Drew Harwell

Once a prominent pro-Trump provocateur, Ashley St. Clair now claims to expose how top MAGA creators coordinate messaging and turn political outrage into profit.

By Few MAGA influencers were as committed to the digital cause as Ashley St. Clair.

Ben Palmer, a stand-up comic in Nashville, has built a following online with his signature style of elaborate deadpan pranks, stumbling his way onto court TV shows and pyramid-scheme calls to poke fun

Once ascendant in right-wing media, the “anti-woke” company now faces contentious layoffs, ideological battles and dwindling relevance online.

Drew Harwell The conservative media company Daily Wire was once a star of the MAGA digital universe, dominating social media feeds and

The conservative media company Daily Wire was once a star of the MAGA digital universe, dominating social media feeds and podcast apps with a blend of “ anti-woke ” commentary, viral Facebook posts and culture-war stunts.

Tom Steyer’s California gubernatorial campaign has paid thousands of dollars to influencers, some of whom did not disclose the payouts. State election regulators are investigating.

Authorities say two teens behind the deadly shooting were inspired by extremist online content, including the 2019 massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand.

The videos so frequently cite one another that they’ve raised fears from extremism experts that they could motivate copycats.

The video begins like many others that erupt into mass violence: a young man in a car, holding a gun.