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Congress Turns Up Pressure on DHS Over Palantir’s Role in Immigration Crackdown
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Congress Turns Up Pressure on DHS Over Palantir’s Role in Immigration Crackdown

Democrats are demanding answers about Palantir and other surveillance firms powering Trump’s hard-line immigration enforcement agenda.
Caroline Haskins
Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now
Takeover

Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now

Vittoria Elliott
MAGA Is Starting to Look Beyond Trump
Inner Loop

MAGA Is Starting to Look Beyond Trump

David Gilbert

Inner Loop

The Next Attorney General Will Probably Be an Election Denier

The Next Attorney General Will Probably Be an Election Denier

Pam Bondi’s DOJ left election deniers frothing for more. Potential candidates for the attorney general job could give them what they want.
David Gilbert
The New Era of Militia Influencers

The New Era of Militia Influencers

The militia movement in the US is undergoing a rebrand that trades counterprotests for expensive weapons, manly sweatshirts, and highly curated Instagram grids.
David Gilbert
That Ex-CIA Agent in All Your Feeds Is After a Pardon From Donald Trump

That Ex-CIA Agent in All Your Feeds Is After a Pardon From Donald Trump

John Kiriakou went to prison after exposing the CIA's torture program. Now he's going viral as he campaigns to get his name cleared and his pension restored.
Makena Kelly
Confessions of the ICE Agent Whisperer

Confessions of the ICE Agent Whisperer

Federal immigration enforcement agents usually won't talk to the media—but they will talk to independent journalist Karl Loftus.
Vittoria Elliott

Policy

The FCC Has a Fast Lane for Complaints About Trump’s Media Critics

The FCC Has a Fast Lane for Complaints About Trump’s Media Critics

Internal emails obtained by WIRED reveal how a conservative legal group with a direct line into FCC chairman Brendan Carr’s office built the case against Jimmy Kimmel and his employees.
Dell Cameron
Border Patrol Agents Sold Challenge Coins With Charlotte’s Web Characters in Riot Gear

Border Patrol Agents Sold Challenge Coins With Charlotte’s Web Characters in Riot Gear

Nonprofits run out of US Border Patrol stations are also selling other “operation”-themed coins that include a phrase popularized by the Proud Boys, potentially in violation of government rules.
Maddy Varner
Unmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration Crackdown

Unmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration Crackdown

A WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history.
Ali Winston and Maddy Varner
How Trump’s Plot to Grab Iran's Nuclear Fuel Would Actually Work

How Trump’s Plot to Grab Iran's Nuclear Fuel Would Actually Work

Experts say that an American ground operation targeting nuclear sites in Iran would be incredibly complicated, put troops’ lives at great risk—and might still fail.
Caroline Haskins

Disinformation

How the Internet Broke Everyone’s Bullshit Detectors

From AI-generated images to restricted satellite data, the systems used to verify what’s real online are struggling to keep up.
Gia Chaudry
Fake AI Content About the Iran War Is All Over X

Fake AI Content About the Iran War Is All Over X

X’s Grok is failing to accurately verify video footage from the Iran conflict and is sharing its own AI-generated images about the war.
David Gilbert
Here’s Why Trump Posted About Iran ‘Stealing’ the 2020 Election Hours After the US Attacked

Here’s Why Trump Posted About Iran ‘Stealing’ the 2020 Election Hours After the US Attacked

Donald Trump’s post on Truth Social about Iran echoed a conspiracy theory that has been circulating online for years.
David Gilbert
X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israeli Attack on Iran

X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israeli Attack on Iran

WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.
David Gilbert

Extremism

Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges

Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges

The Senate homeland security committee's chair has asked researchers to turn over troves of documents related to the January 6 attack, vaccines, and more, according to a letter reviewed by WIRED.
Ali Winston
An Anarchist’s Conviction Offers a Grim Foreshadowing of Trump’s War on the ‘Left’

An Anarchist’s Conviction Offers a Grim Foreshadowing of Trump’s War on the ‘Left’

As the Trump administration ramps up its targeting of left-leaning people and groups, the prosecution and harsh sentencing of Casey Goonan may provide a glimpse of things to come.
Ali Winston
Elon Musk Has Turned His Eye to the UK

