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‘A Servant Class, Not a Working Class’: Stephen Miller’s Biographer on What Comes Next
Trump 2.0

‘A Servant Class, Not a Working Class’: Stephen Miller’s Biographer on What Comes Next

Jean Guerrero, Stephen Miller’s biographer, sees him as “a case study in oligarchic capture”—and as a way for Donald Trump to double down.
Vittoria Elliott
Pete Hegseth Is About to Get His Ass Kicked
Inner Loop

Pete Hegseth Is About to Get His Ass Kicked

Hugo Lowell
China’s Nvidia Honeypot Isn’t Surprising. Jensen Huang Fell for It Anyway
Bee's Knees

China’s Nvidia Honeypot Isn’t Surprising. Jensen Huang Fell for It Anyway

Garrett M. Graff

Inner Loop

Knives Are Out in the White House

Knives Are Out in the White House

From top officials like Pete Hegseth to White House aides to right-wing pundits, the race is on to find someone besides Donald Trump to blame for the Republicans’ catastrophic losses.
Hugo Lowell
This Is What the GOP’s Final Midterms Push Looks Like

This Is What the GOP’s Final Midterms Push Looks Like

Republicans are spending their time and money on Senate races in historically red states—a sign they’re more nervous than ever as Election Day looms.
Hugo Lowell
‘It’s the President’s Fault’: The White House Blame Game Starts Early Ahead of the Midterms

‘It’s the President’s Fault’: The White House Blame Game Starts Early Ahead of the Midterms

As the White House contemplates losing Congress, there has been an unusually early effort to find a Republican scapegoat.
Hugo Lowell
Trump Aides Admit the House Is a Lost Cause

Trump Aides Admit the House Is a Lost Cause

With the midterm elections just a few weeks away, the White House knows it has to go all in on Senate races—while virtually forfeiting the House.
Hugo Lowell

Policy

What Democrats Can Learn From New York’s Data Center Moratorium

What Democrats Can Learn From New York’s Data Center Moratorium

With a number of anti-data-center candidates poised to win on Tuesday, New York provides a glimpse at the tensions around actually having to do something about the digital infrastructure.
Molly Taft
UK Home Office May Face Investigation Over Use of OpenAI Tech

UK Home Office May Face Investigation Over Use of OpenAI Tech

A government watchdog is considering a probe into the Home Office’s use of ChatGPT technology to process asylum claims amid concerns over the tools’ accuracy and secrecy surrounding their use.
Isabella Ward
She’s 28, Loves God and Her Family, and Might Be the Reason You Can’t Have Kids

She’s 28, Loves God and Her Family, and Might Be the Reason You Can’t Have Kids

No IVF. No surrogacy. No polygenic tests. Emma Waters is leading a national fight against fertility tech—with her hot husband’s permission, of course.
Emi Nietfeld
AI, Tariffs, Rare Minerals: What to Expect From Trump’s Upcoming Summit With Xi Jinping

AI, Tariffs, Rare Minerals: What to Expect From Trump’s Upcoming Summit With Xi Jinping

Washington and Beijing have grown ever more linked in the AI boom, making hardware exports and technological restrictions hefty bargaining chips in negotiations.
Javier Carbajal

Disinformation

They Believe 2020 Was Stolen. They Could Be in Charge of Elections in 2028

They Believe 2020 Was Stolen. They Could Be in Charge of Elections in 2028

A host of election-denying candidates are running for attorney general in states across the country.
David Gilbert
Waffle House Teleporter Gregg Phillips Is Still on the Trump Administration’s Payroll

Waffle House Teleporter Gregg Phillips Is Still on the Trump Administration’s Payroll

In June, a FEMA official infamous for claiming to have teleported to a Waffle House was reportedly ousted. He’s still employed by the government, though—and meeting with a Trump fixer.
David Gilbert
A MAGA County’s Top Election Official Wants to Hire Election Denial Superstar Tina Peters

A MAGA County’s Top Election Official Wants to Hire Election Denial Superstar Tina Peters

Tina Peters was convicted of seven counts related to election interference in 2024. Now, she’s fielding an offer from a county that’s become a hotbed of voting-related conspiracy theories.
David Gilbert
The Group Behind 2000 Mules Is Back With Another Election Conspiracy Film

The Group Behind 2000 Mules Is Back With Another Election Conspiracy Film

True the Vote is working with a Detroit pastor to produce a new documentary called Trapped, based on claims that have already been thrown out in court.
David Gilbert

Extremism

The Real Threat to the Midterms Is Regular Americans Thinking Violence Is the Answer

The Real Threat to the Midterms Is Regular Americans Thinking Violence Is the Answer

