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MINNEAPOLIS, UNITED STATES - JANUARY 09: Federal agents clash and arrest protestors outside an ICE facility during a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), after a U.S. immigration agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in her car in Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN, U.S., January 9, 2026. (Photo by Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The War on Immigrants

Two Thirds of People Arrested by ICE in Minnesota Surge Had No Criminal Records, New Data Reveals

Meghnad Bose, Luke Lawson

The White House had said all the thousands of people arrested were “dangerous criminal” immigrants.

Brendan Carr, commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Grapevine, Texas, US, on Friday, March 27, 2026. The Conservative Political Action Conference launched in 1974 brings together conservative organizations, elected leaders, and activists. Photographer: Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Trump’s FCC Chief Says His Censorship Protects the Little Guy. It Really Serves One Powerful Man.

When you look at the fights FCC chair Brendan Carr actually picks, they aren’t local stories at all. They’re tailored for Donald Trump.

US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks alongside Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, after their meeting at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas on March 4, 2026. US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on March 4, 2026, became the latest senior Trump administration official to visit Venezuela, as Washington pushes to ramp up oil and mineral production in the country. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP via Getty Images)

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Trump Wanted to Replicate His Venezuela “Success” in Iran. What Has It Even Looked Like?

Gabriel Hetland

Trump carried out regime change without a change of regime in Venezuela. Time will tell what that means for the country.

Iranian Red Crescent emergency workers use a bulldozer to clear rubble from a residential building that was hit in an earlier U.S.-Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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What Would We All Say If Iran Razed MIT Because of Military-Related Research?

Natasha Lennard

President Donald Trump exits Air Force One on March 29, 2026 at Joint air Base Andrews, Maryland. The president was returning to Washington following a weekend trip to Florida. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Trump’s Secret Wars on the World Keep Expanding

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - MARCH 23: Federal agents are seen at the JFK airport as ICE agents have begun deploying at some U.S. airports amid the partial government shutdown in New York City, United States, on Monday, March 23, 2026. (Photo by Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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ICE at Airports Trains Us to Accept Being Terrorized in Our Daily Lives

Mathew Rodriguez

TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 27: A man sweeps up debris near a residential building that was hit in an airstrike in the early hours of March 27, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. The Israeli military said that it had carried out strikes on targets across Tehran and other Iranian cities overnight. The United States and Israel have continued their joint attack on Iran that began on February 28. Iran retaliated by firing waves of missiles and drones at Israel and U.S. allies in the region, while also effectively blockading the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping route. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

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The Regime Survives, Trump Has to Deal, and Iranians Are the Biggest Losers

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Protesting the Smash-and-Grab Presidency With Nikhil Pal Singh

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“Liberate Their Bodies From Their Souls”: The Lies That Sell the Iran War

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Pentagon Wants It to Be Illegal for Reporters to Ask “Unauthorized” Questions

People queue to fill their water containers in Havana during a nationwide blackout on March 22, 2026. Cuban authorities scrambled on March 22 to restore power to the island after the second nationwide blackout in less than a week, as the grid struggles due to an aging infrastructure and a US oil blockade.

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U.S. Oil Blockade Could Condemn Cubans to Die Without a Deal

Iran

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army walk on the tarmac at Pope Field ahead of deployment to Poland from Fort Bragg, N.C. on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022.

Leaders of Elite Paratrooper Unit Ordered to Middle East as Trump Weighs Iran Ground War

Displaced people fleeing Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, sleep at Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, March 7, 2026.

More Than 1 Million People in Lebanon Have Been Displaced. These Are Their Stories.

Afeef Nessouli, Steven W. Thrasher

Joseph Kent, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), testifies during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing titled "Worldwide Threats to the Homeland" on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on December 11, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Joe Kent’s Resignation Could Bolster a Wave of Conscientious Objectors to Trump’s Iran War

“Liberate Their Bodies From Their Souls”: The Lies That Sell the Iran War

Midterms

portrait of Melat Kiros smiling outside

Sunrise Movement Pushes Anti-War Candidates, Endorsing Melat Kiros in Denver

Jessica Washington

How Does TrackAIPAC Actually Track AIPAC?

Seth Moulton Saw Trans Rights as a Political Liability. It Could Doom His Senate Campaign.

