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What Happens to X With No More Libs to Troll?

WIRED Politics Lab

What Happens to X With No More Libs to Troll?

Leah Feiger

Border Militias Prepare to Assist With Donald Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans

Extremism

Border Militias Prepare to Assist With Donald Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans

Tess Owen

Is Silicon Valley Actually Libertarian?

Uncanny Valley

Is Silicon Valley Actually Libertarian?

Lauren Goode, Michael Calore, and Zoë Schiffer

News Influencers Have Eclipsed Traditional Media

WIRED Politics Lab

News Influencers Have Eclipsed Traditional Media

Makena Kelly

Trump’s FCC Pick Wants to Be the Speech Police. That’s Not His Job

moderation

Trump’s FCC Pick Wants to Be the Speech Police. That’s Not His Job

Makena Kelly

Election Deniers Got What They Wanted. They’re Still Going

Stop the Steal

Election Deniers Got What They Wanted. They’re Still Going

David Gilbert

Immigration Police Can Already Sidestep US Sanctuary City Laws Using Data-Sharing Fusion Centers

Workarounds

Immigration Police Can Already Sidestep US Sanctuary City Laws Using Data-Sharing Fusion Centers

Lily Hay Newman

Meta Lobbyist Turned Regulator Says Europe’s Big Tech Rules Have Gone Too Far

New Rules

Meta Lobbyist Turned Regulator Says Europe’s Big Tech Rules Have Gone Too Far

Morgan Meaker

Donald Trump to Nominate Anti-Vaccine Activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Oversee US Public Health

Going Wild

Donald Trump to Nominate Anti-Vaccine Activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Oversee US Public Health

Vittoria Elliott

We Break Down the Internet’s Future Under Trump 2.0

WIRED Politics Lab

We Break Down the Internet’s Future Under Trump 2.0

Leah Feiger

Senate Democrats Are Running Out of Time to Pass a Shield Law to Protect Journalism

Lame Ducks

Senate Democrats Are Running Out of Time to Pass a Shield Law to Protect Journalism

Dell Cameron

The Conspiracy Theory That Elon Musk Stole the Election Using Starlink Is Everywhere Now

Election 2024

The Conspiracy Theory That Elon Musk Stole the Election Using Starlink Is Everywhere Now

David Gilbert

This Is the Trump 2.0 Aesthetic

WIRED Politics Lab

This Is the Trump 2.0 Aesthetic

Makena Kelly

More Spyware, Fewer Rules: What Trump’s Return Means for US Cybersecurity

Hack Back

More Spyware, Fewer Rules: What Trump’s Return Means for US Cybersecurity

Eric Geller

The US Election Is Tearing BookTok Apart

Page Turners

The US Election Is Tearing BookTok Apart

Angela Watercutter

Donald Trump’s New ‘Border Czar’ Defended Child Separation at Festival Held by Gun-Worshipping Sect

Trump 2.0

Donald Trump’s New ‘Border Czar’ Defended Child Separation at Festival Held by Gun-Worshipping Sect

David Gilbert

Donald Trump Taps Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy to Lead Nonexistent Department of Government Efficiency

DOGE

Donald Trump Taps Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy to Lead Nonexistent Department of Government Efficiency

Vittoria Elliott

Elon Musk Is Already Doing Exactly What He Said He Would

A Thousand Cuts

Elon Musk Is Already Doing Exactly What He Said He Would

Vittoria Elliott

The Real Problem With Banning Masks at Protests

Cover Ups

The Real Problem With Banning Masks at Protests

Ilica Mahajan

Editor’s Note: What’s Next for WIRED

Looking Ahead

Editor’s Note: What’s Next for WIRED

Katie Drummond