Elon Musk Has Turned His Eye to the UK

Musk posted nonstop at the beginning of the year about British politics, until his focus was consumed by DOGE. Now he’s back.
David Gilbert
At a Conspiracy Conference in Rural Ireland, Charlie Kirk Was the Star

At a Conspiracy Conference in Rural Ireland, Charlie Kirk Was the Star

The increasingly tight links between far-right groups in the US and Europe were on full display at the Rebels Across the Pond conference in Ireland.
David Gilbert

Global Elections

This Is How Trump Is Already Threatening the Midterms

This Is How Trump Is Already Threatening the Midterms

WIRED surveyed the ways the Trump administration is working to manipulate this year’s midterm elections.
David Gilbert
Pro-AI Super PACs Are Already All In on the Midterms

Pro-AI Super PACs Are Already All In on the Midterms

Silicon Valley’s battle against AI regulation is already shaping the next US election cycle.
Maxwell Zeff
The Inside Story of How Gen Z Toppled Nepal’s Leader and Chose a New One on Discord

The Inside Story of How Gen Z Toppled Nepal’s Leader and Chose a New One on Discord

The revolution started on social media. It ended with protests, violence, and an online poll to pick the new prime minister.
Tulsi Rauniyar
One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure

One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure

Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. Election experts don't know what to think.
Kim Zetter

Politics News

Politicians Are Spending More Money on Security as They Increasingly Become Targets

Politicians Are Spending More Money on Security as They Increasingly Become Targets

Political candidates are purchasing more home alarms, bulletproof vests, and other protections amid rising fears of political violence.
Maddy Varner
A Year After DOGE Cuts, GSA Now Plans to Hire Hundreds of Employees

A Year After DOGE Cuts, GSA Now Plans to Hire Hundreds of Employees

The General Services Administration is hiring “approximately 400 positions,” according to an internal email viewed by WIRED. Last year the agency lost thousands of workers as part of DOGE’s rampage.
Leah Feiger and Zoë Schiffer
In a Big Reversal, Zohran Mamdani Tells NYC Agencies They Can Use TikTok

In a Big Reversal, Zohran Mamdani Tells NYC Agencies They Can Use TikTok

The city will allow agencies to return to TikTok, but with strict new device and security rules.
Makena Kelly
Opposing ICE Might Save the Country. It Could Also Ruin Your Life

Opposing ICE Might Save the Country. It Could Also Ruin Your Life

For months, lone vibe coder Rafael Concepcion has obsessively built tools to counter the federal immigration crackdown—pivoting as he’s been outmatched. He’s also lost his job and become a target.
Brendan I. Koerner

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How to Film ICE
For the Record

How to Film ICE

Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman, Maddy Varner, and Andy Greenberg
Silicon Valley Tech Workers Are Campaigning to Get ICE Out of US Cities
The Big Interview

Silicon Valley Tech Workers Are Campaigning to Get ICE Out of US Cities

Katie Drummond
We Found Two Theaters With Sold-Out Melania Opening Day Screenings
Blockbusters

We Found Two Theaters With Sold-Out Melania Opening Day Screenings

Maddy Varner
Uncanny Valley: Minneapolis Misinformation, TikTok’s New Owners, and Moltbot Hype
Uncanny Valley

Uncanny Valley: Minneapolis Misinformation, TikTok’s New Owners, and Moltbot Hype

Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Tim Marchman
Everything Is Content for the ‘Clicktatorship’
Click

Everything Is Content for the ‘Clicktatorship’

Vittoria Elliott
What to Do if ICE Invades Your Neighborhood
Plan Ahead

What to Do if ICE Invades Your Neighborhood

Lily Hay Newman, Maddy Varner, and Matt Burgess
Minnesota Sues to Stop ICE ‘Invasion’
Block Party

Minnesota Sues to Stop ICE ‘Invasion’

Dell Cameron
Right-Wing Influencers Have Flooded Minneapolis
Live from MN

Right-Wing Influencers Have Flooded Minneapolis

Makena Kelly