A solid-gold Rolex and prisoners as props
The Homeland Security secretary stages a photo op in a notorious mega-prison with men “stacked up like cordwood behind her.”
Trump's meme state media
A new era of propaganda, built on meme accounts and friendly influencers, is supercharging the president's power to drown out dissent.
Elon the gamer
Why does the world's richest man care so much about beating nobodies in digital caves?
TikTok's age of chaos
“It was all a game. It was like a competition: What’s a creative way to suck up to Trump?”
Trump's tech enemies pay up
Silicon Valley executives are hoping million-dollar gifts and Mar-a-Lago dinners will mend bridges with the president-elect.
The influencer administration
“I said, ‘Who is the biggest of all the influencers?’” Trump said. “Sir, that’s the easiest question you’ve ever asked me. … You, sir.”
A busted bet on a Trump-win fortune
Retirees who bet their pension money on Trump Media's stock are getting a reality check.
"Shoot him dead and figure it out later"
Four years after "Stop the Steal" mobilized to subvert the 2020 election, the movement is more organized and has Elon Musk on its side.
How Elon Musk's X made Democrats disappear
Republicans are posting more, getting followed more and going viral more now that the world’s richest Trump supporter is running the show.
Kamala Harris' "feral 25-year-olds"
How the vice president's team of Gen-Z obsessives built her an internet fandom.
The age scanner "nightmare"
A popular new idea for safeguarding the web ranges from "'somewhat privacy violating' to 'authoritarian nightmare.'"
"Chosen to bring salvation"
Trump's true believers have cast him as a messiah who will save a troubled nation.