestinians as genocide. https://theintercept.com/2024/12/04/amnesty-international-israel-genocide-gaza/

Missouri executed Marcellus Williams tonight around 6 PM. ...

2024-09-24T23:37:33Z

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Missouri executed Marcellus Williams tonight around 6 PM.

"Tonight, we all bear witness to Missouri’s grotesque exercise of state power. Let it not be in vain. This should never happen, and we must not let it continue,” Tricia Rojo Bushnell, Williams’ attorney and executive director of the Midwest Innocence Project, said in a statement.

BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a stay of Marcellus ...

2024-09-24T21:52:34Z

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BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a stay of Marcellus Williams's execution, with Justices Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson dissenting.

Williams is scheduled to be executed at 6 PM CST.

Both the Missouri Supreme Court and Gov. Parson have refused to ...

2024-09-24T21:35:23Z

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Both the Missouri Supreme Court and Gov. Parson have refused to grant a stay of the execution, and now it's up to the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether to allow Williams's execution by lethal injection tonight to proceed or not.

Make sure to follow Jordan Smith as she covers the latest developments as they happen tonight.

On Sept. 12, the St. Louis County Circuit Court judge upheld ...

2024-09-24T21:32:47Z

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On Sept. 12, the St. Louis County Circuit Court judge upheld Williams's murder conviction, ruling that the prosecutor who contaminated the evidence by handling it without wearing gloves had not acted in “bad faith,” but instead was merely following his normal procedure.

The ruling dismantled Williams’s latest attempt to prove his innocence and paved the way for his execution tonight. https://interc.pt/3ZkM3lt

Since being appointed to his post in 2023, Bailey has spent a ...

2024-09-24T21:32:20Z

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Since being appointed to his post in 2023, Bailey has spent a considerable amount of time attempting to thwart state courts from exonerating the wrongly convicted — or even from considering their claims. https://interc.pt/4e0GPzY

But AG Bailey’s office ran to the Missouri Supreme Court, ...

2024-09-24T21:31:08Z

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But AG Bailey’s office ran to the Missouri Supreme Court, arguing that the judge didn’t have the power to agree to such a deal and that Williams should face execution. The court sided with Bailey, ordering the judge to hold a hearing on Bell’s motion to vacate the conviction as originally planned. https://interc.pt/4g7TWkf

Bell’s office struck a deal with Williams on August 21. The ...

2024-09-24T21:29:44Z

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Bell’s office struck a deal with Williams on August 21. The prosecutor would concede constitutional error and take the death penalty off the table if Williams agreed to enter a so-called Alford plea that let Williams acknowledge a strong case against him while maintaining his innocence; the plea would let him avoid the death penalty by accepting a life sentence. https://interc.pt/4g7TWkf

According to St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell, the ...

2024-09-24T21:28:09Z

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According to St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell, the state’s willful mishandling of the evidence before trial had violated Williams’s rights, meaning his conviction and death sentence must be overturned. https://interc.pt/4g7TWkf

A new round of analysis confirmed that Williams’s genetic ...

2024-09-24T21:27:13Z

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A new round of analysis confirmed that Williams’s genetic material was not on the knife, but it could not exclude either Larner or his investigator as the source of the unknown DNA.

Whatever DNA might have existed connecting the perpetrator to Picus’s murder was irretrievably lost — thanks to the prosecution’s handling of the evidence. https://interc.pt/4g7TWkf

Before Williams' first trial in 2001, the handle of the ...

2024-09-24T21:26:30Z

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Before Williams' first trial in 2001, the handle of the butcher's knife used in the murder had been analyzed for fingerprints, but none had been found; blood on the blade matched Picus.

In August, St. Louis County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Keith Larner testified in court that back then, he had concluded that there was no additional forensic testing that needed to be done on the murder weapon, so he repeatedly handled the weapon without using gloves. https://interc.pt/4g7TWkf

While the MO Supreme Court considered the dispute between AG ...

2024-09-24T21:24:36Z

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While the MO Supreme Court considered the dispute between AG Bailey and the Midwest Innocence Project, St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell asked the Missouri Circuit Court to consider evidence of Williams’s innocence and vacate his conviction.

“This never-before-considered evidence, when paired with the relative paucity of other, credible evidence supporting guilt … casts inexorable doubt on Mr. Williams’s conviction and sentence,” the motion read. https://interc.pt/42g2izG

The day after Gov. Parson dissolved the panel, Missouri Attorney ...

2024-09-24T21:23:39Z

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The day after Gov. Parson dissolved the panel, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey asked the state's Supreme Court to set an execution date for Williams.

The Midwest Innocence Project sued to block the governor from disbanding the board, saying his order violated state statute. https://interc.pt/48XNNmb