Politics

Elon Musk is many things: billionaire, natalist, aspiring gamer. He runs gigantic companies and dreams of colonizing Mars. But above all, Elon Musk is a poster. And as his storied relationship with President Donald Trump dissolves in real time, by god, he is posting through it. The resulting timeline—a chaotic, …

Elon Musk may have finally reached the end of his rope with President Donald Trump—and vice versa. While the world’s richest man wars with the US president on X, Republican strategists and insiders in Trumpworld tell WIRED that Musk’s broader future in Republican politics is on shaky ground. Over the …

Although Elon Musk has said that he is largely exiting his role at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), at least three of his early operatives and key lieutenants throughout his government takeover have recently become full-time government employees. Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, and Ethan Shaotran’s employment designations at …

Loomer has emerged as one of the most important voices in Trump’s ear, meeting him at his Mar-a-Lago club and speaking to him on the phone with some degree of frequency, after years spent on the fringes of the far-right conspiracy internet. Loomer rose to prominence by openly embracing anti-Muslim …

Elon Musk will not be fully exiting the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—and its activities are only intensifying. On Friday, President Donald Trump threw cold water on the idea that Musk would fully disappear from DOGE and the White House forever. “Elon’s really not leaving,” Trump said in a …

For weeks, White House officials and Republican operatives weren’t quite sure when, or if, Elon Musk would actually be leaving the government. Now, many Republicans are already looking to distance themselves from Musk’s team entirely. “Everybody is in a bit of a fucking pinch,” a Republican with knowledge of the …

With Elon Musk and other leaders of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) purportedly on their way out, WIRED spoke with a fired DOGE staffer about his experience, how the group communicates, who appears to be in charge—and what might be coming next. Earlier this week, Sahil Lavingia published …

As part of a sweeping reorganization of the State Department, the Trump administration is creating an Office of Remigration. Remigration is an immigration policy embraced by extremists that calls for the removal of all migrants—including “non-assimilated” citizens—with the goal of creating white ethnostates in Western countries. The details of the …

One of Elon Musk’s top allies at the General Services Administration (GSA), Nicole Hollander, appears to be scaling back her work for the agency, according to sources and documents obtained by WIRED. Since January, Hollander, who is affiliated with Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has been working on …

What to make of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency at this stage of the Trump administration? Elon Musk has purportedly stepped away from his government duties. Courts are trying to strike down some of DOGE’s most egregious efforts. It may seem as though the worst excesses of DOGE have …