THE INTERCEPT

JULY 4. 2025

“Are We At Risk? ” Wave of ICE Arrests Strikes Fear in Iranian Communities

Iranian immigrants to the U. S. already faced higher scrutiny. After the U. S. waded into Israel’s war on Iran, ICE seems to be targeting them.

JULY 3. 2025

Supreme Court Lets Trump Banish Immigrants to South Sudan

Only one of the eight immigrants set to be expelled to South Sudan is from that nation.

The Israeli Plot to Extinguish the Journalists Documenting Genocide

Palestinian journalists live through the same brutal conditions they cover — and describe a pattern of direct targeting by Israeli forces.

JULY 2. 2025

Trump’s Budget Bill Would Explode Funding for ICE. Top Democrats Aren’t Talking About It.

Democrats denounced the bill’s cuts to Medicaid and attempted to rebrand it as “One Big, Ugly Bill. ” They didn’t mention its handouts to ICE.

Why Won't ICE Comment on Kristi Noem's Cannibal Stories?

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem repeated a story of ICE deporting a “cannibal, ” despite no evidence to support it. This plays into centuries of racist fantasies.

They Went to Get Flour With Their Mother in Gaza. “She Came Back in a White Shroud. ”

A brother and sister went with their mother to get food at a U. S. aid site in Rafah. Israeli forces shot her before their eyes.

JULY 1. 2025

The Whiff of Corruption: Trump’s New Perfume Has Strong Notes of Graft

Trump’s wealth grew by over $1 billion in the past year, but the White House insists he isn’t profiting off of the presidency.

Senate Passes Trump’s Big, Beautiful Boon for Police

The Senate GOP passed its “megabill” on Tuesday — handing police billions in grants to fuel Trump’s deportation regime and tax write-offs.

Trump’s Budget Just Passed the Senate. Brace for a Massive Increase in ICE Raids.

The budget gives $175 billion to immigration enforcement. “The orders of magnitude are going to be multiplied, ” immigration experts say.

ICE Agents Deserve No Privacy

Attempts by the public to keep tabs on ICE are provoking predictable and pathetic responses from the government.

State Department Wants to Know Student Visa Applicants’ Myspace Accounts

How are student visa applicants supposed to share their social media accounts on platforms that haven’t existed in years, like Google+ and Vine?

JUNE 30. 2025

Tulsi Gabbard Is Hunting for “Deep-State Criminals. ” Is She Even Following the Law?

Tulsi Gabbard is hunting for “deep-state criminals” — leakers who undermined Trump’s case for an immigration crackdown.

JUNE 29. 2025

Top Scientists Debunked the Arson Case Against Michelle Taylor. She’s in Prison Anyway.

The only evidence suggesting Michelle Taylor set the fire that killed her son was repeatedly undercut by expert witnesses in a Florida courtroom.

How Biden Is to Blame for Israel and the U. S. ’s 12-Day War Against Iran

Biden’s failure to reenter Obama’s nuclear deal helped create the risk for a potentially catastrophic U. S. war against Iran.