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How to Win a Fight

These days it feels like the next fight is always just around the corner. What matters is picking your battles—and knowing how to win.
Takeover

Senators Warn DOGE’s Social Security Administration Work Could Break Benefits

“This rush job risks people’s private data, creates security gaps, and could result in catastrophic cuts to all benefits,” Senator Elizabeth Warren says of DOGE’s plans to “hastily upgrade” SSA IT systems.
Drug Dealers

The Definitive, Insane, Swimsuit-Bursting Story of the Steroid Olympics

At first it was dismissed as a crazy joke. Making the Enhanced Games a reality needed a Peter Thiel posse, a couple of retired swimmers, some MAGA money, and a whole lot of drugs.

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Game Over

Shady Contracts, Raw Deals: Inside the Industry of Managing Video Game Stars

Originally publish September 2020: Many of the two dozen streamers, managers, and lawyers WIRED spoke with described rampant exploitation they've seen or experienced in the booming business.