THE INTERCEPT

JULY 22. 2025

The Pentagon Won’t Track Troops Deployed on U. S. Soil. So We Will.

Pentagon press releases say 20,000 federal troops have deployed to support ICE across the country. The real number may be markedly higher.

State Cops Quietly Tag Thousands as Gang Members — and Feed Their Names to ICE

Gang databases are often racially biased and riddled with errors. States and cities send their flawed information to ICE.

JULY 21. 2025

Our Reporter Got Into Gaza. He Witnessed a Famine of Israel’s Making.

The people of Gaza face starvation under the joint U. S. -Israeli food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

JULY 19. 2025

U. S. Nonprofits Funnel Millions to Israeli Army Volunteers

Lone soldier programs recruit American teens to provide reinforcements to the Israeli military during its ongoing genocide in Gaza.

JULY 18. 2025

Zohran Mamdani and the “Black Vote”

Mamdani struggled against Andrew Cuomo to win the "Black vote" — but his lackluster performance may not tell the whole story.

Executive Lawlessness: Leah Litman on the Supreme Court Enabling Presidential Overreach

From birthright citizenship to reproductive rights, SCOTUS is dismantling the legal limits on executive power.

JULY 17. 2025

"I Said Good Morning to the Dead": Inside the Al-Baqa Cafe Bombing

Survivors of the Al-Baqa Cafe bombing in Gaza, and the loved ones of the dead, share their stories of the Israeli attack.

JULY 16. 2025

CBP Agents Can Have Gang Tattoos — as Long as They Cover Them Up

U. S. immigration officials have sent people to CECOT because of what they deemed gang tattoos. CBP grooming standards allow them.

Emails Reveal Oklahoma Attorney General Agreed to Release Richard Glossip

In an explosive new court filing, Glossip’s attorneys accuse Gentner Drummond of reneging on a plan negotiated in 2023.

Trump Administration Deports Five Men to Eswatini, Expanding Global Gulag in Africa

The expulsion to Africa expands Donald Trump's efforts to build a global gulag for immigrant detention in poorer, violence-plagued countries.

The Military Occupied LA for 40 Days and All They Got Was This One Arrest

Sent over the objections of California officials, the military has detained one man who was rushing to an appointment in a federal building, not protesting.

JULY 15. 2025

Four CUNY Professors Say They Were Fired for Supporting Palestine

As Congress grills CUNY's chancellor, the terminated Brooklyn College faculty say Palestine activism is "the only thing we have in common. "

ICE Lawyers Are Hiding Their Names in Immigration Court

ICE attorneys fighting to deport immigrants are able to obscure their identities — no masks required.

JULY 12. 2025

ICE Campaign of Violence Will Lead to More Deaths

Jaime Alanis' death shows the horrific consequences of a secret police force behaving with utter impunity.