Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk is expected to spend up to $200 million in the midterms. It could be a big boost for GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who’s struggled to raise cash.

Open models may soon be added to an updated AI framework, sources tell WIRED, as the White House continues to grapple with how to regulate a technology it has tried not to regulate.

WIRED spoke with an engineer who was interviewed by Edward “Big Balls” Coristine for a government engineering role at the NDS, the White House agency staffed by other DOGE veterans.

Despite weeks of renewed press coverage and controversy around ICE, Donald Trump’s supporters appear to be standing by the agency no matter what.

There’s a debate going on in the Trump administration over how to handle increasingly powerful Chinese AI models.

The Trump administration has not disclosed its cost estimates for the Iran war.

Political operatives in Trumpworld hope that US Senate candidate Graham Platner stays in the race as long as possible.

The government has removed restrictions on Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models—but there were strings attached.

At high-stakes meetings with the White House, Anthropic’s cofounder—a “weirdo,” per one official—has been replaced by cofounder Tom Brown.

Trump administration officials tell WIRED that if Anthropic wants to rerelease Fable 5, it will need to ensure the model’s guardrails can’t be circumvented. Security experts say that can’t be done.