AMERICA
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NASA chief has hilarious response to NFL player doubting moon landing
Pats quarterback joins a list of other professional athletes who have questioned the moon landing
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Why are we importing fuel when North Sea oil and gas is still there, asks writer
We still have the equivalent of trillions of barrels of oil and gas in the North Sea.
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Multiple protesters interrupt Trump as he speaks at Paxton rally in Texas – US politics live
The interruptions seemed to momentarily derail the president, who baselessly claims protesters are ‘paid’ and repeats lie about James Talarico
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Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Quietly Funding November’s Most Consequential Elections
America PAC’s approach has been unusual: for every dollar it has spent supporting GOP Senate candidates, it has spent almost three dollars attacking Democrats.
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Trump proposes Camp David-style presidential retreat at his private Florida golf club
President Donald Trump says he wants to turn part of his private West Palm Beach golf club into a retreat for future presidents and their guests, similar to Camp David near Washington
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Trump wants his West Palm Beach golf club to be a ‘presidential retreat’
A letter proposing the golf course compared it to Windsor Castle and the Élysée Palace
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In a few weird moments, Trump revealed more than he intended in the Oval Office
The president again seemed confused and low-energy, and his ad-libbed insults aimed at the Democrats were only semi-coherent. Meanwhile, the group gathered around him grinned and grinned in a way that didn’t exactly reassure, writes Holly Baxter
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Western civilisation is 'at an inflection point' Rubio says in speech overloooking Acropolis
In a speech overlooking the Acropolis, the US Secretary of State also said the US believes Europe "can awaken from its long slumber".
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NASA chief has hilarious response to NFL player doubting moon landing
Pats quarterback joins a list of other professional athletes who have questioned the moon landing
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Trump swats away question about his ‘take out’ LA and San Diego remark
President refuses to explain rally line that incensed California lawmakers
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Trump makes late Nobel Prize pitch: ‘Not bragging ... but I settled eight wars’
Trump repeats claim that he has ended more than a half dozen conflicts while his administration has so far proved itself unable to reach a lasting ceasefire with Iran
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A Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI’s Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government Workers
The National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel.
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Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say
Lawyers seek preservation of evidence after prisoner received two doses of pentobarbital on 30 September
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Now Trump wants to build a new Camp David - at one of his private golf clubs
A letter proposing the golf course compared it to Windsor Castle and the Élysée Palace
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Newsom calls Trump ‘mentally ill’ in 25th Amendment plea after ‘take out’ LA crack
Trump faced backlash after calling a hypothetical attack by Iran on San Diego or Los Angeles a ‘very small price to pay’
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I'm a smartwatch tester — here are the only 3 Garmins I'm looking for in the Amazon Prime Day sales
This year's deals are a bit less broad, but I've still found some great buys including a lowest-price ever on a watch I rated five stars.
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Naked statue of Trump named ‘Orange Plague’ unveiled at European Parliament
The creator of the sculpture said it was a ‘satirical outcry’ against Trump’s volatile climate and foreign policies
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Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Spending Big on the Midterms. We’re Tracking It Daily
To follow Elon Musk’s America PAC money, WIRED created a live-updating tracker that highlights the trillionaire’s overall influence on November’s elections.
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Israel marks third anniversary of 7 October Hamas attacks
Site of the Nova music festival near Re’im one of the locations where grieving relatives have gathered
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The Republican candidates walking a Trump tightrope
Some running in November's elections are deciding whether to distance themselves from an unpopular president who still dominates his party.
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Trump reveals the make of his suit – and it isn’t what people were expecting
The president has worn Brioni suits since the days of his reality show, ‘The Apprentice’
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Ukraine war live: Zelensky warns Putin preparing to launch ‘massive strike’ on Kyiv
Multiple explosions in Kyiv as Russian Tu-95 bombers approach border
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Amazon is set to spend $1 billion in towns where its data centers operate
Amazon says banning AI data centers could cost America its lead, then dangles $1 billion at the towns hosting them
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Amazon warns that 100 proposed data center bans will see the US lose the AI race — as Sam Altman says we should accept ‘some bad things happening’ for AI progress
AWS says stopping AI data centers could have consequences that “last generations”
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LA and San Diego residents ‘horrified’ by Trump suggesting Iran bomb them
As Angelenos bemoan ‘sad situation’, those in San Diego say remark a ‘disservice’ to town with multiple naval bases
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How to watch Abbott Elementary season 6 online from anywhere – stream the hit sitcom now
Quinta Brunson and co. return for more misadventures in the award-winning comedy
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Lawyers for ex-Olympian cleared in Reflecting Pool case call for government watchdog investigations
Lawyers for a former Olympian whom the Justice Department charged with intentionally damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, only to abruptly drop the case after determining that he was not responsible, are urging two different government watchdogs to examine what they say was a flawed investigation and prosecution
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Karl Bushby: Yorkshire adventurer back in UK after 28-year journey
Yorkshire adventurer Karl Bushby has returned to the UK after swimming the English Channel – 28 years after setting out on his extraordinary journey around the world.
