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A Prosecutor Asked Texas to Kill Melissa Lucio. Now He Says She Should Be Freed.
On the night that 2-year-old Mariah Alvarez died, a Child Protective Services investigator made her way to the Harlingen, Texas, police station to interview the toddler’s siblings. Mariah’s lifeless body had arrived at a local hospital covered in bruises, which authorities immediately assumed were evidence of abuse. Her mother,...
Columbia Law School Faculty Condemn Administration for Mass Arrests and Suspensions
On Sunday, 54 Columbia Law School professors sent a letter to university leadership condemning the school’s decision to summarily suspend student protesters and to authorize a police raid on campus. The procedural irregularity of the mass suspensions, the lack of transparency about how decisions were made, and the involvement of the New York Police Department threaten the university’s legitimacy internally and in the eyes of the public, the faculty charge.
Israel Attack on Iran Is What World War III Looks Like
Israel’s attack on Iran late Thursday night was met with a dangerously premature sigh of relief from both the news media and U.S. government, that somehow full-scale “war” was avoided. Outlets like the New York Times were quick to characterize the attack as “subdued” and “limited” in...
Lawsuit Links Wild UAE-Financed Smear Campaign to George Washington University
Once a well-respected public commentator and academic in his native Austria, Farid Hafez’s life slowly began to unravel after rumors spread that he was an affiliate of the Muslim Brotherhood — allegedly a sleeper agent promoting extremism in the country. “I used to be published every month in...
Since October, Sen. John Fetterman Has Been Building a Roster of Republican Donors
While Democrats and independents make up the bulk of support for Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., his campaign is attracting new Republican donors as he has hardened his stance in support of Israel since the Hamas attacks on October 7. At least 14 registered Republicans have contributed to Fetterman’s campaign since...
Idaho Goes to the Supreme Court to Argue That Pregnant People Are Second-Class Citizens
In the early 1980s, doctors at Chicago’s Cook County Hospital faced an alarming trend: Thousands of patients from across the city were being transferred to the county facility, including patients whose conditions were unstable, making the transfers medically risky. Many patients ended up in the intensive care unit; others died.
U.S. Troops in Niger Say They’re “Stranded” and Can’t Get Mail, Medicine
The Biden Administration is “actively suppressing intelligence reports” about the state of U.S. military relations with Niger, according to a new report issued by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. U.S. military service members told Gaetz’s office that they can’t get medicine, mail, or other support from the Pentagon.
Columbia Suspends Ilhan Omar’s Daughter One Day After Omar Grilled School Administrators
One day after Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., questioned Columbia University administrators about the mistreatment of students protesting Israel’s war on Gaza, the school suspended Omar’s daughter and two other students for participating in a campus protest. Omar’s questions to the administrators during a Wednesday congressional hearing on antisemitism...
The Secret U.S. Alliance That Defended Israel From Iran Attack
Though Iraq, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia directly participated in the defense of Israel, intercepting Iranian missiles and drones and supporting the operation, none of the Arab countries involved are willing to publicly admit their participation, and Washington is going along with the deception. The full extent of “partner” air operations responding to Iran has now been added to the web of secret bases, hidden military alliances, and undisclosed weapons pockmarking the region. Now, as the region finds itself perched on the possibility of a wider war, the public has once again been left in the dark.
The Gaping Hole in Supreme Court Rules for Tracking Links Between Litigants and Influence Groups
In 2022, the Silicon Valley trade group NetChoice cut a $450,000 check to TechFreedom, a nonprofit tech think tank. Over the next year, TechFreedom filed multiple friend-of-the-court briefs — called “amicus” briefs, from the Latin for “friend” — supporting NetChoice’s federal lawsuits against social media laws in two states.
New York Times Brass Moves to Staunch Leaks Over Gaza Coverage
Since Israel began its war on the Gaza Strip after the October 7 attacks, internal strife has wracked the New York Times. The intensity of the debate reached its zenith in late December and January, amid a sustained fight over the paper’s claim that Hamas had systematically weaponized sexual violence on October 7.
