The InterceptU.S. Politics Inside the Influential Evangelical Group Mobilizing to Reelect Trump The Intercept - Lee Fang “The Covid virus has been a gift from God,” began Ken Eldred. “The kingdom of God advances through a series of glorious victories, cleverly disguised …
The InterceptU.S. Politics Trump Hails “Good Bloodlines” of Henry Ford, Whose Anti-Semitism Inspired Hitler The Intercept - Robert Mackey Donald Trump’s campaign to change the subject from the coronavirus pandemic took a bizarre turn on Thursday, as the president paused during a speech …
The InterceptU.S. Politics The Jungle and the Pandemic: The Meat Industry, Coronavirus, and an Economy in Crisis The Intercept - Intercepted Subscribe to the Intercepted podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Radio Public, and other platforms. New to podcasting? Click here. The …
The InterceptU.S. Politics After Russia Sanctions, $50M in Fabergé Shipped to Panama The Intercept - Ryan GrimRachel M. Cohen On April 28, 2018, an unusual shipment left Russia, bound for Panama. The shipment included two small packages each weighing just 900 grams (2 …
The InterceptU.S. Politics Swing-District Democrats Link With Progressives to Back Paycheck Bill Pelosi Rejected The Intercept - Ryan Grim After House Speaker Nancy Pelosi excluded a plan to keep unemployment down by subsidizing firms to keep workers on payrolls from her relief package …
The InterceptU.S. Politics Alarm and Confusion at Fox News as Trump Says He Takes Hydroxychloroquine The Intercept - Robert Mackey Fox News viewers were warned on Monday not to take medical advice from the president, following Donald Trump’s surprise announcement that he takes …
The InterceptU.S. PoliticsBen Smith’s NYT Critique of Ronan Farrow Describes a Toxic, Corrosive and Still-Vibrant Trump-Era Pathology: “Resistance The Intercept - Glenn Greenwald The New York Times’ recently hired media columnist Ben Smith, who spent the previous nine years as Editor-in-Chief of BuzzFeed as it grew into a …
The InterceptU.S. Politics Defense Workers Protest Conditions as Weapons Sales Continue The Intercept - Akela Lacy With most of the United States on lockdown in late April, the State Department approved billions of dollars in possible weapons sales. Workers at the …
The InterceptU.S. Politics Federal Government Buys Riot Gear, Increases Security Funding, Citing Coronavirus Pandemic The Intercept - Lee Fang The federal government has ramped up security and police-related spending in response to the coronavirus pandemic, including issuing contracts for …
The InterceptU.S. Politics How House Progressives’ #PutPeopleFirst Plan Fell Apart The Intercept - Aída Chávez For a moment last month, it looked like the broader left, both inside Congress and out of it, might be about to get its act together. Since the …
The InterceptU.S. Politics After Mocking Biden for Calling H1N1 Flu “N1H1,” Trump Says 1918 Pandemic Was in 1917 The Intercept - Robert Mackey Sixty seconds after inviting a captive audience at a medical supply firm in Pennsylvania to laugh at Joe Biden on Thursday for having once referred …
The InterceptU.S. Politics Federal Whistleblower Rick Bright Tells Congress How Trump Officials Bungled Coronavirus Preparations The Intercept - Sharon Lerner Federal whistleblower Rick Bright testified before a House subcommittee on Thursday about the Trump administration’s mismanagement of the coronavirus …
The InterceptU.S. Politics Biden Taps AOC and Jayapal To Help Shape Party Policy. Isn’t This A Win for Progressives? The Intercept - Mehdi Hasan If you were to draw up a list of the most plain-spoken, passionate, and progressive women in American public life, you would have to include Rep. …
The InterceptU.S. Politics New Documents From the Sham Prosecution of Gen. Michael Flynn Also Reveal Broad Corruption in the Russiagate Investigations The Intercept - Glenn Greenwald Watch the debut of our latest episode of SYSTEM UPDATE exploring this topic today at 2pm ET, on the Intercept’s YouTube channel. Gen. Michael Flynn, …
