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10 media moments and controversies that defined 2025

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The Hard-Left Shooters Leading a Gun Culture Revolution

WIRED

Earlier this year, I attended a shooting competition for queer, often trans, very online misfits. Then Charlie Kirk was killed. This isn't the story I set out to write. I was going to talk about a pretty feel-good firearms competition I went to earlier this year, where trans and queer people made up about a quarter of participants and the unofficial rule was you're not allowed to be a bigot. I was going to describe the strange and whimsical mix of subcultures people embraced there--like polyamory and Mad Max cosplay--wrapped up in pro-LGBT and Black Lives Matter patches. Then Charlie Kirk was killed. Suddenly I found myself wondering if I should write this story at all. If doing so would put my sources--gun-loving trans people in Trump's America--in danger.


Major UK rare earths refinery scrapped in favour of US

BBC News

Plans for a groundbreaking rare earths refinery in East Yorkshire have been abandoned, after the company behind the project decided to seek investment in the United States instead. Pensana has spent the past seven years developing a rare earths mine in Angola. The $268m (£185m) project, one of the largest of its kind in the world, will begin delivering raw materials in 2027. The company had planned to build a refinery at the Saltend Chemicals Plant near Hull, which would have processed the raw materials into metals used to create powerful magnets. These magnets would then be used in high-tech applications such as motors for electric vehicles, wind turbines and robotics.


India casts doubt on Trump's claim Modi will stop buying Russian oil

BBC News

India casts doubt on Trump's claim Modi will stop buying Russian oil India's foreign ministry has said it is not aware of a phone call in which US President Donald Trump claimed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to stop purchasing Russian oil. On Wednesday, Trump said his Indian counterpart had assured me today that it would end Russian oil imports, a move the US has pushed for in a bid to increase economic pressure on the Kremlin to end the war in Ukraine. But asked about the call on Thursday, an Indian government spokesman cast doubt on Trump's account, saying he was not aware of any conversation between the two leaders taking place the previous day. The Indian government had earlier said discussions were still ongoing with the US over its Russian oil purchases. India has become a key energy customer for Russia since the outbreak of the war, partly allowing the Kremlin to withstand the impact of Ukrainian allies slashing oil and gas imports, the country's biggest export market.


The Trump Administration Is Coming for Nonprofits. They're Getting Ready

WIRED

The Trump Administration Is Coming for Nonprofits. As the Trump administration threatens them, liberal nonprofits have been quietly preparing to do everything from surrendering 501(c)(3) status to relocating outside the US. President Donald Trump listens as White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller speaks on April 29, 2025, in Warren, Michigan. Within hours of the murder of conservative podcaster and activist Charlie Kirk--and in the absence of a suspect--high-profile figures on the right, from vice president JD Vance to deputy White House chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller, already had a different culprit in mind: nonprofit organizations. On September 11, a day after Kirk's murder, US representative Chip Roy, a Republican of Texas, sent a letter to request the formation of a select committee on "the money, influence, and power behind the radical left's assault on America and the rule of law."


The Onion Made an Absolutely Unhinged Jeffrey Epstein Mockumentary

WIRED

In the current media landscape, it's a wonder it even got made. In a world where hallowed news organizations transform into conservative mouthpieces and milquetoast late-night jokes are grounds for suspension, satirical headlines from the Onion can feel closer to real life than parody. Now the site is taking on one of the most taboo subjects of all--disgraced sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein--in mockumentary form. It launches in theaters in New York City, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and San Francisco for one day only on October 2; after that it will be available online. You can watch the trailer right here.


Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect Charged as Prosecutor Seeks Death Penalty

WIRED

In the indictment, prosecutors claim Tyler Robinson planned Kirk's killing in advance, citing rooftop surveillance, engraved bullets, and a written note as they seek the death penalty. A TV monitor displays a picture of Tyler Robinson, a suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk in Orem, Utah. Utah County prosecutors on Tuesday charged Tyler Robinson in the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, a murder officials say was politically motivated. They intend to seek the death penalty. Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray announced the indictment at a midday news conference, listing charges of aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, and commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child.


Grok's Responses Are Only Getting More Bizarre

The Atlantic - Technology

Grok's Responses Are Only Getting More Bizarre Listen to more stories on the Noa app. When video of Charlie Kirk's assassination began circulating on X last week, Elon Musk's chatbot described it in upbeat terms. As users sought information about Kirk's condition, the bot, Grok, declared to some of them that the horrific footage was satire. This is a "meme edit," Grok told one user; Kirk "takes the roast in stride with a laugh--he's faced tougher crowds," it told another. "Yes, he survives this one easily." In the past several months, Grok has been on quite the hot streak: The bot spread false information about a supposed " white genocide," called for a second Holocaust while annointing itself "MechaHitler," and provided me with a list of what it believes the "good races" are.


Cancel Culture Comes for Artists Who Posted About Charlie Kirk's Death

WIRED

Cancel Culture Comes for Artists Who Posted About Charlie Kirk's Death A episode was taken off air, a DC comic series was canceled, and several artists were fired in the aftermath of the shooting. Almost immediately after she posted about the shooting of Charlie Kirk, author and transwoman Gretchen Felker-Martin started having second thoughts. Felker-Martin, who wrote the latest iteration of DC Comics' series, said "thoughts and prayers you Nazi bitch" on Bluesky in response to the killing of Kirk, a right-wing influencer and Trump ally who was staunchly anti-trans rights. "Hope the bullet's okay after touching Kirk," she added. Kirk died after being shot at a stop on his American Comeback Tour organized by the conservative youth organization he founded, Turning Point USA.


Scenes From Charlie Kirk's Impromptu Memorial in Utah

WIRED

Outside of the Utah hospital where Charlie Kirk was taken Wednesday, a crowd of families, college students, and Proud Boys gathered to mourn. Mourners outside Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem, Utah, where Charlie Kirk was taken after being shot at Utah Valley University, September 10, 2025. At around 8 pm on Wednesday, the motorcade with Charlie Kirk's body left the Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem, Utah. Along the road, the 100 or so people who showed up for an impromptu memorial for Kirk stopped what they were doing, lined the sidewalk, and stared as it sped away from the mountains and into the dark. Kirk had been at nearby Utah Valley University for the kickoff stop of his planned "American Comeback Tour" when a sniper allegedly stood on the roof of a building 200 or so yards away, and took aim, killing him with one shot .