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AI Tried to Buy the Midterms — Then the Lobby Learned Everyone Hates AI Facing bipartisan backlash and a decaying reputation, AI super PACs are changing tactics. We tracked their election spending so far. 🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/10/29/midterms-election-money-ai-super-pac/ #News #USNews #TheIntercept #Election2024

As the Pentagon Expands Across the Pacific, Guam Offers a Warning The U.S. militarization of Guam has left its residents living with a legacy of pollution, environmental degradation, and cultural loss. Other Pacific islands may be next. 🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/09/24/guam-military-buildup-base-pollution/ #News #USNews #TheIntercept #Environment

Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous War Profiteers The mockumentary “Lords of War” shows how Pentagon money gets funneled into $20-million-plus paydays for weapons company CEOs — and their lavish lifestyles. 🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/09/24/war-weapons-profits-lockheed-rtx-ceos/ #News #USNews #TheIntercept #US

They Trained to Protect Immigrants From ICE. Now They’re Prepping to Defend the Midterm Elections. ICE-watchers-turned-poll-watchers are preparing for the worst, as the Trump administration hints at potential strategies to disrupt the midterm elections. 🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/09/22/ice-voting-midterm-election-polling-sites/ #News #USNews #TheIntercept #Election2024 #Trump

Immigration Roulette: Husband Granted Asylum, Wife Locked Up Awaiting Deportation An Iranian couple seeking refuge in the United States faces a cruel new form of family separation. 🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/09/21/asylum-iranian-couple-detention-deport/ #News #USNews #TheIntercept #Immigration

Pete Hegseth’s Unholy War What kind of Christianity is being proclaimed when the language of Jesus is attached to military power? 🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/09/17/hegseth-christianity-jesus-iran-war/ #News #USNews #TheIntercept #US

Wesley Bell Again Defeats Cori Bush — With Plenty of Help From AIPAC The moderate Democrat easily won the rematch in Missouri’s primary against an outspoken critic of Israel. 🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/08/04/wesley-bell-cori-bush-missouri-aipac/ #News #USNews #TheIntercept #Israel

NYPD Used High-Tech Surveillance to Find Gaza Paint Splatter Protester, Docs Show Throwing paint on a statue at Columbia seems like a minor crime, but cops use tremendous resources when pro-Palestine protesters are in the crosshairs. 🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/08/03/nypd-surveillance-gaza-protest-columbia/ #News #USNews #TheIntercept #Gaza

The Pentagon Found a New Way to Undercount U.S. Casualties in Iran U.S. troops killed or wounded since July 7 are now counted separately from casualties during the first months of the Iran war. 🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/08/04/us-military-casualties-count-iran-war/ #News #USNews #TheIntercept #US

Corporations, Not Immigrants, Are Responsible for Vast Majority of Healthcare Fraud, OIG Report Shows Trump officials are focused on immigrants, but the Department of Health and Human Services report on fraud doesn’t even mention them. 🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/07/31/immigrants-healthcare-medicare-fraud-scam/ #News #USNews #TheIntercept #Trump

Free Speech Crackdown: Germany Deports Bob Vylan Frontman for Anti-Israel Chants Allowing the musician into Germany could “radicalise certain segments of the [German] population,” authorities warned. 🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/07/30/bob-vylan-germany-deport-palestine-israel/ #News #USNews #TheIntercept #Israel

Donald Trump and Wars of Choice Trump’s latest war is wrapped up in his egocentric narcissism and his me, me, me world. 🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/07/29/trump-wars-of-choice-iran/ #News #USNews #TheIntercept #Trump

Pete Hegseth’s Crisis of Masculinity The secretary of war’s obsession with testosterone reveals the anxieties he harbors about himself and the military he leads. 🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/07/25/pete-hegseth-testosterone-military-masculinity/ #News #USNews #TheIntercept #US

Trump’s National Killer Police Force ICE and Border Patrol’s purviews have transformed from immigration enforcement to being a political tool of the White House — all under the pretext of public safety. 🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/07/24/trump-ice-deaths-mass-deportation/ #News #USNews #TheIntercept #Trump #WhiteHouse

Leaked Email Reveals New Requirements for ICE Vehicle Stops An angecywide memo reinstated ICE vehicle stops with all-new restrictive policy guidelines. 🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/07/25/trump-ice-vehicle-stops-policy/ #News #USNews #TheIntercept #US

On a West Bank Eviction Tour, Israeli Settlers Advertise “No Arabs Here” Israelis celebrated evicting Palestinians on a tour of the West Bank, where government-backed settler violence has spiked. 🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/07/23/west-bank-israeli-settlers-palestine/ #News #USNews #TheIntercept #Israel

Hegseth Is Pushing Testosterone. The VA Has Already Struggled With the Treatment. “Men who take testosterone will have a reduction in their sperm counts,” one medical professor said. There’s no stated plan for continuing care. 🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/07/24/hegseth-testosterone-hormone-therapy-veterans-affairs/ #News #USNews #TheIntercept #US

Trump’s Crypto Corruption Puts Centrist Democrats in Bind Moderate Democrats want to put a stop to Trump’s meme coin self-dealing. But that might cut off campaign donations from crypto interests. 🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/07/23/trump-crypto-conflict-clarity-act-democrats/ #News #USNews #TheIntercept #Trump

ICE Mandates Dress Code After Killings and Botched Arrest Updates to ICE’s code of conduct ban deportation officers from wearing jeans, hoodies, and graphic tees, according to a leaked document. 🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/07/21/ice-undercover-plainclothes-uniform/ #News #USNews #TheIntercept #US

William Lawrence Is Running in a Purple Michigan District — on His Pro-Palestine Credentials Democratic leaders keep backing centrists, but a Michigan progressive is trying to harness left-leaning energy on Palestine. 🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/07/22/michigan-primary-will-lawrence-palestine/ #News #USNews #TheIntercept #US