The sewage sludge some farmers have applied to their fields for decades is contaminated with PFAS—with serious consequences for drinking water.

It's the first news deal Meta has made in the AI era.

Podcast Episode · Planet Money · August 30 · 23m

Most investments by funds linked to Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have taken place since their father’s reelection.

Amazon and Google report jumps in their greenhouse gas output as the data center boom gains momentum.

American workers' share of the nation's income is at its lowest point in almost 80 years, as more of the economy's gains flow to corporations and investors.

Activists accused of being part of antifa get long prison terms in case seen as test of Trump’s crackdown on dissent

Podcast Episode · Planet Money · June 19 · 32m

In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering...

The criminal extortion group ShinyHunters breached Instructure last week. The hackers, who have also attacked individual universities, demanded the ed-tech giant pay up or face a data leak.

Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Both violent and property crime are far below their 1990s peak, but some crimes see periodic rises.

With Trump blocking Venezuelan oil imports and old power plants breaking down, the island – with Chinese help – is turning to solar and wind to bolster its fragile energy system

Podcast Episode · Galaxy Brain · 01/23/2026 · 49m

The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.

ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

Venezuela’s heavy crude is expensive to extract, it will take years of sustained investment to meaningfully lift output, and it may not even be profitable at current prices. The current aggression is ...

404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...