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Teens Say Trump’s Former Personal Aide and Project 2025 Higher-Up Made Them Uncomfortable in Chats

Two women tell WIRED that when they were 18-year-old college freshmen, John McEntee, a former Trump administration official and cofounder of a Peter Thiel–backed dating app, behaved in ways they considered inappropriate in online conversations.

Vittoria Elliott

I Spy

Russia-Backed Media Outlets Are Under Fire in the US—but Still Trusted Worldwide

Vittoria Elliott

class action

A Mysterious School for the Network State Crowd Is Now in Session

Caroline Haskins

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WIRED Politics Lab

Laura Loomer: The ‘Free Spirit’ Whispering in Trump’s Ear

Leah Feiger

WIRED Politics Lab

Barron Trump Is Finally Taking the Stage

Makena Kelly

election 2024

Anti-Immigrant Election Deniers Have Turned Their Online Following Into an Army of Activists

David Gilbert

Stage Right

Laura Loomer Is MAGA at Its Most Extreme—and She’s Closer to Donald Trump Than Ever

David Gilbert

The Big Interview

Josh Johnson Has Become the Funniest Guy on the Internet. That Is Not a Joke

Jason Parham

Damage Done

Elon Musk Is a National Security Risk

Andrew Couts

bet on it

Yes, You Can Now Bet on Elections in the US

Joel Khalili

The Big Interview

After Shark Tank, Mark Cuban Just Wants to Break Shit—Especially the Prescription Drug Industry

Lauren Goode

WIRED Politics Lab

No Dogs or Cats Were Harmed In the Making of This Post-Debate Podcast

Leah Feiger

Browser History

He Worked for a Law Firm Consulting on an Anti-Trans Supreme Court Case. Then We Asked About These Racist Posts

David Gilbert

Veep Fakes

Why AI Is So Bad at Generating Images of Kamala Harris

Will Knight

election 2024

What to Expect in the Trump-Harris Presidential Debate and How to Watch It

David Gilbert

Influencer Operations

What Right-Wing Influencers Actually Said in Those Tenet Media Videos

Tim Marchman and Dhruv Mehrotra

X Is Working With a GOP Consulting Firm

Vittoria Elliott

WIRED Politics Lab

Could AI and Deepfakes Sway the US Election?

Leah Feiger

seeing red

DOJ: Russia Aimed Propaganda at Gamers, Minorities to Swing 2024 Election

David Gilbert

WIRED Politics Lab

At Last, Election Deniers Have an App of Their Own

David Gilbert

Digital Trail

We Hunted Hidden Police Signals at the DNC

Dhruv Mehrotra

deepfake law

The US Needs Deepfake Porn Laws. These States Are Leading the Way

Vittoria Elliott

Radio Free America

Right-Wing Influencer Network Tenet Media Allegedly Spread Russian Disinformation

Andrew Couts and Tim Marchman