Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries 04. March 2025 (21:08) Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.(Wired)
Donald Trump’s Not-So-Strategic Crypto Reserve 04. March 2025 (18:26) When US president Donald Trump picked out a handful of cryptocurrencies for potential inclusion in a national strategic reserve, he sparked a trading frenzy—and questions about who stands to benefit.(Wired)
People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago 04. March 2025 (17:00) Business leaders are paying as much as $5 million to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1 million apiece to dine with him in a group setting.(Wired)
A Case for Turning Tulsa Into the Next Big Tech Hub 04. March 2025 (14:00) In an excerpt from his new book, Reinventing the Heartland, urbanist Nicholas Lalla makes the case for setting up technology's next big nerve center in Oklahoma.(Wired)