Vittoria Elliott

In response to a public records request, HUD has withheld documents about DOGE’s use of AI—in part by citing a privilege that doesn’t exist.

A government report claims DOGE didn’t access sensitive systems. It also says the agency deleted records that would show if they had.

New York City’s Summer of Ludd festival is teaching people how to live offline.

New York City’s Summer of Ludd festival is teaching people how to live offline amid the suffocating presence of Big Tech.

Edward Nalwamba is a 78-year-old retired pastor whose health has rapidly declined while in detention, his attorney says.

“It’s shooting pure unadulterated propaganda into our veins,” says one worker.

“I deleted it as a test and it came immediately back,” says one government employee.

The federal government is planning to let a rule regulating federal data center operations sunset in September with no replacement.

Activists raised a 40-foot-tall inflatable Elon Musk in Manhattan to draw attention to the risk he allegedly poses to investors.

Former DOGE members and Elon Musk allies are backing a startup aimed at using AI to apply "learnings" from DOGE to the private sector.

A federal IT staffer filed a complaint about DOGE, then went public. Shortly after Elon Musk boosted a post calling his claims false, his brake lines were cut. Now he’s suing for defamation.

The email instructs workers to report behavior that predates Donald Trump’s second inauguration. One employee tells WIRED it felt like a “reminder to narc on your coworkers.”

Kenneth Wolfe organized the Department of Labor’s controversial prayer services before he was quietly appointed to lead a major agency office.

France is already moving on from Zoom and Microsoft Teams in favor of homegrown alternatives. Other countries are quickly following suit.

María de Jesús Estrada Juárez was applying for her green card and thought she was doing everything right. Instead, she was arrested and deported to Mexico.

In an email viewed by WIRED, Shaotran describes Blitz Industries as “a defense company backed by big names.”

Access Now, the group that organizes RightsCon, says Zambian officials asked it to exclude Taiwanese participants if it wanted the event to proceed as planned.

Greg Hogan will oversee Login.gov as the government seeks to integrate driver’s license and passport information into the service, making what one insider calls “a national ID.”

A series of new hires and investigations at the FTC appear to focus on penalizing gender-affirming care for minors—and those who speak in favor of it.

Political appointees wanted a quiet drawdown, the whistleblower says. DOGE wanted an execution.