Migrant children are drowning at the border. Their deaths are met with indifference. Rescue workers call these bodies “floaters.”
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Justice
The Republican Attorneys General Association fought to help a Supreme Court case against the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
The post Payday Lenders Gave Millions to Republican Group That Backed Supreme Court Suit to Annihilate CFPB appeared first on The Intercept.
China and the U.S. are collecting the same proportion of their populations’ DNA profiles — and the FBI wants to double its budget to get even more.
The post FBI Hoovering Up DNA at a Pace That Rivals China, Holds 21 Million Samples and Counting appeared first on The Intercept.
In Arizona, migrants caged outdoors endure extreme temperatures, cardboard scraps for beds, and overflowing porta-potties.
The post Border Patrol Violating Court Order Against Inhumane Treatment of Migrants, Officials Say appeared first on The Intercept.
Documents and interviews link Col. Elias Melgar Urbina to a convicted drug trafficker and a security company accused of assassinating activists.
The post Honduras Defense Official and U.S. Drug War Ally Tied to Narco-Trafficker, Notorious Mercenary Firm appeared first on The Intercept.
Controlling people’s bodies requires trashing representative government and violating every individual right.
The post Abortion Bans or Democracy — You Can’t Have Both appeared first on The Intercept.
The governor’s allies took the first steps toward moves that could upend the election of Democratic prosecutors and even judges.
The post Ron DeSantis’s Next Ideological Coup: “Judicial Gerrymander” in Florida appeared first on The Intercept.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals pulled from Dobbs v. Jackson to argue trans health care isn’t “deeply rooted" in history.
The post Alabama Trans Health Care Ruling Is a Worrying Omen for a Future SCOTUS Decision appeared first on The Intercept.
The whiplash-inducing back and forth of the most viral true-crime case in recent memory might owe to disputes between local- and state-level officials.
The post “Serial” Podcast’s Adnan Syed Might Go Back to Prison Because of Toxic Maryland Politics appeared first on The Intercept.
Forensic genetic genealogists skirted GEDmatch privacy rules by searching users who explicitly opted out of sharing DNA with law enforcement.
The post Police Are Getting DNA Data From People Who Think They Opted Out appeared first on The Intercept.