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The Big Interview
Former USIP Lawyer on DOGE: ‘Brass Knuckles on an Authoritarian Fist’
Angela Watercutter

The Big Interview
David Hogg to Democratic Establishment: Get the Message or Get Voted Out
Marah Eakin


The Big Interview
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie: Past Leaders Took the City ‘for Granted’
Marah Eakin

Busted
FBI Says DC Pipe Bomb Suspect Brian Cole Kept Buying Bomb Parts After January 6
Dell Cameron and David Gilbert

Fishy Business
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Is Detaining People for ICE
Caroline Haskins

Inner Loop
The Trump Administration Wants Immigrants to Self-Deport. It’s a Shit Show
Vittoria Elliott




Return to Sender
Pranksters Re-Created a Working Version of Jeffrey Epstein’s Gmail Inbox
Boone Ashworth

Probing Questions
Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges
Ali Winston




Uncanny Valley
WIRED Roundup: Fandom in Politics, Zuckerberg’s Illegal School, and Nepal’s Discord Revolution
Zoë Schiffer and Leah Feiger


Epstein Docs
Jeffrey Epstein Claimed Intimate Knowledge of Donald Trump’s Views in Texts With Bill Gates Adviser
Tim Marchman and Leah Feiger





Shutdown
Social Security Employees Grill Management During Tense Shutdown Meeting
Zoë Schiffer and Leah Feiger




Empire State of Mind
‘New York City Has Fallen’: MAGA Responds to Zohran Mamdani’s Victory With a Racist Freak-Out
David Gilbert


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

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

Mace On A Plane
Nancy Mace Curses, Berates Confused Cops in Airport Meltdown: Police Report
Jake Lahut

Influence Operation
Republicans Claimed Biden Censored YouTube. 20 Employees Seem to Say Otherwise
Makena Kelly



Shutdown
Federal Workers Are Barely Making It Through the Government Shutdown
Vittoria Elliott and Makena Kelly


Trending Topics
CBP Searched a Record Number of Phones at the US Border Over the Past Year
Matt Burgess and Dell Cameron

Head count
The Republican Plan to Reform the Census Could Put Everyone’s Privacy at Risk
Vittoria Elliott

Show of Force
This Is the Nuclear-Powered Ship Deployed in Trump’s War on Drug Boats
Fernanda González

House Oversight
Hundreds of People With ‘Top Secret’ Clearance Exposed by House Democrats’ Website
Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

Protests
The ‘Surge’ of Troops May Not Come to San Francisco, but the City Is Ready Anyway
Boone Ashworth







Poof, Gone!
The FTC Is Disappearing Blog Posts About AI Published During Lina Khan’s Tenure
Lauren Goode and Makena Kelly










Frozen Out
Apple Took Down These ICE-Tracking Apps. The Developers Aren't Giving Up
Reece Rogers and Lily Hay Newman




health care
Chaos, Confusion, and Conspiracies: Inside a Facebook Group for RFK Jr.’s Autism ‘Cure’
David Gilbert


Shutdown
Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown
Leah Feiger and Vittoria Elliott





Revolution, Televised
How a Travel YouTuber Captured Nepal’s Revolution for the World
Nicholas Slayton


Invite Only
Tech Billionaires Already Captured the White House. They Still Want to Be Kings
Vittoria Elliott



Oral History
The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers
Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, Vittoria Elliott, Makena Kelly, Kate Knibbs, David Gilbert, Molly Taft, Aarian Marshall, Paresh Dave, and Jake Lahut

Takeover
Armed Guards and Muscle Milk: Senate Investigation Reveals DOGE Takeover Details
Makena Kelly and Vittoria Elliott


Power List
The 22 Very Online Upstarts Changing the Face of Politics
Makena Kelly, Jake Lahut, and Elisa Muyl


Kat’s Out of the Bag
She Fought the Far Right Online for Years. Now She Wants to Do It in Congress
Kate Knibbs








Political Violence
Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect Charged as Prosecutor Seeks Death Penalty
Dell Cameron



Game On
Bullets Found After the Charlie Kirk Shooting Carried Messages. Here’s What They Mean
Makena Kelly and Megan Farokhmanesh

Extremism
Extremist Groups Hated Charlie Kirk. They’re Using His Death to Radicalize Others
David Gilbert



Extremism
Right-Wing Activists Are Targeting People for Allegedly Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Death
David Gilbert

Extremism
‘War Is Here’: The Far-Right Responds to Charlie Kirk Shooting With Calls for Violence
David Gilbert




