A judge sided with Trump. Behind the scenes, he was lobbying for a nomination. Ed Artau was already meeting with Senate staff about securing a nomination to the federal bench when he sided with Trump in a case, according to a new Senate disclosure obtained by POLITICO.

www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

A Florida state judge was lobbying for a seat on the federal bench. After he sided with the president in a defamation case, Donald Trump gave him one.

9 Urgent Questions About Trump Mobile and the Gold T1 Smartphone We don’t know much about the new Trump Mobile phone or the company’s data plan, but we sure do have a lot of questions.

www.wired.com/story/9-urge...

Can you get a refund?

Actually we know the answer to this one, again compliments of the Trump Mobile terms of use: No, you absolutely cannot.

Trump reports tens of millions in income from crypto ventures U.S. President Donald Trump filed his first public financial disclosure report of his term on Friday, providing what he said was the latest information about his holdings, including income from his family's foray into cryptocurrencies.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

"Trump, who returned to office in January, reported $57.35 million from token sales at crypto firm World Liberty Financial. He also reported holding 15.75 billion governance tokens in the venture."

US Northern Command, which oversees military support to nonmilitary authorities in the contiguous 48 states, said Friday that Marines would not conduct “arrests” but are authorized to "temporarily hold" people in "specific circumstances" until police arrive to make a formal arrest. The clarification follows the emergence of a video showing Marines in LA detaining a civilian with plastic handcuffs before awaiting police—the first known instance of such an action during the current deployment.

WIRED readers can have a little update, as a treat

Hat tip to Bruce Schneier (www.schneier.com)

"Researchers have discovered a new way to covertly track Android users. Both Meta and Yandex were using it, but
have suddenly stopped now that they have been caught."

localmess.github.io

AI Chatbots Are Making LA Protest Disinformation Worse Amid fast-moving events in Los Angeles, users are turning to chatbots like Grok and ChatGPT to find out what's real and what's not—and getting inaccurate information.

NEW: AI Chatbots Are Making LA Protest Disinformation Worse

Users are turning to chatbots like Grok and ChatGPT to find out what's real and what's not at the LA protests—and getting inaccurate information.

read @davidgilbert.bsky.social:

Airlines Don’t Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS A contract obtained by 404 Media shows that an airline-owned data broker forbids the feds from revealing it sold them detailed passenger data.

NEW: A data broker owned by the country’s major airlines, including Delta, American Airlines, and United, collected US travelers’ domestic flight records, sold access to them to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). www.wired.com/story/airlin...

The Trump Administration Wants to Create an ‘Office of Remigration’ to Kick Immigrants Out of the Country "Remigration"—a far-right European plan to expel minorities and immigrants from Western nations—may soon have a dedicated office following a Trump administration reorganization of the State Department...

www.wired.com/story/trump-...

"Trump Uses Birthright Citizenship as a Trojan Horse to Usurp the Power of Federal Courts"

I fixed your headline for you.

How Tariffs Are Crushing Small Businesses: ‘Nobody in Power Seems to Care’ Owners are laying off staff and withdrawing personal savings, trying to hold on and hoping for a trade deal with China.

Small-business owners facing steep China tariffs are laying off staff and withdrawing personal savings, trying to hold on and hoping for a trade deal

Trump’s Policies Are Creating Uncertainty for Fossil Fuel Companies The Trump administration aims to make fossil fuels cheap—so cheap they wouldn’t be worth extracting. “‘Drill, baby, drill’ is nothing short of a myth,” one oil executive has said.

The Trump administration aims to make fossil fuels cheap—so cheap they wouldn’t be worth extracting. “‘Drill, baby, drill’ is nothing short of a myth,” one oil executive has said. www.wired.com/story/trumps...

DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets Two members of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency were given accounts on classified networks that hold highly guarded details about America's nuclear weapons, two sources tell NPR.

www.npr.org/2025/04/28/n...

This article is a snooze. It has a lot of good information, but is boring to read and fails to make any point.

Also, here's a better title, "DOGE Incompetent or Dishonest, Claims of Fraud Misinterpreted Known Data"

DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show The documents reveal a DOGE affiliate is attempting to transfer the headquarters of an independent think tank, the United States Institute of Peace, to the government at no cost.

"... and to seek an exception from the 100 percent reimbursement requirement for the building.”

www.wired.com/story/doge-t...

Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public A WIRED review shows national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.

SCOOP: A WIRED review of public data shows that national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.

SignalGate Isn’t About Signal The Trump cabinet’s shocking leak of its plans to bomb Yemen raises myriad confidentiality and legal issues. The security of the encrypted messaging app Signal is not one of them.

www.wired.com/story/signal...

But they won't, instead they'll just express their deep concern and move on

Again, we’re excited to be the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage. We hope other publications follow suit in this critical moment.

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Access to journalism based on public records is more important than ever at this moment, with government websites and records disappearing, DOGE doing its best to operate outside the public’s view, and the National Archive in disarray.

Access to public documents is more important than ever. We commend Wired for dropping its paywall for FOIA-based reporting and hope other news outlets will follow its lead.

We commend @wired.com for dropping its paywall for FOIA-based reporting and hope other news outlets will follow its lead.

freedom.press/issues/wired...

I'm glad he used such strong language as "not an appropriate response" and called on historical precedent. These tough measures will certainly earn the president's respect.

These Are the 10 DOGE Operatives Inside the Social Security Administration The team working at the Social Security Administration appears to be among the largest DOGE units deployed to any government agency.

SCOOP: These are the 10 DOGE operatives inside the Social Security Administration. The team appears to be among the largest DOGE units deployed to any government agency. This includes a number of young engineers whose presence has not been reported. Read the full story:

Democrats Demand Answers on DOGE’s Use of AI Members of the House Oversight Committee sent dozens of requests to federal agencies on Wednesday about their use of AI software—and how Elon Musk could benefit.

NEW: Oversight Dems are demanding Trump agency chiefs reveal where DOGE is implementing AI and for what purposes -- as is legally required -- and also demonstrate that Musk is not abusing his access to sensitive government data to enrich his own companies' AI tools.

DOGE Is the Deep State A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar!

no like he spent the entire time yapping about “fREe sPeEch” only to create a deep state where no one understands anything

Pentagon Cuts Threaten Programs That Secure Loose Nukes and Weapons of Mass Destruction Documents obtained by WIRED show the US Department of Defense is considering cutting up to 75 percent of workers who stop the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.

Documents obtained by WIRED show the US Department of Defense is considering cutting up to 75 percent of workers who stop the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.

"Trump Cites Wrong Trade Deficit Figures for Canada Canada, Mexico, China and the EU"

@cnn.com I fixed it for you. The original headline is garbage.

US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself The initiative helped pressure the Chinese government to clean up the air in Beijing and was later expanded to dozens of cities around the world. Now, it’s been abruptly halted.

www.wired.com/story/air-mo...

One thing that our politicians understand very well and where that the voting public lacks self awareness is that many or even most voters in the United States do not care what politicians do. Voters care what politicians say. Full stop.

I hope they have the guts to go on record as concerned, maybe even deeply concerned.