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26 July 2026, Berlin: The Brandenburg Gate is illuminated in rainbow colors, displaying the words "Berlin, City of Freedom." Christopher Street Day in Berlin had been cut short the day before after a car plowed into a crowd on the outskirts of the large-scale event. At least one woman was killed, and many others were injuredseveral of them critically. Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa (Photo by Christoph Soeder/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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The Right Seeks to Capitalize on Berlin Pride Attack — Even as It Poses Its Own Existential Threat to Queer Lives

Natasha Lennard

Day in and day out, it is the likes of Germany’s conservative parties, and the Republicans at home, who are assaulting LGBTQ+ rights.

House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.) speaks with a reporter on Capitol Hill on July 21, 2026.

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House Investigation of BreakThrough News Is an Attack on All Journalism

Favorable coverage of U.S. adversaries is constitutionally protected speech.

Michigan U.S. Sen candidate, Abdul El-Sayed, speaks with media after a debate at WoodTV studios on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/Kristen Norman)

Midterms 2026

Abdul El-Sayed Faces Islamophobic Attacks From GOP and Democratic Establishment

AIPAC has spent nearly $30 million against the Michigan Democratic Senate candidate, fueling ads that paint him as a terrorist sympathizer.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends the ASEAN Regional Forum in Manila on July 23, 2026.

Rubio’s Paranoid Cuba Report Designed to “Justify a Military Attack on Cuba,” Says Democratic Rep.

Senator John Fetterman, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, gives thumbs up in an elevator while departing a Senate vote at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, June 15, 2026. The Senate will vote on an updated version of a bipartisan affordable housing legislative package this week, according to Senate aides, marking the latest step after months of negotiations as lawmakers in the House and Senate pushed competing versions of the bill. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Fetterman Might Leave Democratic Party Because the Only Thing He Loves More Than Israel Is Attention

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth participates in an exercise with the U.S. Army on January 15, 2026 in Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia.

Pete Hegseth’s Crisis of Masculinity

FBI investigators work the scene of an alleged ICE involved shooting in Biddeford, Maine, on July 13, 2026. A person was killed Monday in a shooting involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the northern US state of Maine, an official said. The incident comes after an ICE agent last week shot dead a Mexican man during an operation in Houston, Texas. Authorities alleged that he tried to run over a federal officer, a claim denied by witnesses. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images)

The War on Immigrants

Leaked Email Reveals New Requirements for ICE Vehicle Stops

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It’s Scary As Hell Being Black in America Right Now

Anti-ICE protesters attend a vigil for a man that was killed in a shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), on July 13, 2026 in Biddeford, Maine. The victim has been identified as Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 26-year-old man from Colombia.

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How ICE Arrests Went Quiet — and Got Even More Deadly

Natasha Lennard

Iran

President Donald Trump walks with Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as he arrives at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., for the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, Wednesday, July 15, 2026.

U.S. Official: Iran Attacks Injured “Far More” Troops Than Pentagon Admits

An Army carry team salutes after moving the flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army soldier Maj. Sorffly Davius, of Cambria Heights, N.Y., who died in Kuwait, during a casualty return, Monday, March 9, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Iran Claims to Kill 3 U.S. Service Members in Kuwait

Donald Trump, President of United States, attends the welcome ceremony at Bestepe Presidential Compound during the 2026 NATO Ankara Summit in Ankara, Turkiye, on July 8th, 2026.

Another Trump Ceasefire With Iran Crumbles

A man passes a mural in Tehran, Iran on June 18, 2026, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran.

The Surprising Reaction Inside Iran to Its War Victory

Séamus Malekafzali

Midterms

U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, left, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, center, and U.S. House candidate William Lawrence, right, at a rally in Lansing, Mich., on July 19, 2026. The rally also included U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (Photo by Andrew Roth/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

William Lawrence Is Running in a Purple Michigan District — on His Pro-Palestine Credentials

Connie Chan, supervisor for San Francisco's District 1 and Democratic US Congressional candidate, left, and Representative Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, during a "Get Out The Vote" rally in San Francisco, California, US, on Friday, May 29, 2026. California is holding its primary election on June 2. Photographer: Jason Henry/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Nancy Pelosi’s Pick for Her SF House Seat Takes Anti-AIPAC Pledge

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 14: U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) speaks during a news conference in front of the U.S. Capitol on May 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Rep. Thanedar announced that he is filing articles of impeachment to impeach President Donald Trump. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Two-Thirds of Shri Thanedar’s Campaign Cash Came Through AIPAC as He Lost Over $600K

Arizona Democratic party supporters walk to the exit after attending a watch party on election night Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Democrats Are Desperate to Flip an Arizona House Seat. They’re Rallying Around a Former Republican.