The InterceptU.S. Politics “Money Is as Much Mine as It Is Yours”: Weird Historical Echoes as an Elite D.C. School Gets a Bailout The Intercept - Jon Schwarz Sidwell Friends, an elite Washington, D.C. private school that has educated the children of four presidents, made news recently when it informed …
The InterceptYvette Clarke Brooklyn Progressives Try to Unseat Rep. Yvette Clarke The Intercept - Akela LacyRyan Grim The campaign of Isiah James, a charismatic Brooklyn congressional candidate, has flamed out. James filed to run for the office held by Rep. Yvette …
The InterceptHealth Care HEROES Act Delivers a Win to the Health Insurance Industry The Intercept - Akela LacyJon Walker The HEROES Act, the new coronavirus relief bill introduced by House Democrats on Tuesday, includes protections for employer-sponsored insurance …
The InterceptU.S. Politics Federal Whistleblower Says Boss Pushed Him to Buy Drugs That Hadn’t Been Tested in Humans The Intercept - Sharon Lerner In November, Rick Bright, then head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, was asked to spend millions of taxpayer dollars …
The InterceptU.S. Politics On War and Climate, Second Trump Term Would Spell Calamity The Intercept - Murtaza Hussain The staggering responsibilities of the executive office do not appear to have aged President Donald Trump much. Unlike past presidents who have grown …
The InterceptU.S. Politics Remote Voting Is Necessary for House Democrats to Wield Power The Intercept - Astra TaylorDavid Segal This week, with at least some members of Congress expected to be in Washington and a fourth phase of coronavirus relief legislation on the horizon, …
The InterceptDavid Perdue David Perdue Got Sweetheart Deal That Grew North of $6 Million After Election to the Senate The Intercept - Ryan Grim David Perdue, after his election to the U.S. Senate, was granted a lucrative compensation package by a financial technology firm that would grow to …
The InterceptU.S. Politics The Pandemic Brings Out the Authoritarian and Libertarian in Us All The Intercept - Judith Levine The Irish columnist and astute U.S.-watcher Fintan O’Toole recently wrote that Donald Trump’s two claims, “I have total authority” and “I don’t take …
The InterceptDonald Trump Two Female Reporters Refused to Let Trump Bully Them Into Silence, So He Ran Away The Intercept - Robert Mackey When an actual press conference threatened to break out in the Rose Garden on Monday, as two White House correspondents refused to let Donald Trump …
The InterceptU.S. Politics The End of Michael Flynn’s Prosecution Was Another Triumph for America’s Autocrat-in-Chief The Intercept - James Risen One of the biggest challenges for journalists writing about Donald Trump is that there have been too many scandals. That sounds counterintuitive, …
The InterceptU.S. Politics Conservatives Are Fighting “No-Brainer” Ethics Rule for Judges The Intercept - Aída Chávez The left doesn’t care about judges; the right does. If you want proof, look no further than a major campaign underway in conservative circles around …
The InterceptU.S. Politics As Trump and Biden Trade Anti-China Ads, Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans Spike The Intercept - Mara Hvistendahl As coronavirus deaths mount, President Donald Trump’s China-bashing has evolved from a short-term political tactic into a full-fledged election …
The InterceptU.S. Politics Texas Candidate's Polarizing Tenure at Dallas Schools The Intercept - Rachel M. Cohen Kim Olson, a Democratic candidate in the runoff for a suburban Texas district that includes the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and …
The InterceptU.S. Politics With Tara Reade’s Allegations, Joe Biden’s Campaign Is Only the Latest Chapter of America’s Accountability Problem The Intercept - Elise Swain America’s accountability problem is being laid bare. Once a global superpower, today jeers of “failed state” better describe our geriatric empire. …
The InterceptU.S. Politics Pence Aide’s Positive Covid-19 Test Exposes Folly of White House Aversion to Masks The Intercept - Robert Mackey Mike Pence was unmasked in Iowa on Friday, attending two events without covering his face, even though public health officials say masks slow the …
