Universities Told Students to Leave the Country. ICE Just Said They Didn’t Actually Have To.

Natasha Lennard

In their haste to comply with apparent directives from Trump, universities became unwitting handmaidens of the deportation machine.
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The Evidence Linking Kilmar Abrego Garcia to MS-13: A Chicago Bulls Hat and a Hoodie

Jessica Washington

What’s it take for Trump to label someone a gang member and deport them to a prison in El Salvador? Little more than a Chicago Bulls cap.
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DOGE Installs a Former Tesla Employee at the FBI

Shawn Musgrave

Former Tesla employee Tarak Makecha has roles at the FBI and the Justice Department, records reviewed by The Intercept show.
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Trump’s Power Feeds on White Demographic Fears

James Risen

Paranoid about losing their majority status and the power it confers, white Americans keep backing Trump’s racist anti-immigrant policies.
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Facing Life in Prison Based on Shoddy Evidence, a Florida Mother Makes a Deal 

Liliana Segura

Michelle Taylor was accused of setting a fire that killed her son for insurance money — even though the arson evidence didn’t hold up.
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No-Bid ICE Contract Went to Former ICE Agents Being Sued for Fabricating Criminal Evidence on the Job

Sam Biddle

The $73 million deal for assisting with deportations went to a company whose executives are accused of retaliating against a fellow ICE worker.
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The Galaxy Brains of the Trump White House Want to Use Tariffs to Buy Bitcoin

Matt Sledge

Critics on the right and left say the bitcoin reserve is a pointless industry handout — and using tariff revenue is even dumber.
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Bait and Switch: Mohsen Mahdawi’s Citizenship Trap

The Intercept Briefing

Rep. Becca Balint and immigration lawyer Matt Cameron discuss Mahdawi’s arrest at his naturalization interview and the legal strategy that could affect us all.
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