Robert A. Pape, a leading authority on political violence, wants Americans to understand that the threat is coming not from the fringes, but from the mainstream.
David Gilbert
A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization

A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization

Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.
David Gilbert
These Extremists Are Running for Election in November

These Extremists Are Running for Election in November

With the threat of political violence at unprecedented levels, state and federal GOP candidates are openly sharing racist, pro-militia, anti-vaccine, sexist, antisemitic, and secessionist views.
David Gilbert
Gen AI Tools Are Now Being Used to Push ‘Slop Jihad’

Gen AI Tools Are Now Being Used to Push ‘Slop Jihad’

A new generation of Islamic terror supporters are using AI to spread ‘Slop Jihad’ to new audiences on TikTok.
David Gilbert

Global Elections

Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Trying to Undermine the Election

Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Trying to Undermine the Election

So far, Department of Justice–led efforts to sow chaos, even as Americans are already voting, have fallen flat.
Tess Owen and David Gilbert
Over $600 Million in Polymarket Election Trades Took Place After Races Ended

Over $600 Million in Polymarket Election Trades Took Place After Races Ended

Contracts tied to elections in Ethiopia and Romania saw massive trading volumes after the outcomes were decided. “It’s obviously some form of volume manipulation,” one expert says.
Kate Knibbs
Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Spending Big on the Midterms. We’re Tracking It Daily

Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Spending Big on the Midterms. We’re Tracking It Daily

To follow Elon Musk’s America PAC money, WIRED created a live-updating tracker that highlights the trillionaire’s overall influence on November’s elections.
Dell Cameron and Hugo Lowell
The Supreme Court’s Mail-In Ballot Ruling Is a Step Toward Chaos in the Midterms

The Supreme Court’s Mail-In Ballot Ruling Is a Step Toward Chaos in the Midterms

The Supreme Court has removed one roadblock from the Trump administration’s attempts to impose severe restrictions on voting.
David Gilbert

Politics News

He Ran on Fighting Data Centers. Now, He’s Going to Congress

He Ran on Fighting Data Centers. Now, He’s Going to Congress

Will Lawrence beat out better-funded opponents in the race to represent Michigan’s 7th District. Now, the representative-elect is laying out his plans to fight for a federal data center moratorium.
Molly Taft
How Elon Musk and Big Tech Poured Millions Into the Midterms, and Lost

How Elon Musk and Big Tech Poured Millions Into the Midterms, and Lost

This week on Uncanny Valley, we discuss the historic blue wave that swept the midterms and delivered a rebuke to the Trump administration, Big Tech, and data centers.
Leah Feiger, Hugo Lowell, Vittoria Elliott, and David Gilbert
The Blue Tsunami Swept Doctors and Scientists Into Office

The Blue Tsunami Swept Doctors and Scientists Into Office

More than 80 percent of congressional candidates backed by the pro-science PAC 314 Action won, including Michigan senator-elect and epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed.
Kate Knibbs
Israel Is Destroying the Machinery South Lebanon Needs to Rebuild

Israel Is Destroying the Machinery South Lebanon Needs to Rebuild

Israeli strikes on construction equipment and water infrastructure in South Lebanon have blocked recovery efforts, keeping displaced families away from their homes.
Ghalia Alwani

Latest

ICE Emails Discuss Using Palantir-Supported Tool to Investigate Voter Fraud
Iced Over

ICE Emails Discuss Using Palantir-Supported Tool to Investigate Voter Fraud

David Gilbert
Inside Elon Musk’s Midterm Spending Spree
Uncanny Valley

Inside Elon Musk’s Midterm Spending Spree

Zoë Schiffer and Leah Feiger
WIRED’s Midterms Races to Watch
Midterms 2026

WIRED’s Midterms Races to Watch

David Gilbert, Vittoria Elliott, Hugo Lowell, and Leah Feiger
Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Quietly Funding November’s Most Consequential Elections
Inner Loop

Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Quietly Funding November’s Most Consequential Elections

Hugo Lowell
There Are So Many Conspiracy Theories About Dolly Parton and Vaccines
Vaccine Vaccine Vaccine

There Are So Many Conspiracy Theories About Dolly Parton and Vaccines

David Gilbert
A Judge Has Blocked the Pentagon’s Attempt to Blacklist Anthropic
Back in Business

A Judge Has Blocked the Pentagon’s Attempt to Blacklist Anthropic

Hugo Lowell
Livestream Replay: The Great Data Center Backlash
Livestream AMA

Livestream Replay: The Great Data Center Backlash

Tim Marchman, Maxwell Zeff, Molly Taft, and Hugo Lowell
Democrats Just Might Win the Senate
Inner Loop

Democrats Just Might Win the Senate

Hugo Lowell