ICE Is Inspiring Latinos to Vote in Historic Numbers

Massive Groups of Volunteers Are Ready to Face Down ICE at the Polls

From heat maps to Signal chats to war rooms, volunteers across the US are ready to act if federal immigration agents show up on Election Day.

How a Contractor’s Claude Agent Got Into the Pentagon

This week on Uncanny Valley, we also discuss Anthropic’s IPO filing and the volunteers gearing up to counter ICE at the midterms.

Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Trying to Undermine the Election

So far, Department of Justice–led efforts to sow chaos, even as Americans are already voting, have fallen flat.

What Democrats Can Learn From New York’s Data Center Moratorium

With a number of anti-data-center candidates poised to win on Tuesday, New York provides a glimpse at the tensions around actually having to do something about the digital infrastructure.

Election Offices in at Least 32 States Have Received Suspicious Letters

WIRED contacted officials in all 50 states and Washington, DC, to uncover the extent of a harassment campaign ahead of the midterms.

WIRED’s Midterms Races to Watch

From data centers to Elon Musk funding to the AI lobby, the 2026 midterms are the most WIRED elections yet. These are the candidates we're following closely.

Maricopa County, Arizona, Is Again Ground Zero of Election Conspiracy Theories

In 2020, Maricopa County became the epicenter for Trump’s claims the election was stolen. Six years, later the president and his allies are dusting off their “rigged” playbook ahead of the midterms.

My Journey to the Center of America’s Political Spam Text Hell

I’ve gotten nearly 2,000 campaign fundraising texts that were meant for someone else. I tried to find out why—and uncovered a labyrinth of politicians, data brokers, and shady tactics.

Anti-Oligarchy Activists Plan to Dox Elon Musk and Hundreds of Billionaire-Linked Homes

The Capytistas, a secretive group claiming more than $1.2 million in backing, started with Elon Musk and Tesla’s board. Members argue that those who buy political power deserve the scrutiny they’ll impose.

They Believe 2020 Was Stolen. They Could Be in Charge of Elections in 2028

A host of election-denying candidates are running for attorney general in states across the country.

ICE Emails Discuss Using Palantir-Supported Tool to Investigate Voter Fraud

Documents obtained by Democracy Forward show that ICE looked into feeding voter roll data into the ELITE tool, normally used to identify targets for deportation.