“If they are able to deport someone for their views on Palestine, they would be able to deport anyone on their views, whether it is pro-Palestine or pro-Israel or anything.” Mahmoud Khalil joined @akelalacy.bsky.social on this week’s episode of The Intercept Briefing: youtube.com/shorts/yYbuk...

Why Mahmoud Khalil Was Targeted

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The Army announced last year that it had enough of a model of armored vehicle and that any more deliveries would be “excess.” But Congress found a way to keep funding alive for the vehicle, and executives at the company found a way to flood key members of Congress with donations. buff.ly/nbAEUVa

Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor.

Susan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the Army Didn’t Want. Then Campaign Donations Poured In.

Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor.

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Alabama's legislature passed a bill requiring all state and local entities to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America." Now a local public radio station has told its listeners that the University of Alabama is forcing it to use the legislature’s preferred language. buff.ly/riNNX1o

18 months after Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest, the Trump administration still hasn’t brought charges against him. Now, he’s taking his case to the Supreme Court. He joined @akelalacy.bsky.social on The Intercept Briefing to explain. youtube.com/shorts/miHU-...

Mahmoud Khalil On His Fight For Justice

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The University of Alabama at Birmingham is rolling over to Trump and his acolytes in the state, rather than stand up for editorial independence. theintercept.com/2026/10/02/g...

How much does it cost to get more information about a cop who punched someone in the face? If you guessed anything lower than $2.5 million, you’d be wrong — at least according to the city of Eugene, Oregon. buff.ly/AlxYU8S

Taken by ICE last year for protesting Israel, Khalil speaks on how his fight is bigger than whether he gets to stay in this country. theintercept.com/2026/10/02/m...

A Eugene-based publication requested records about a cop accused of misconduct. The city slapped it with a prohibitive fee. theintercept.com/2026/10/01/o...

After a lengthy delay and multiple attempts to administer a lethal dose of pentobarbital, the state of Tennessee failed to kill Christa Pike on September 30. buff.ly/B3No9EI

Trump’s proposed budget hides $1 trillion in military spending from the public by spreading it across disparate government agencies. theintercept.com/2026/10/01/t...

The Intercept is suing for critical records in the Prairieland “antifa” terrorism case that has seen anti-ICE activists hit with prison sentences totaling over 560 years. Can you chip in $5 by midnight to help us uncover the truth? buff.ly/0yHib2h

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ICE briefly posted eight of its 2025 death reviews online. Most of them raised issues of substandard and “inappropriate” care of ill detainees. theintercept.com/2026/09/30/i...

Despite support from other Democrats, the Senate voted 51-47 against a resolution to force U.S. probes on killings of Americans in the West Bank. theintercept.com/2026/09/30/i...

As the Trump administration fights to keep deporting immigrants to countries where they have no connections, we studied the system that profits from these grave abuses. theintercept.com/2026/09/29/i...

A whistleblower says the warden didn’t make a federally required disclosure. Now the company is turning the Arizona prison into an ICE jail. theintercept.com/2026/09/29/i...

“This is one of the singularly most distressing cases that I’ve seen in terms of public access to records. This is stonewalling on steroids.” theintercept.com/2026/09/29/i...

The Trump administration’s attempt to rebrand its faltering forever war hasn’t slowed the mounting toll of U.S. casualties. theintercept.com/2026/09/28/i...

The tech world is too busy dreaming up imaginary doomsday scenarios to focus on a very real one that flared up between nuclear powers. theintercept.com/2026/09/28/a...

After nearly 30 years on death row, Christa Pike faces execution for a grisly murder she committed at 18. theintercept.com/2026/09/27/c...

Lawyers for an anti-ICE protester tried to argue his shot was a ricochet. The theory was squashed by gaps in the evidence and a judge’s suppression. theintercept.com/2026/09/27/p...

By threatening the filmmakers, Netanyahu lays bare how fragile the notion of what it means to be Israeli is in the age of its genocide in Gaza. theintercept.com/2026/09/25/n...

After suffering major losses last election cycle, Justice Democrats resurrected itself, helping put democratic socialism on the map. So what changed? theintercept.com/2026/09/25/p...

A new map published Wednesday by a cybersecurity researcher reveals Flock’s nationwide reach is even bigger than previously known. Now, Flock is trying to get that map wiped from the internet. buff.ly/IlMa7hN

A security researcher’s map revealed more locations of Flock devices than any other. Flock is trying to take it down. theintercept.com/2026/09/24/h...

As Benjamin Netanyahu spoke inside the U.N., protesters were arrested outside. 🎥: @jordanuhl.com

"It is all hands on deck to stop this full-blown constitutional crisis," said the head of NIAC Action, which filed suit on behalf of Iranian Americans.

Congress Failed Again to Stop Trump’s Iran War. This Group Is Trying Through the Courts.

After Congress failed again to stop Trump’s Iran war, NIAC Action filed suit to get the war declared unconstitutional.

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Trump’s Bureau of Land Management is pushing to aggressively expand solar farms into the Mojave Desert, which advocates say would decimate its vast biodiversity.

Green Energy Is Coming for the Desert

The Bureau of Land Management is pushing to expand solar farms into the Mojave Desert. Advocates say it would decimate vast biodiversity.

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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.

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.

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The mockumentary “Lords of War” shows how Pentagon money gets funneled into $20-million-plus paydays for weapons company CEOs — and their lavish lifestyles.

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.

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