Jessica Washington

Democratic candidates for Congress, State Sen. Laura Fine, center, speaks as Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss, left, and Kat Abughazaleh listen to her during U.S. House 9th District primary debate, in Chicago, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Illinois Results: Daniel Biss Beats Kat Abughazaleh in Blow to Left and AIPAC Alike

Matt Sledge, Jessica Washington, Akela Lacy

Justice

WASHINGTON, DC August 25, 2025:

US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth and US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem during the signing of Executive Orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday August 25, 2025.

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Pentagon Implores Civilian Workers to Join ICE “Volunteer Force”

Noah Hurowitz, Austin Campbell

US President Donald Trump speaks as Attorney General Pam Bondi smiles during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 15, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Why We Have to Fight Back Against ICE Protesters’ Terror Convictions

Natasha Lennard

In the Room Where Death Row Prisoners Say Final Goodbyes, He Learned He Would Live

Anti-ICE Protesters Convicted on Terrorism Charges for Wearing All Black

War on Gaza

KHAN YUNIS, GAZA - MARCH 03: American emergency physician Aizad Dasti treat Palestinians under limited conditions at Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza on March 03, 2026 as he traveled to the region after disruptions to the healthcare system caused by Israel's attacks. Dasti said that on his first day at the hospital, a child died due to severe cold, adding that the humanitarian situation in Gaza, where thousands of families are struggling to survive in makeshift tents, is worsening by the day. Stressing that the health system urgently needs support, the doctor continues to provide care to patients and the wounded despite severe shortages, including basic medical supplies and emergency equipment. (Photo by Doaa Albaz/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israel’s Deadly Blockade Traps 7 U.S. Doctors in Gaza

With World’s Eyes on Iran, Israel Locks Down the West Bank

GAZA CITY, GAZA â" DECEMBER 19: Palestinians walk through roads surrounded by massive rubble and collapsed buildings in Al-Zahra, northwest of the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip, as residents continue their daily lives amid the destruction left by Israeli attacks, facing harsh living conditions on December 19, 2025. (Photo by Hassan Jedi/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israel Destroyed Gaza’s Roads and Transit. Now, We Walk Everywhere.

Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi

Trump’s Iran War Is Dividing Republicans. Pro-Palestine Groups Want Democrats to Exploit the Rifts.

Unmasking ICE

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 5: Protesters, mostly students targeted by ICE and demanding more protections, were arrested by New York police for engaging in civil disobedience by blocking a road outside Columbia University on February 5, 2026, in New York City, United States. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Zohran Mamdani Kept Columbia Student in New York — Then Phoned With Trump to Secure Her Release

Federal agents detain a protester in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 3, 2026. A US judge on January 31, 2026 denied Minnesota's bid to force Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to suspend its sweeping detention and deportation operation in the state that has left two US citizens dead and fueled massive protests. Masked and heavily armed federal agents have swept through Minnesota communities seeking undocumented migrants, detaining thousands and shooting dead two US citizens in the process. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images) / ALTERNATE CROP

Marine Detained in Minneapolis Says Feds Copied His Phone Without a Warrant

Austin Campbell

Judge Censored an ICE Agent’s Face Over “Threats.” His Info Was a Google Search Away.

A border patrol agent aims a munition launcher at a crowd of people near the intersection of 27th Street and Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis after a federal officer shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ben Hovland/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

He Witnessed an Earlier Shooting. Feds Arrested Him at the Scene of Alex Pretti’s Killing.

Austin Campbell

Chilling Dissent

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order during a US ambassadors meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. Trump directed the Treasury Department to modernize and centralize its payment system in an effort to root out fraud as money is transferred throughout the federal government.

Trump Wants to Put You in a Massive, Secret Government Database

FBI agents remove evidence from a private home at 9638 Naomi in Arcadia on March 8, 2012. Federal officials on Thursday announced fraud charges against a man accused of selling $1.3 million in counterfeit wines. The U.S. attorney's office in New York alleges that wine dealer Rudy Kurniawan claimed he was selling rare vintage French wine at various audctions. He was arrested in Los Angeles by the FBI. (Photo by Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

I Wrote a Movie Review. Cops Took It From a Protester’s Home to Make the Case That He’s a Terrorist.

Wearing All Black at Protests Makes You Guilty of Terrorism, Prosecutors Tell Jury

Islamophobic Think Tank Helped Write Indictment Against ICE Protesters

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