Justice

U.S. Website Gave False Approval to Green Card Applicants — Then Blamed Glitch and Took It Away

NYC, NY, UNITED STATES - 2025/12/19: Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building. According to White House Border Czar Tom Homan, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will increase its operations in New York City due to its status as a sanctuary city. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

ICE Mandates Dress Code After Killings and Botched Arrest

Protesters gather outside Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, United States, in support of labor and hunger strikers inside on June 12, 2026. Demonstrators continue their efforts to support detainees despite actions by state, federal, and Geo Group staff. Women detainees have joined the strikes this week, while authorities have been working to expedite transfers out of the facility. ICE agents have used chemical irritants on protesters and press. (Photo by Neil Constantine/NurPhoto via AP)

Google Is Censoring Reviews of ICE Detention Centers

BIDDEFORD, ME - JULY 13: An FBI official places an evidence card on Pool Street in Biddeford where a man was reportedly killed in a shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Monday, July 13, 2026. MANDATORY CREDIT: (Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald)

ICE Officers at Maine Shooting Scene Were Wearing Body Cameras. They Were Not Turned On.

War on Gaza

On a West Bank Eviction Tour, Israeli Settlers Advertise “No Arabs Here”

Armed Israeli Settlers Detained Ro Khanna. He Wants Their Illegal Outposts Demolished.

This undated photo from Winter 2023 provided by Breaking The Silence, a whistleblower group of former Israeli soldiers, shows blindfolded Palestinian prisoners captured in the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces at a detention facility on the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel. (Breaking The Silence via AP)

How to Show That Israel’s Sexual Violence Against Palestinians Is Systemic — and Has Gone on for Decades

Natasha Lennard

The Performative Ceasefire in Gaza

Unmasking ICE

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island, center, and Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, left, during a hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images

ICE Should Show It Hasn’t Been “Infiltrated by Violent Extremists,” Senator Urges

Matt Sledge, Sam Biddle

ICE Recruitment Tweets Are So Racist That Cops Feared They Could Incite Neo-Nazi Violence

Matt Sledge, Sam Biddle

Protesters walk past a screen reading "arrest and charge Jonathan Ross", the ICE officer, named in US media as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who fatally shot Renee Good, as they march from Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis against ICE and the fatal shooting of Good, calling on federal authorities to leave the city and demand accountability, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 10, 2026. A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good on the streets of Minneapolis on January 7, leading to huge protests and outrage from local leaders who rejected White House claims she was a domestic terrorist. (Photo by Octavio JONES / AFP via Getty Images)

Government Ordered to Turn Over Files on ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good

Noah Hurowitz, Austin Campbell

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US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth and US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem during the signing of Executive Orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday August 25, 2025.

(Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Pentagon Implores Civilian Workers to Join ICE “Volunteer Force”

Noah Hurowitz, Austin Campbell

Chilling Dissent

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - APRIL 22: Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory, Francesca Albanese delivers a speech during the Global Sumud Parliamentary Congress in Brussels, Belgium on April 22, 2026. Bringing together lawmakers, representatives of political parties and public institutions, UN rapporteurs and prominent figures from around the world, the congress has begun as the Global Sumud Flotilla that set off for Gaza on April 12 continues its journey. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump’s Sanctions Against the ICC Are Unconstitutional, Rights Groups Say

FBI Raided Texas Activist’s House — Then Offered Her $200,000 to Become Antifa Informant

A.D. Chilcote, C. Frances

Protestors and law enforcement clash during a demonstration and vigil outside the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, on January 28, 2026. Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, asylum seekers from Ecuador who were arrested on January 20 in Minneapolis by ICE agents, are being held at the center along with others detained by ICE. US President Donald Trump said on January 27 that he would "de-escalate a little bit" in Minneapolis after the fatal shootings of two civilians fueled a storm of criticism over his signature immigration crackdown. (Photo by Moisés ÁVILA / AFP via Getty Images)

How Local Cops Are Running With Trump’s NSPM-7 Attacks on Antifa

Trump’s Communist Boogeyman Playbook: Charging Protesters as Terrorists