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Police Chased the Wrong Man, Then Shot Him and Watched as He Bled Out
Sheriff’s deputies in Michigan fired 27 shots at John Jenuwine, even though “he was not the guy that they were supposed to be chasing.”...
Trump-Loving Crypto Super PAC Finally Backs a Democrat: Ritchie Torres
Ritchie Torres, the only Democrat boosted by cash from the conservative Fellowship PAC, has no serious competition in his House race.
The Surprising Reaction Inside Iran to Its War Victory
Despite extracting extraordinary concessions, the reaction inside Iran isn’t entirely jubilant. Past betrayals are too recent to forget.
Chud the Builder Fantasized About “Race War.” Now He’s Charged With Attempted Murder.
Dalton Eatherly already faced charges stemming from a racist stream at a Nashville restaurant before a courthouse shooting.
Indiana Banned Press From Executions for “Dignity.” It Actually Serves Repression.
Reporters create records when the death penalty goes wrong. Indiana's ban on press at executions seeks to prevent that.
ICE Should Show It Hasn’t Been “Infiltrated by Violent Extremists,” Senator Urges
Spurred by The Intercept's reporting, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse calls out DHS for ICE recruiting materials celebrated by white nationalists.
AIPAC, AI, Crypto and Gambling Are Hiding Their Big Election Spends
Intercept staffers break down the latest election news and the front groups fueling the midterms.
Hasan Piker Is the Democrats’ New Man on the Trail, Whether They Like It or Not
Insurgent candidates like Cori Bush are tapping the popular streamer as a campaign surrogate — but they still face an uphill battle to winning.
Trump’s Killing Spree Isn’t Stopping the Flow of Drugs Into the U.S.
The Trump administration falsely claims that boat strikes target fentanyl and have halted 97 percent of cocaine shipments to the U.S.
Mike Johnson Used Crypto Catnip to Get Freedom Caucus Support for Domestic Spy Law
The House speaker used crypto catnip to get the Freedom Caucus to support FISA’s renewal, but it won‘t work in the Senate.
Ron Wyden Is Pissing Off the NSA’s Biggest Backers. Tom Cotton Warns There Will Be “Consequences.”
Debate over a secret court opinion involving the Trump administration’s use of data collected by the NSA turned personal.
Kash Patel Got Arrested for Public Urination After a Night of Drinking
FBI Director Kash Patel wrote that the drinking incidents were “not representative of my usual conduct.”...
How Trump’s America Produces Normie Assassins
The only extremism would-be assassins like suspect Cole Tomas Allen share is an extreme response to Trump’s deranging politics.
How Trump’s America Produces Normie Assassins
CIA Ran MK-ULTRA Experiments on Prisoners of War in U.S. Custody, Declassified Docs Confirm
For the first time, declassified documents confirm the CIA carried out tests on North Korean POWs and planned for much more invasive experimentation.
The Dam Breaks: Democratic Senators Overwhelmingly Reject Arms Sales to Israel
A majority of Senate Democrats voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders’s resolutions to block arms sales to Israel.
Palantir Is Helping Trump’s IRS Conduct “Massive-Scale” Data Mining
Military contractor Palantir has been paid more than $130 million by the IRS to analyze sensitive federal databases.
Meet the Four Democrats Who’ll Decide If Trump Gets His Domestic Spying Law
Reps. Golden, Gottheimer, Suozzi, and Gluesenkamp Perez have bucked their own party on giving Trump controversial domestic spying powers.