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health care
Chaos, Confusion, and Conspiracies: Inside a Facebook Group for RFK Jr.’s Autism ‘Cure’
David Gilbert


Shutdown
Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown
Leah Feiger and Vittoria Elliott





Revolution, Televised
How a Travel YouTuber Captured Nepal’s Revolution for the World
Nicholas Slayton


Invite Only
Tech Billionaires Already Captured the White House. They Still Want to Be Kings
Vittoria Elliott



Oral History
The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers
Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, Vittoria Elliott, Makena Kelly, Kate Knibbs, David Gilbert, Molly Taft, Aarian Marshall, Paresh Dave, and Jake Lahut

Takeover
Armed Guards and Muscle Milk: Senate Investigation Reveals DOGE Takeover Details
Makena Kelly and Vittoria Elliott


Power List
The 22 Very Online Upstarts Changing the Face of Politics
Makena Kelly, Jake Lahut, and Elisa Muyl


Kat’s Out of the Bag
She Fought the Far Right Online for Years. Now She Wants to Do It in Congress
Kate Knibbs








Political Violence
Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect Charged as Prosecutor Seeks Death Penalty
Dell Cameron



Game On
Bullets Found After the Charlie Kirk Shooting Carried Messages. Here’s What They Mean
Makena Kelly and Megan Farokhmanesh

Extremism
Extremist Groups Hated Charlie Kirk. They’re Using His Death to Radicalize Others
David Gilbert



Extremism
Right-Wing Activists Are Targeting People for Allegedly Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Death
David Gilbert

Extremism
‘War Is Here’: The Far-Right Responds to Charlie Kirk Shooting With Calls for Violence
David Gilbert









Pseudoscience
Anti-Vaxxers Rejoice at Florida’s Scheme to End Vaccine Mandates for Kids and Everyone Else
David Gilbert




Poof
SSA Whistleblower’s Resignation Email Mysteriously Disappeared From Inboxes
Makena Kelly and David Gilbert










Wayback Machine
An Account Using the Same Name as Trump’s BLS Pick Posted Red-Pilled Conspiracy Theories
David Gilbert


Sweet Bot O' Mine
A DOGE AI Tool Called SweetREX Is Coming to Slash US Government Regulation
Andrew Couts

AI Scramble
xAI Was About to Land a Major Government Contract. Then Grok Praised Hitler
Zoë Schiffer and Makena Kelly

Extreme Posting
Christian Militants Are Using Instagram to Recruit—and Becoming Influencers in the Process
Tess Owen



It's All a Meme
The Trump Administration Is Using Memes to Turn Mass Deportation Into One Big Joke
Tess Owen







Big Balls
Police Report: Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine Assaulted in Alleged Carjacking
Caroline Haskins and Makena Kelly




An Apple A Day
An Inventor Is Injecting Bleach Into Cancerous Tumors—and Wants to Bring the Treatment to the US
David Gilbert


Black Hole
A Top NASA Official Is Among Thousands of Staff Leaving the Agency
Stephen Clark, Ars Technica


Uncanny Valley
How WIRED Analyzed the Epstein Video
Lauren Goode, Michael Calore, Katie Drummond, and Dhruv Mehrotra


Takeover
ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data
Leah Feiger, Makena Kelly, Vittoria Elliott, and Matt Giles


Takeover
DOGE Put Free Tax Filing Tool on Chopping Block After One Meeting With Lobbyists
Makena Kelly







Full Transparency
Metadata Shows the FBI’s ‘Raw’ Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified
Dhruv Mehrotra


Texas Floods
Conspiracy Theories About the Texas Floods Lead to Death Threats
David Gilbert and Molly Taft




