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theintercept.com > 02/23/2026 > kristi-noem-ice-cannibal

Kristi Noem Repeatedly Claimed ICE Deported a Cannibal. It Was “Completely Made Up.”

1+ hour, 45+ min ago  (1286+ words) Law enforcement sources told The Intercept that Noem's tale about a cannibal was a fabrication. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told a preposterous story demonizing immigrants in high-profile public remarks alongside President Donald Trump and on Fox News last summer,…...

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theintercept.com > 02/20/2026 > podcast-trump-cuba

What Does Trump Want With Cuba?

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1922+ words) The Trump administration's maximum pressure campaign is pushing Cuba into a deeper humanitarian crisis. Cuba is spiraling into a humanitarian crisis. The country's long-standing economic and political turmoil reached new heights this week as the effects of the Trump administration's…...

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theintercept.com > 02/10/2026 > google-ice-subpoena-student-journalist

Google Handed ICE Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (858+ words) Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena until months later. Google never gave him a chance to fight it. Google provided Immigration and Customs Enforcement with a wide array of personal data on a student…...

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theintercept.com > 02/10/2026 > aipac-new-jersey-mejia-malinowski

AIPAC Just Helped Put a Bernie Sanders Alum in Congress

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (595+ words) The pro-Israel lobby poured money into New Jersey's special election " and ended up splitting the vote between two moderates. A progressive organizer beat the odds against millions in outside spending to win the special primary election for a congressional seat…...

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theintercept.com > 02/10/2026 > trump-death-penalty-execution-pam-bondi

Pam Bondi Is Pushing Death Sentences for People Spared By Her Predecessor

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1447+ words) Trump's AG is ramping up death penalty prosecutions, targeting defendants previously told they wouldn't face execution. When U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi declared that she would seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione " the first capital prosecution announced during Donald Trump's…...

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theintercept.com > 02/09/2026 > ice-minneapolis-legal-observers-abduction

“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1082+ words) In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested " as Trump's Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to "end the resistance." On Friday, legal observers on an encrypted group call in Minneapolis received a desperate plea. A fellow observer…...

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theintercept.com > 02/09/2026 > trump-usaid-pepfar-uganda-hiv-aids

By Slashing Foreign Aid, Trump Is Fueling the Spread of HIV in Uganda

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1851+ words) By Slashing Foreign Aid, Trump Is Fueling the Spread of HIV in Uganda This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. KAMPALA, UGANDA " Ever since President Donald Trump was elected a year ago, sex workers in Kampala have suffered. The…...

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theintercept.com > 02/07/2026 > washington-post-layoffs-jeff-bezos

The Bloodbath at Washington Post Is All Jeff Bezos’s Fault

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (466+ words) Billionaires like Bezos and Trump have no real interest in a free press " particularly when massive profits are on the line. Eoin Higgins is the author of "Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voice on the…...

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theintercept.com > 02/07/2026 > pete-hegseth-speech-overtime-pay-maine-biw

Shipyard Bosses Forced to Pay Overtime to Get People to Stay for Pete Hegseth Speech

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (627+ words) The bosses at a Maine shipyard are offering overtime to workers there if they attend a speech by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, according to workers at the facility. Hegseth is reportedly set to tour Bath Iron Works on Monday…...

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theintercept.com > 02/05/2026 > dhs-ice-ad-facebook-meta-instagram

Lawmakers Call on Meta to Stop Running ICE Ad Featuring Neo-Nazi Anthem

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (694+ words) Asked about an ICE ad featuring the song "We'll Have Our Home Again," DHS said: "Not everything you dislike is "Nazi propaganda." Members of Congress are demanding answers from Meta after it ran advertisements by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that…...