The Next Attorney General Will Probably Be an Election Denier

Pam Bondi’s DOJ left election deniers frothing for more. Potential candidates for the attorney general job could give them what they want.

Trump’s FY27 budget would cut $700M from CISA and kill election security
Trump’s FY27 budget would cut $700M from CISA and kill election security

In short: The Trump administration’s FY2027 budget proposes cutting $707 million from CISA, eliminating the agency’s election security programme entirely and shedding 860 positions, a dramatic escalation that would reduce the country’s primary civilian…

He Started a Social Network Alone. Then 5 Million People Signed Up

Issam Hijazi launched UpScrolled after users alleged censorship on other platforms. Nine months later, its user base is soaring—while Hijazi tries to catch up with his own success.

Wisconsin governor says ‘no’ to age checks for porn
Wisconsin governor says ‘no’ to age checks for porn

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill that would’ve required residents to verify their age before accessing porn sites, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In a letter to the members of the assembly last week, Evers writes that the bill “imposes an intrusive burden on adults who are trying to access constitutionally protected materials.” […]

Iran threatens OpenAI’s Stargate data center in Abu Dhabi
Iran threatens OpenAI’s Stargate data center in Abu Dhabi

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has published a video threatening OpenAI’s planned Abu Dhabi data center if the US follows through on threats to attack the country’s power plants, as reported earlier by Tom’s Hardware. The video, which was published to an Iranian state-backed news outlet’s X account on April 3rd, says the IRGC […]

The DOJ Misled a Judge About How It’s Using Voter Roll Data

The acting head of the DOJ’s voting section told a judge last week that the agency had not touched the nonpublic voter roll data it has collected. That wasn’t true.

Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine Is Helping Out on Viral Fraud Videos Now

The DOGE engineer appeared on influencer Nick Shirley’s podcast this week to talk corruption and government work—and how they collaborated on Shirley’s recent ‘investigation.’

A Year After DOGE Cuts, GSA Now Plans to Hire Hundreds of Employees

The General Services Administration is hiring “approximately 400 positions,” according to an internal email viewed by WIRED. Last year the agency lost thousands of workers as part of DOGE’s rampage.

Trump fires US attorney general Pam Bondi
Trump fires US attorney general Pam Bondi

Taking a break from calling Bruce Springsteen a boring loser on Thursday, Donald Trump followed that up with another Truth Social post saying “loyal friend” Pam Bondi will transition to a yet-to-be-announced job in the private sector. CNN, The New York Times, and Fox News all reported that Bondi, a figure in the TikTok takeover, […]

New York lawmakers want 3D-printer companies to block the creation of ‘ghost guns’
New York lawmakers want 3D-printer companies to block the creation of ‘ghost guns’

Governor Kathy Hochul and other New York state lawmakers want 3D-printer companies to block the printing of components used to create “ghost guns” – firearms without serial numbers that can be printed privately, easily avoiding a background check. At a press event on Tuesday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said two 3D-printing companies had voluntarily […]