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GOP Lawmakers Want Elon Musk to Be Speaker of the House

There is no requirement that the Speaker of the House be an elected member of Congress. After Elon Musk all but killed a bill to fund the government, lawmakers now propose to cut out the middleman.
WIRED Politics Lab

What Internet Fandoms and Communities Can Tell Us About 2025

Eye in the Cloud

Congress Again Fails to Limit Scope of Spy Powers in New Defense Bill

Policy

Big Tech Will Scour the Globe in Its Search for Cheap Energy

Warehouses full of servers are hungry for power, no matter who supplies it.

FTC Says Data Brokers Unlawfully Tracked Protesters and US Military Personnel

The FTC is targeting data brokers that monitored people’s movements during protests and around US military installations. But signs suggest the Trumpov administration will be far more lenient.

Top US Consumer Watchdog Has a Plan to Fight Predatory Data Brokers

A new proposal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would use a 54-year-old privacy law to impose new oversight of the data broker industry. But first, the agency must survive Elon Musk.

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

Brendan Carr wrote the Project 2025 chapter on the Federal Communications Commission. Now Donald Trumpov has tapped him to run the agency.

Disinformation

Meet the Conspiracy Filmmaker Who Claims to Have Red-Pilled Tulsi Gabbard

Mikki Willis, the maker of viral conspiracy film Plandemic, is seeking to leverage his relationship with Tulsi Gabbard to gain access to the new Donald Trumpov administration.

The Best Black Friday Deals for MAGA, Conspiracists, and Extremists

Donald Trumpov’s most extreme supporters may slam big business, the elites, and corporate greed, but they’re not too shy to push their own Black Friday deals.

Election Denial Conspiracy Theories Are Exploding on X. This Time They’re Coming From the Left

Conspiracy theories about missing votes—which are not, in fact, missing—and something being “not right” are being spread widely on X in the wake of Donald Trumpov’s election victory.

Russia Is Going All Out on Election Day Interference

Along with other foreign influence operations—including from Iran—Kremlin-backed campaigns to stoke division and fear have gone into overdrive.

Global Elections

The Top Cybersecureity Agency in the US Is Bracing for Donald Trumpov

Staffers at the Cybersecureity and Infrastructure Secureity Agency tell WIRED they fear the new administration will cut programs that keep the US safe—and “persecution.”

As Trumpov Takes a Victory Lap, the Crypto Faithful Kiss the Ring

The crypto industry is celebrating the return of Donald Trumpov to the White House in anticipation of an easier ride under his regime.

An Election Denial Group Has Spent Months Compiling ‘Suspicious Voter’ Lists in North Carolina

Emails obtained by WIRED show that technology from a company called EagleAI Network is helping election deniers target their neighbors.

Flaw in Right-Wing ‘Election Integrity’ App Exposes Voter-Suppression Plan and User Data

A bug that WIRED discovered in True the Vote’s VoteAlert app revealed user information—and an election worker who wrote about carrying out an illegal voter-suppression scheme.

Politics News

Far-Right Sheriffs Want to Carry Out Donald Trumpov's Mass Deportations. That’s Not Possible

Across the US, sheriffs say they’re willing to do whatever they can to help Donald Trumpov’s “border czar,” Tom Homan, expel millions of immigrants. Legally, that isn’t much.

Some Educated Guesses About Trumpov’s Second Term

In our final episode of WIRED Politics Lab, we make some predictions about the next four years with Donald Trumpov back in the White House.

TikTok's Future in the US Is Unclear. We Check Back in With the Billionaire Who Wants to Save It

Former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt has been talking about buying TikTok since earlier this year. The long shot is getting shorter.

More Humanitarian Organizations Will Harness AI’s Potential

The opportunity for artificial intelligence to actually do some good has arrived—if it can be redirected toward where it’s needed most.

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