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Biden's 2021 funding boost for federal wildland firefighters is set to lapse, and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's proposal would give them a major pay cut.The post Sinema Bill on Firefighter Pay Is Slap in the Face" to Workers Battling Blazes appeared first on The Intercept.

Brig. Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou, who trained at Fort Benning, Georgia, helped oust Niger's democratically elected president.The post Niger Coup Leader Joins Long Line of U.S.-Trained Mutineers appeared first on The Intercept.

Following Biden's executive order to improve transparency on use of force, the Department of Homeland Security has failed to accurately compile its data, a new report finds.The post Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Routinely Undercount Use-of-Force Incidents appeared first on The Intercept.

The legislation would repeal a restriction on striking workers receiving SNAP benefits.The post As Hollywood Strikes, Sen. John Fetterman Introduces Food Stamps Bill for Workers on Picket Line appeared first on The Intercept.

Is this the 11th coup by U.S.-trained troops in the region since 2008?The post Soldiers Mutiny in U.S.-Allied Niger appeared first on The Intercept.

The software was licensed as part of Gov. Greg Abbott's troubled Operation Lone Star border crackdown. The post Texas State Police Purchased Israeli Phone-Tracking Software for Border Emergency" appeared first on The Intercept.

In emails obtained by The Intercept, the State Department made repeated assurances about Saeed Bakhouch's appropriate and humane treatment."The post Despite U.S. Guarantee, Guantanamo Prisoner Released to Algeria Immediately Imprisoned and Abused appeared first on The Intercept.

The right is against kids' freedom. The left is ambivalent.The post Defending Bodily Autonomy Is Real Child Protection appeared first on The Intercept.

The Russia-linked mercenaries worked with Mali's longtime U.S.-backed military to kill and loot with impunity, according to a new Human Rights Watch report.The post Wagner Group Disappeared and Executed Civilians in Mali appeared first on The Intercept.

Different ways of paying for drug development could generate more drugs that we desperately need more cheaply.The post Senate Committee Passes Potential First Step to Radically Lower Drug Prices appeared first on The Intercept.

Sexual abuse victims without the resources to fight off lawsuits may feel forced to recant their accusations - or never speak out in the first place.The post Years After #MeToo, Defamation Cases Increasingly Target Victims Who Can't Afford to Speak Out appeared first on The Intercept.

One plaintiff vomited while recounting her ordeal. The case marks the first time patients denied abortions have sued a state since Roe was overturned.The post Testifying Against Texas, Women Denied Abortions Relive the Pregnancies That Almost Killed Them appeared first on The Intercept.

Photos taken by The Intercept show dozens of people trapped with little shade in a lethal desert.The post Border Patrol Is Caging Migrants Outdoors During Deadly Arizona Heatwave appeared first on The Intercept.

Kristian Andersen had a major grant proposal on Anthony Fauci's desk while writing a paper exonerating an NIH-funded lab in Wuhan, documents show.The post Key Scientist in Covid Origin Controversy Misled Congress on Status of $8.9 Million NIH Grant appeared first on The Intercept.

What plaintiffs said was the largest protest payout ever was helped along by a forensic reconstruction of the NYPD's attack on demonstrators.The post NYPD to Pay Largest Protester Settlement Ever For Abuses During George Floyd Uprising appeared first on The Intercept.

Facing extradition to Florida, Craig Lang joined an ultranationalist militia in Ukraine after Russia invaded in 2022.The post Wanted for Murder, an Army Vet Escaped to Ukraine - and Fought the Russians appeared first on The Intercept.

With a referendum against the police facility in the works, Atlanta is making sure it won't be valid. Activists have other ways to fight.The post Atlanta City Leaders Are Subverting Democracy to Save Cop City appeared first on The Intercept.

Pervez Agwan is challenging AIPAC-endorsed Rep. Lizzie Fletcher in a recently redrawn Texas district.The post As Democrats Line Up Behind Israel's Right-Wing Government, One Progressive Candidate Says He Is Unafraid of AIPAC appeared first on The Intercept.

Manchin and a group of failed moderate politicians assembled in New Hampshire on Monday to tout No Labels' 73-page centrist manifesto.The post No Labels Board Member: If MLK Were Alive Today, He'd Be Aligned With Joe Manchin and No Labels appeared first on The Intercept.

The U.S. military's elite special operations command doesn't want its planes tracked, according to a procurement document.The post Pentagon Joins Elon Musk's War Against Plane Tracking appeared first on The Intercept.

Lawmakers helped with a plan to put the natural gas export facility in already polluted Chester, Pennsylvania.The post Energy Company Plotted Gas Plant in Small Pennsylvania Town - But No One Told Residents appeared first on The Intercept.

America's privileged technocrats are not ready for what's about to happen to them.The post Today's Class War Is the 1 Percent Versus the People Just Below Them appeared first on The Intercept.

Following Saudi Arabia's purchase of the PGA Tour, a new Senate report revealed the dictatorship's ballooning share of the American economy.The post Saudi Arabia's Huge U.S. Investments Lose Money - but Buy Influence appeared first on The Intercept.

A third of ICE enforcement actions during Biden's first year in office targeted people who posed no threat to public safety.The post ICE Disobeyed Biden's Order to Drop Trump's Blanket Deportation Policy appeared first on The Intercept.

Oakland District Attorney Pamela Price is the target of a recall campaign, joining a slew of reformist prosecutors in California and elsewhere.The post Campaign to Recall Oakland Reform District Attorney Gets Rolling appeared first on The Intercept.

France tries to make sense of a week of riots, after the killing of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk at a traffic stop.The post A Teen Slain by Police Uproots France appeared first on The Intercept.

Notice from the editors.The post Notice appeared first on The Intercept.

In his 2024 run, Donald Trump is tripling down on his Muslim ban" - and making the Islamophobia explicit.The post Trump Revives Muslim Ban" While GOP Courts Muslim Voters for 2024 appeared first on The Intercept.

Since ratifying a contract, academic workers at University of California, San Diego have faced what they say is an escalating retaliation campaign. The post California Grad Students Won a Historic Strike. UC San Diego Is Striking Back With Misconduct Allegations and Arrests. appeared first on The Intercept.

Everyone pulled together to get Hawley to correct a false quote" from Patrick Henry on the U.S. and Christianity. It didn't work.The post This Week, America Failed to Get Josh Hawley to Feel Shame appeared first on The Intercept.

The leader of the anti-Putin Russian Volunteer Corps is publicly connected to Robert Rundo and Christopher Pohlhaus.The post Russian Militia Has Links to American Neo-Nazi and Anti-Trans Figures appeared first on The Intercept.

The Court of Criminal Appeals has repeatedly ignored evidence of Reed's innocence. Its latest ruling borders on the absurd.The post Dozens of Witnesses Say Rodney Reed Is Innocent. Texas Court Says They're All Wrong. appeared first on The Intercept.

Connolly, a state representative and longtime democratic socialist, is vigorously defending himself against allegations that he crossed a red line for the organization.The post Boston DSA Is Moving to Expel One of its Success Stories. Here Are the Charges Against Mike Connolly, and His Defense. appeared first on The Intercept.

Republicans' anti-abortion playbook shows they're ready to fight the legal challenges - all the way to the Supreme Court. The post Judges Keep Ruling That Anti-Trans Health Care Bans Make Shitty Law. The GOP Isn't Giving Up. appeared first on The Intercept.

A new Human Rights Watch report says Ukraine's use of the internationally banned weapon has led to civilian casualties.The post With Ukraine's Cluster Bombs Killing Its Own Citizens, Biden Readies Order to Send More appeared first on The Intercept.