His transparency order will make real the Constitution’s ban on affirmative action.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-and-the-secrets-of-college-admissions-race-students-fc83204f
Covid-era coercion and misinformation bred public distrust, but the vaccines did save countless lives.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-jr-s-dangerous-attack-on-mrna-research-27bc5adc
North Carolina voters should not expect an apology from former Gov. Roy Cooper.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/culture-warrior-doesnt-want-to-discuss-his-culture-war-5e2c69ee
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The game, a sequel to 2003’s Kirby Air Ride on GameCube, launches in November.https://www.wired.com/story/kirby-air-riders-is-coming-to-switch-2-and-its-basically-like-mario-kart/
How are the CEOs of Ford, BYD, Lamborghini, Polestar, and more planning to survive the hellscape that is the current automotive world? We asked them.https://www.wired.com/story/the-global-car-reckoning-is-here-auto-companies-dont-have-a-plan/
Pop Mart, the Chinese company behind the Labubu franchise, has sold $670 million worth of related products this year—more than iconic US toy lines Barbie and Hot Wheels.https://www.wired.com/story/labubu-pop-mart-earnings-2025/
Scam compounds in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos have conned people out of billions. New research shows they may be linked to child sextortion crimes too.https://www.wired.com/story/child-sextorition-scam-compounds-southeast-asia/
The replacement for the Dell XPS 14 has arrived, but outside of the name change, this gorgeous laptop is as divisive as ever.https://www.wired.com/review/dell-14-premium/
Divisive politics have led people to go “no contact” with their right-wing parents. Some hope reading together could help bridge the gap.https://www.wired.com/story/people-are-trying-to-deprogram-their-maga-parents-through-book-clubs/
Two years ago, Earth was hit by the most energetic neutrino in history. Scientists thought it might be a measurement error, but a new study has confirmed this “ghost particle” was real.https://www.wired.com/story/the-mysterious-origins-of-the-most-energetic-neutrino-ever-detected/
New York City tech leaders aren’t rattled by the prospect of a Mayor Mamdani. In fact, many of them welcome it.https://www.wired.com/story/tech-executives-new-york-zohran-mamdani/
The 500-million-year-old fossil, containing a species named in honor of the krayt dragons in Star Wars, is a much larger ancestor of phallic marine worms that can be found on the seabed today.https://www.wired.com/story/an-ancient-penis-worm-with-rings-of-sharp-teeth-has-been-discovered-in-the-grand-canyon/
A WIRED review of a now deleted Twitter account that used the screen name “Dr. Erwin J. Antoni III” shows it posted conspiratorial content about the 2020 election, Covid-19, and Jeffrey Epstein.https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-ej-antoni-trump-bls-conspiracy-theories-epstein-covid-election-denial/
Attendance has fallen in some school systems since the crackdown began.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/immigrant-families-fear-trumps-deportations-children-return-school/story?id=124753982
After multiple days with 10,000 flight attendants on strike, Air Canada has struck a deal with the union to resume its operations.https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Travel/air-canada-gradually-resume-flights-after-reaching-settlement/story?id=124769879
The U.S. Air Force released footage showing one of its planes entering the eye of Hurricane Erin.https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/air-force-plane-flies-eye-hurricane-erin-124770340
As President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met at the White House, Russia unleashed a deadly drone assault on civilians in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.https://abcnews.go.com/International/video/7-killed-including-child-after-drones-strike-residential-124765400
A man used a skateboard attached to a dog leash to lift a skunk to safety after the critter got stuck inside a bowl at a Pennsylvania skatepark.https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/skunk-rescued-after-stuck-bowl-skatepark-pennsylvania-124765300
President Trump welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House as Trump continues to push for a deal to end the war in Ukraine.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/president-trump-ukrainian-president-zelenskyy-meet-oval-office-124758482