Politics

While he doesn’t refer to it by name, Carlson is clearly promoting Project 2025 in a paid ad read—despite the unpopular policy plan supposedly having been wound down after Donald Trump distanced himself from it.

The Heritage Foundation’s plan for a potential Trump second term has little time for schemes to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

Legislation addressing the crisis of deepfake porn is being proposed, passing, and failing at the state level all over the US. WIRED is keeping track of it all.

Gutted of civil rights protections by Democrats to woo pro-business Republicans, the American Privacy Rights Act was pulled from a key congressional hearing—and appears unlikely to receive a full vote.

Former KKK members, the founder of the antisemitic Goyim Defense League, and a QAnon promoter are all advising Irish far-right communities, which are increasingly looking to the US for inspiration.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has lifted its ban on X after the company paid a $5.1 million fine and blocked accounts accused of breaking the law.

Parents of newborns are reporting symptoms including diarrhea, twitching, and “complete toddler meltdowns” after giving them Pure Body Extra detox treatment.

The machine hasn't been in use for a decade—and the hacker who exposed a flaw in it says he has confidence this year's election will be run properly.

From Trump campaign signs to Planned Parenthood bumper stickers, license plate readers around the US are creating searchable databases that reveal Americans’ political leanings and more.

He’s deep in the defense-startup world as a Founders Fund partner and Anduril cofounder. His bunker, though, isn’t fully prepped for the end times.

"I figured he was either dead or in prison by now," says the charging officer in Ryan Routh's 2002 arrest, who spoke with WIRED on Sunday.

Donald Trump is already promoting outlandish conspiracies ahead of Tuesday’s presidential debate with Kamala Harris.

“He’s very intelligent, very innovative. He understands what’s happening to the United States. And he truly cares about the future of our country,” one Trump supporter said of Musk at a Pennsylvania rally.

This is the latest chapter of the Kamala Harris campaign’s effort to reach young male voters.

The WIRED politics team unpacks the first and only vice presidential debate of the 2024 election.

Vice presidential nominees JD Vance and Tim Walz are debating tonight. Let’s follow along together!