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.

The National Defense Authorization Act passed today, but lawmakers stripped language that would keep the Trump administration from wielding unprecedented authority to surveil Americans.

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

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

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

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

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

Our security and business editors join us to discuss how you can protect your personal information from data brokers, tech companies, scammers, and the government.

Kash Patel, who has pushed conspiracy theories and helped produce a single featuring the J6 Prison Choir, has proposed investigating the investigators of the failed insurrection.

Donald Trump’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.

Beyond the deepfakes and disinformation, the potential for AI to make politics more accessible and equitable cannot be ignored.

There has been a mass migration from X to BlueSky. What does it mean for our already-fragmented social media ecosystem?