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Trump won’t reimburse taxpayers for money already spent on campaign ads
Trump’s offer to pay for the ads with PAC money instead ‘was not referring to reimbursement,’ White House says
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Bari Weiss ‘doesn’t listen to anyone,’ insider reveals as CBS ratings plummet
CBS News has been struggling to bring in viewers for its flagship programs
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Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say
The prisoner received two doses of pentobarbital as authorities tried to put her to death on 30 September
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White House blasts media coverage of Trump’s remark about Iran destroying US cities
‘The media freakout over President Trump’s comments is not rooted in reality,’ White House Communications Director Steven Cheung wrote on social media
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Reel outrage: how Bradford X-rated films row split the city in 1979
FILM censorship is a tricky subject. One person's horror classic is another's violent garbage - but who decides what the public can see?
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Nidal Hasan: Trump orders military base mass shooter to be executed by firing squad
Former army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan faces death penalty for shooting dead 12 active-duty soldiers and a retired serviceman in 2009
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Estonia moves troops to Russian border as fears grow of Putin attack on Nato: report
Military and intelligence officials believe that Moscow is preparing to test the international alliance
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Paramount and Warner Bros. to become one Hollywood giant: Skydance. Here's how we got here
Skydance-owned Paramount is expected to close its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros
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Zambia says it will sign $3.6 billion US health deal after stripping patient data clauses
Zambia plans to sign a revised health agreement with the United States that excludes controversial clauses about sharing patient data and specimens
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British national arrested in connection with RAF Fairford incident
It is the seventh arrest in connection to the incident near RAF Fairford last month.
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US, Israeli and European far-right figures to gather for conference in Israel
Trump’s counter-terrorism ‘czar’, Sebastian Gorka, was scheduled to speak at conference but White House says he will no longer attend
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Whistleblower claims Trump ordered FBI to investigate LA anti-ICE protesters – US politics live
‘These allegations are deeply alarming,’ said Senator Alex Padilla, a California Democrat who received a copy of the complaint
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White House defends Trump comment to let Iran 'take out' LA and San Diego
Gavin Newsom called the remarks "deranged", but the White House said Trump was warning of the risk of a nuclear Iran.
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Even Laura Ingraham wants to know where Dr Oz shops for cheap butter
Trump official challenged on claim staple can be bought for $1: ‘Where are you shopping?‘
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Kashmiri filmmaker detained by ICE on way to ‘art as resistance’ panel discussion
Arfat Sheikh, 42, director of Saffron Kingdom, was due to appear before an immigration judge on Tuesday
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Trump’s suggestion to ‘take out’ LA or San Diego draws Republican rebuke
Congressional candidate Jim Desmond says he ‘served to protect Americans, not write off American cities’
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The Internet Runs on Cats and Porn. It’s About to Get Cattier and Pornier
Soon, hundreds of new top-level domains, including .meow and .fart, could be added to the internet. WIRED goes inside the backroom shenanigans of ICANN, the organization at the helm.
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Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’
John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists
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Russian ‘lab leak’ aside, it’s Trump’s sketchy approach to it all that’s worrying
After Trump withdrew from the WHO and slashed funding for medical research, American scientists told me they feared China would take over as the world leader in science. Situations like this underscore how risky that move was, writes Holly Baxter
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Badenoch's £10bn air defence plan points to growing concern over protecting UK's skies
The government and the Conservatives both agree the UK needs better air defences in an increasingly dangerous world.
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America's first approved BWRX-300 could open a new nuclear race
The BWRX-300 just cleared a major US hurdle as Britain considers deploying 14 reactors of its own
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The Russian ‘lab leak’ and America’s great weakness
After Trump withdrew from the WHO and slashed funding for medical research, American scientists told me they feared China would take over as the world leader in science. Situations like this underscore how risky that move was, writes Holly Baxter
