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Lethal Injection, Electric Chair, or Firing Squad? An Inhumane Decision for Death Row Prisoners

South Carolina resumed executions with the firing squad killing of Brad Sigmon last month. Mikal Madhi’s execution date is days away. The post...

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Jessica Washington

Small-Dollar Donors Are Asking John Fetterman for Their Money Back

Amid a wellspring of discontent over the Pennsylvania senator’s coziness with Israel and Republicans, people are demanding campaign donation...

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Akela Lacy

Trump’s Border Czar Faces Backlash in His Hometown for Locking Up a Local Family

Tom Homan is taking heat in Sackets Harbor, New York, after ICE agents detained a mom and her three children in a raid. The post Trump’s Border...

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Noah Hurowitz

Unplugged: The Backlash Against Trump–Musk

Grassroots revolt is taking shape across the country via elections, town halls, and Tesla protests. The post Unplugged: The Backlash Against Trump–...

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Trying to Block Arms to Israel, Bernie Sanders Denounces AIPAC’s Massive Election Spending

Republicans need to worry about getting bullied by Elon Musk, and Democrats need to worry about AIPAC, Sanders said. The post Trying to Block Arms...

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Matt Sledge

DOGE’s Pentagon Budget Cuts Don’t Touch Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boasts he’s nixing contracts and grants amid DOGE’s cost-cutting campaign. But those trims won’t hit SpaceX. The...

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Nick Turse

Google Is Helping the Trump Administration Deploy AI Along the Mexican Border

Google is part of a Customs and Border Protection plan to use machine learning for surveillance, documents reviewed by The Intercept reveal. The...

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Sam Biddle

Police Across the Country Are on High Alert Over Tesla Protests

Intelligence reports warn law enforcement about “acts of violence against electric vehicles” and the danger of battery fires. The post Police...

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Matt Sledge

Eight International Students at ASU Have Had Their Visas Revoked

Amid nationwide deportation crackdown, eight Arizona State University students may be forced to leave the U.S. The post Eight International...

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John Washington

This College Staffer Lost Her Job After Showing a Film Critical of Israel. Now She’s Suing Over Free Speech.

She lost her job at Emerson College after screening a film critical of Israel. Her lawsuit seeks to leverage an unusual Massachusetts free speech...

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Natasha Lennard

Pro-Israel Group That Attacked UPenn Was Funded by Family of UPenn Trustee

The University of Pennsylvania has been a target of Canary Mission, a pro-Israel “blacklist” group. Turns out the call was coming from inside the...

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Eli Clifton

Trump Just Pardoned ... a Corporation?

In what may be an American first, President Donald Trump pardoned a company sentenced to $100 million in fines for breaking money laundering laws....

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Matt Sledge

This Is Not About Antisemitism, Palestine, or Columbia. It’s Trump Dismantling the American Dream.

I accompanied one of the students who fled Trump’s crackdown. It gave me clarity on what’s at stake. The post This Is Not About Antisemitism,...

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Allie Wong