Columbia Suspended Two Students for Assault on Gaza Rally, School Says in Antisemitism Hearing
Columbia University administrators made significant revelations during a Wednesday congressional hearing about their response to incidents that have rocked the campus since October 7. The school suspended two students who allegedly sprayed a chemical on their peers at a rally for Gaza in January, is investigating a professor for harassing...
Leaked Cables Show White House Opposes Palestinian Statehood
Ahead of the United Nations Security Council action to consider the Palestinian Authority’s application to become a full member of the international body, the United States is lobbying nations to reject such membership, hoping to avoid an overt “veto” by Washington. The lobbying effort, revealed in copies of unclassified State Department cables obtained by The Intercept, is at odds with the Biden administration’s pledge to fully support a two-state solution.
U.S. Doctor Returning From Gaza Describes Unforgettable Carnage
The war in Gaza has been among the deadliest for civilians, including children, of any war in the 21st century. After spending five weeks volunteering and administering at a field hospital in Rafah, Mohammad Subeh, an American doctor, describes what he saw to Intercepted co-hosts Jeremy Scahill and Murtaza Hussain. Subeh spent weeks treating wounded Palestinian children, many of them orphaned by Israeli attacks. He also described treating those who survived the aftermath of “mass casualty incidents” in which dozens of civilians were killed or wounded; many of these attacks appeared deliberately targeted at civilians, Subeh says, rather than “indiscriminate.” As the Strip reels from the consequences of a breakdown of public health infrastructure following the destruction of most Gazan hospitals, Subeh says that ordinary civilians are paying a gruesome price for Israel’s military assault.
Democrats Question U.S. Claims That Israel Isn’t Violating International Law Using American Weapons
Dozen House Democrats sent a letter to the Biden administration on Tuesday questioning its assertions that the Israeli government is using American weapons in full compliance with U.S. and international law, as required by a memo President Joe Biden issued in February. Texas Democratic Reps. Veronica Escobar and Joaquin Castro...
U.S. Shot Down Most Iran Drones and Missiles Launched at Israel
The United States shot down more drones and missiles than Israel did on Saturday night during Iran’s attack, The Intercept can report. More than half of Iran’s weapons were destroyed by U.S. aircraft and missiles before they ever reached Israel. In fact, by commanding a multinational air defense operation and scrambling American fighter jets, this was a U.S. military triumph.
Ahead of Congressional Testimony, Columbia President Cracks Down on Student Advocacy for Palestine
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik heads to Washington, D.C., this week, to testify in front of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce — the same committee whose previous hearings on antisemitism helped force the presidents of Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania to resign. While the...
Leaked NYT Gaza Memo Tells Journalists to Avoid Words “Genocide,” “Ethnic Cleansing,” and “Occupied Territory”
The New York Times instructed journalists covering Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip to restrict the use of the terms “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing” and to “avoid” using the phrase “occupied territory” when describing Palestinian land, according to a copy of an internal memo obtained by The Intercept.
Remember the Centrists Who Lost the House in 2022? They’re Back!
No Labels abandoned its presidential primary bid last week after failing to recruit a centrist candidate to challenge President Joe Biden. Though it had been unable to recruit anyone, the group had already raised tens of millions of dollars — money that, despite its self-proclaimed centrism, ultimately would have gone toward trying to unseat a sitting Democratic president. The group has, for years, raised cash from Republican billionaires in service of its purportedly middle-of-the-road politics.
Israel and Israel Alone Kicked Off This Escalation — In a Bid to Drag U.S. Into War With Iran
The Israeli bombing of an Iranian consular office in Damascus on April 1 was the first salvo in a new phase of a regional conflict between the two countries. The attack, which killed several senior Iranian military officials, took the conflict from proxy warfare to direct confrontation. On Saturday night,...
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