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No, SNAP Benefits Aren’t Mostly Used by Immigrants

Disinformation

No, SNAP Benefits Aren’t Mostly Used by Immigrants

David Gilbert

Federal Workers Are Barely Making It Through the Government Shutdown

Shutdown

Federal Workers Are Barely Making It Through the Government Shutdown

Vittoria Elliott and Makena Kelly

CBP Searched a Record Number of Phones at the US Border Over the Past Year

Trending Topics

CBP Searched a Record Number of Phones at the US Border Over the Past Year

Matt Burgess and Dell Cameron

No, ICE (Probably) Didn’t Buy Guided Missile Warheads

Defused

No, ICE (Probably) Didn’t Buy Guided Missile Warheads

Caroline Haskins

A New Road Safety Group Targets Self-Driving Cars

traffic control

A New Road Safety Group Targets Self-Driving Cars

Aarian Marshall

Ted Cruz Targets Wikipedia Over ‘Ideological Bias’

Wiki How

Ted Cruz Targets Wikipedia Over ‘Ideological Bias’

Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica

China Is Leading the World in the Clean Energy Transition. Here's What That Looks Like

Goals

China Is Leading the World in the Clean Energy Transition. Here's What That Looks Like

Antonio Piemontese

China Rolls Out Its First Talent Visa as the US Retreats on H-1Bs

Made in China

China Rolls Out Its First Talent Visa as the US Retreats on H-1Bs

Louise Matsakis

The EPA Is Ending Greenhouse Gas Data Collection. Who Will Step Up to Fill the Gap?

Up in Smoke

The EPA Is Ending Greenhouse Gas Data Collection. Who Will Step Up to Fill the Gap?

Molly Taft

DHS Has Been Collecting US Citizens’ DNA for Years

Downward Spiral

DHS Has Been Collecting US Citizens’ DNA for Years

Dell Cameron

Brendan Carr Isn't Going to Stop Until Someone Makes Him

Minister of Truth

Brendan Carr Isn't Going to Stop Until Someone Makes Him

Makena Kelly

MAHA Wants Action on Pesticides. It’s Not Going to Get It From Trump’s Corporate-Friendly EPA

Policy

MAHA Wants Action on Pesticides. It’s Not Going to Get It From Trump’s Corporate-Friendly EPA

Molly Taft

The Free Ride for EVs in the Carpool Lane Is Coming to an End

Merge Right

The Free Ride for EVs in the Carpool Lane Is Coming to an End

Aarian Marshall

Watch Our Livestream Replay: WIRED’s AI Power Summit

Events

Watch Our Livestream Replay: WIRED’s AI Power Summit

WIRED Staff

US Investment in Spyware Is Skyrocketing

Dark Money

US Investment in Spyware Is Skyrocketing

Vas Panagiotopoulos

US Taxpayers Will Pay Billions in New Fossil Fuel Subsidies Thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill

Environment

US Taxpayers Will Pay Billions in New Fossil Fuel Subsidies Thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill

Molly Taft

Defense Department Scrambles to Pretend It’s Called the War Department

Wishful Thinking

Defense Department Scrambles to Pretend It’s Called the War Department

Dell Cameron

No, Trump Can’t Legally Federalize US Elections

Checking Boxes

No, Trump Can’t Legally Federalize US Elections

Lily Hay Newman

Big Tech Companies in the US Have Been Told Not to Apply the Digital Services Act

Regulation Rift

Big Tech Companies in the US Have Been Told Not to Apply the Digital Services Act

Mila Fiordalisi

FEMA’s Chaotic Summer Has Gone From Bad to Worse

Trump Admin

FEMA’s Chaotic Summer Has Gone From Bad to Worse

Molly Taft