Introducing WIRED’s 2025 Political Power Users—the creators, podcasters, and pundits who will blow up the next electoral era.

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, political influencers have to balance security and the requirements of the job. “Part of my rate is the ‘someone might kill me tax,’” says one. Piker, one of the ...

Google has indicated that it plans to restore YouTube content creators who were banned for violating the platform’s past ...

The 2026 midterm elections are more than a year away, but they’ve been on President Donald Trump’s mind a lot lately, and for good reason. The party in power at the White House typically loses ...