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The Intercept

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Dec 12, 2025
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Do ICE officers receive cash bonuses for arresting or detaining immigrants?

ICE and its parent DHS have publicly offered recruitment and signing bonuses of up to $50,000 for new or returning ICE officers and reimbursed pay to local partners — but available reporting also show...

Jan 15, 2026
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Is ICE recruiting white nationalists?

The evidence shows that recent ICE and broader DHS recruitment content has repeatedly used language, images and music that experts and watchdogs say overlap with white nationalist symbolism and slogan...

Nov 15, 2025
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Do ICE agents receive monetary bonuses or piece-rate pay for each immigrant they detain?

Available reporting shows ICE has offered large signing bonuses (up to about $45,000–$50,000) to recruit new agents, and in mid‑2025 the agency briefly circulated — then withdrew — a short-lived inter...

Dec 10, 2025

Which members of Congress received the largest AIPAC-linked donations from 2016 to 2025?

AIPAC and its affiliated political arms (AIPAC PAC and the United Democracy Project) became major congressional funders in 2022–2024, together spending roughly $126.9 million in the 2023–2024 cycle an...

Jan 17, 2026

hexachlorathane gas used on protesters in the US?

Multiple independent reporting projects, environmental tests and city statements indicate hexachloroethane-containing “HC” smoke grenades were deployed against protesters in several U.S. cities during...

Dec 7, 2025

how does ice target people for deportation

ICE has dramatically expanded interior arrests under the current administration, pursuing people without criminal convictions as well as those with records and setting ambitious daily targets (about 1...

Jan 14, 2026

Which private contractors received the largest ICE contracts after the 2025 budget surge and for what services?

The 2025 budget surge funneled tens of billions of dollars into ICE’s enforcement and detention missions, and the early spending went overwhelmingly to large private detention firms and a cluster of s...

Dec 7, 2025

How long must an ICE agent serve to avoid repaying a $50,000 sign-on bonus?

ICE advertised signing bonuses up to $50,000 for certain recruits and former employees in mid‑2025; reporting says the full bonus offer applied to former employees and had deadlines (e.g., available u...

Dec 9, 2025

most figures in goverments received money from AIPAC

Most government officials have not been shown by available sources to have personally "received money from AIPAC." Reporting and campaign‑finance databases show that AIPAC and its affiliated PACs and ...

Dec 14, 2025

Which major US news outlets have been accused of pro-Israel bias during the 2023–2025 Gaza war and what incidents triggered the claims?

Multiple major U.S. outlets — notably The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, CNN and MSNBC — have been publicly accused of pro‑Israel bias during the 2023–2025 Gaza war, with ...

Jan 24, 2026

Which specific ICE facility contracts list CoreCivic or GEO Group as awardees in federal procurement databases since 2025?

Federal procurement records and contemporaneous reporting show a clear list of facility contracts awarded to or publicly announced by the two largest private prison operators in 2025: ’s 1,000‑bed in ...

Dec 11, 2025

Was the oil tanker captured by the navy, coast guard, or marine corps?

The seizure was carried out by a mix of law‑enforcement and military elements: U.S. authorities say FBI and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the U.S. Coast Guard executed a seizure warrant “...

Jan 11, 2026

Which incumbents and challengers received the largest AIPAC PAC donations in the 2024 House races?

AIPAC’s political operation in 2024 combined direct PAC checks and super‑PAC independent spending to target dozens of House contests, with a handful of challengers receiving the biggest single‑candida...

Nov 15, 2025

Timeline of Ashley Biden diary discovery and leak

Reporting indicates Ashley Biden’s personal diary was taken from a Florida residence in the summer of 2020 and — according to prosecutors and court records — sold to Project Veritas for about $40,000;...

Dec 5, 2025

Which Black admirals publicly criticized Donald Trump and when did they speak out?

Multiple high‑profile retired and active admirals have publicly criticized President Donald Trump at different moments from 2024 through 2025; notable instances include retired Adm. James Stavridis in...

Nov 25, 2025

Is donald trump corrupt

Reporting and watchdog groups portray widespread allegations of corruption tied to Donald Trump’s business dealings, use of law enforcement, pardons, and conflicts of interest during both his first an...

Jan 25, 2026

How have media outlets verified the allegations in Nick Shirley’s Minnesota daycare videos?

Mainstream newsrooms and local reporting have tested by cross-checking public payment records, visiting the day-care sites Shirley filmed, requesting state inspection and licensing records, and obtain...

Dec 1, 2025

Which members of Congress received the most campaign contributions from AIPAC-affiliated PACs in 2024?

AIPAC and its affiliated vehicles were among the largest pro-Israel spenders in the 2024 cycle, directing at least tens of millions in direct contributions to federal candidates and hundreds of millio...

Nov 19, 2025

How does Trump's record compare to past presidents accused of corruption (e.g., Nixon, Harding, Jackson)?

Donald Trump’s presidency is widely described in recent reporting and watchdog work as marked by frequent, visible conflicts of interest, alleged profiteering, and institutional rollbacks — earning cl...

Jan 17, 2026

Which major news outlets have been accused of pro - Palestine bias during the 2023–2025 Gaza war.

No major international or Western news organisation is documented in the supplied reporting as being widely accused of a pro‑Palestine bias during the 2023–2025 Gaza war; instead, the dominant charge ...