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Pay to Play

People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago

Business leaders are paying as much as $5 million to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1 million apiece to dine with him in a group setting.

Leah Feiger, Louise Matsakis, and Jake Lahut

Down Ballot

Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work

Eric Geller

New Packaging

DOGE Will Allow Elon Musk to Surveil the US Government From the Inside

Vittoria Elliott

Latest

Extremism

The Global Far Right Is Celebrating Trump’s New World Order

David Gilbert

Extremism

A Capitol Rioter’s Son Is Terrified About His Father’s Release

David Gilbert

First Day

Proud Boys Leaders to Walk Free After Trump Releases All January 6 Rioters

Tess Owen

Money Money Money

The Donald Trump 2.0 Grift Is Already On

David Gilbert

Inauguration Weekend

MAGA Influencers Take Their Victory Lap, With Big Tech Picking Up the Tab

Makena Kelly

Bad Signal

Secret Phone Surveillance Tech Was Likely Deployed at 2024 DNC

Dhruv Mehrotra

Year in Review

This Was the Year of the Influencer Political Takeover

Makena Kelly

Year in Review

The Year of the AI Election Wasn’t Quite What Everyone Expected

Vittoria Elliott

Cold Cuts

The Top Cybersecurity Agency in the US Is Bracing for Donald Trump

Eric Geller

WIRED Politics Lab

The Future of TikTok Is Being Decided This Week

Makena Kelly

Imitation Game

Ireland Rejected the Far Right. The Election Conspiracy Theories Have Already Begun

David Gilbert

Bargain Bin

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

David Gilbert

gotcha

The US Is Calling Out Foreign Influence Campaigns Faster Than Ever

Lily Hay Newman

WIRED Politics Lab

News Influencers Have Eclipsed Traditional Media

Makena Kelly

Hack Back

More Spyware, Fewer Rules: What Trump’s Return Means for US Cybersecurity

Eric Geller

The Monitor

Forget Screen Time. We Need to Talk About Screen Real Estate

Angela Watercutter

Photo Essay

Dispatch From Maricopa County: Election Deniers, Voting Counts, and More

Ali Cherkis

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

David Gilbert

I Guess

Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour On Prediction Markets’ Big Night: ‘We Even Overtook Pornhub’

Kate Knibbs

Crypto President

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

Joel Khalili