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A report from the US Department of Homeland Security claims that self-identified militia members have posted the names and photos of US government officials in reaction to their work on the US-Mexico border.

photo of Judges and Border Police Targeted by Anti-Government Extremists, Doxed as ‘Traitors’ image A report from the US Department of Homeland Security claims that self-identified militia members have posted the names and photos of US government officials in reaction to their work on the US-Mexico border.

photo of US Intel Says Insider Threats Are'Likely' During the Election image A government memo viewed by WIRED states that insider threats “could derail or jeopardize a fair and transparent election process.”

Ahead of the election, anti-government militias are using Facebook to recruit, coordinate training, and promote ballot box stakeouts. Meta isn't shutting their groups down and is even auto-generating pages.

photo of Steve Bannon Is Out of Prison and Spreading Lies Online image Within hours of being freed from a low-security prison where he’d been serving time on contempt charges, the MAGA architect was rallying his troops on a Rumble stream.

On’s robot created its new Cloudboom Strike LS performance shoes on-site in three minutes.

With bombs, brawls, and stolen mail-in ballots already in play, the 2024 election is shaping up to be exceptionally chaotic. WIRED is tracking these incidents as they unfold.

In an exciting new development, some of the world’s biggest stars when it comes to innovation, courage, and inventiveness will be honored at a special event in November where they will showcase their creations in an interactive way with a global audience.

After months of campaigning, scandal, propaganda, and downright weirdness, it all comes down to this.

“I'm training people to survive a civil war, to get out of the way, to stay home, stay off the grid," says Oath Keeper Jim Arroyo, in an interview two days before the US presidential election.