This Is the Next Wave of Political Fundraising

In Discord servers and Instagram DMs, content creators are organizing, turning followings in the millions into millions of dollars in political giving.

How Federal Agencies Got Caught Up in Trump’s Anti-Immigration Crusade

WIRED spoke with workers across seven government agencies—from the IRS to HUD—about how their work has been contorted to support ICE and other immigration efforts.

MAGA Is Raging Over the Epstein Files. But They’re Not Mad at Donald Trump

Trump supporters are angry at the lack of arrests after the latest Epstein file dump but have targeted their ire at Kash Patel, Pam Bondi, and Steve Bannon rather than the president.

Burnt Hair and Soft Power: A Night Out With Evie Magazine

Evie is a longtime favorite of far-right. At its very first live event, the strength of the publication’s politics was in the pretense that it doesn’t have any.

The ICE Expansion Won’t Happen in the Dark

People have a right to know who their neighbors are, especially when it’s ICE.

Inside the ICE Forum Where Agents Complain About Their Jobs

“I’m all for removing illegals, but snatching dudes off lawn mowers in Cali and leaving the truck and equipment just sitting there? Definitely not working smarter,” writes one forum user.

Election Denier Tina Peters Was ‘Pardoned’ by Trump. She’s Still in Prison

Former election clerk Tina Peters is a hero to conspiracy theorists, and even received an empty “pardon” from the president. Colorado’s governor has held firm against commuting her sentence—so far.

MAGA’s ‘Manifest Destiny’ Coalition Has Arrived

Warring factions of right-wing influencers and MAGA pundits can finally agree on something: American imperialism.

Trump Doesn’t Need the Proud Boys Anymore

In a world where ICE agents are shooting US citizens on the street, the need for militias and extremist groups like the Proud Boys to support far-right interests has evaporated.

Venezuela Is the First Big Test for the Pentagon’s Influencer Press Corps—and It’s Failing

Mainstream reporters are out at the Pentagon, and right-wing influencers are in. The results are predictable, and oddly reminiscent of Iraq War-era warblogging.