The House Just Blessed Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook by Passing Nonprofit-Killer Bill

Noah Hurowitz

Democratic support for the bill dwindled as critics warned it would let Donald Trump crack down on political foes.
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War Crimes Have Never Stopped the U.S. Before

Jonah Valdez

The U.S. has a long tradition of shielding Israel (and itself) from war crime allegations — and threatening The Hague.
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Bernie Sanders Lost Vote to Block Arms for Israel, Says U.S. Is “Funding the Starvation of Children in Gaza”

Jessica Washington, Matt Sledge

Sanders’s resolutions to block arms sales to Israel gained momentum, but ran headlong into White House opposition.
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Oakland Homicides Dropped 30 Percent. The County Still Recalled Its Prosecutor.

Akela Lacy

After losses like Pamela Price’s, criminal justice reformers are grappling with how to address voters’ perceptions about public safety.
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Congress Could Protect Journalists From Surveillance. Trump Is Lobbying to Stop Them.

Shawn Musgrave

The PRESS Act, a federal reporter shield bill, already passed the House unanimously. Trump wants it dead.
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Pam Bondi, Trump’s New AG Pick, Lobbied for Private Prisons and Amazon

Matt Sledge

Pam Bondi has replaced Matt Gaetz in Trump’s attorney general slot. Her lobbying clients include the GEO Group, among many others.
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The Intercept’s Lawsuit Against OpenAI Advances on Claim It Removed Reporters’ Bylines

Shawn Musgrave

The Intercept’s lawsuit argues that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act prevents OpenAI from stripping a story’s title or byline.
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Rep. Summer Lee on the Fight of Our Lives

The Intercept Briefing

Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., discusses Biden’s lame-duck session and erecting barriers to Trump’s agenda on The Intercept Briefing podcast.
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