What Next | Daily News and Analysis
The problem with the news right now? It’s everywhere. And each day, it can feel like we’re all just mindlessly scrolling. It’s why we created What Next. This short daily show is here to help you make sense of things. When the news feels overwhelming, we’re here to help you answer: What next? Look for new episodes every weekday morning.
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TBD | Tesla vs. the Swedes
The “move fast and break stuff” mentality has hit an organized labor stronghold.
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The Real Goal of Trump's Indignant Testimony
Taking the stand in New York and attacking the judge doesn’t seem like a way to win this trial. Maybe he’s not trying to win this one.
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Israeli Life Will Never Be the Same
One month after Hamas' attack, a documentarian is grappling with her subjects' pain—and her own.
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Abortion on a Red-State Ballot
Ohio voters decide today whether to enshrine the right to abortion in their state constitution.
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Mitt Romney Reflects, Regrets, and Retires
The author of the new biography explores the rift between the GOP and its one-time presidential nominee.
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TBD | Sam Bankman-Fraud
The disgraced crypto mogul faces up to 110 years behind bars. Will the industry ever recover?
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TBD | Biden Goes After AI
What the new executive orders on artificial intelligence will—and won’t—address.
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Can Hamas Actually Be Destroyed?
What Hamas’s history tells us about Gaza’s future.
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How to Catch an Insurrectionist
The online community helping—and in some ways surpassing—the FBI.
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Can Threat Assessment Stop Mass Shootings?
In Lewiston, warnings were everywhere—why did it happen anyway?
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What Survived in Lahaina, Maui
A Hawaiian businesswoman and her community are searching for normal after August wildfires.
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TBD | SBF Takes the Stand
It’s a high risk move, but he’s running out of options.
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TBD | Self-Driving Cars Crash Into Reality
If autonomous vehicles aren’t safe in California, where ARE they safe?
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How Extremists Won the Speaker Fight
After 22 days, the House settles on Mike Johnson.
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The State Dept. Official Who Quit Over Israel
He worked in arms transfers for 11 years—and found the typical human rights debate within the department stifled.
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Why We Still Don’t Have a Speaker of the House
Weeks after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as House Speaker, Republicans don’t seem any closer to picking a replacement.
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Abortion Providers in the Line of Fire
She’s faced threats of violence, arson, and the assassination of colleague—and persisted.
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TBD | Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Takeover
After a fight with regulators, Microsoft officially owns Activision Blizzard, the studio behind Call of Duty. Will gamers pay the price?
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TBD | Inside Hamas' Social Media Strategy
Since war broke out, Hamas has been using social media to spread its message in ways we’ve never seen.
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Biden to Israel; Bombs to Gaza
America’s credibility in the region, even among allies, is faltering.
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Bob Menendez: Secret Foreign Agent?
Gold bars, cash, and a Mercedes—and yet the case against the New Jersey senator has gotten still stranger.
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Does Trump’s Violent Rhetoric Matter?
Following his indictments, the number of Americans who agree that force is justified to restore Trump to office rose, according to researchers.
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Israel’s New Wartime Government
How the strategy emerging from the newly formed coalition government differs from past conflicts.
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TBD | The $30,000 Zelle Scam
What can you do when you lose $30,000 to a Zelle scammer?
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TBD | The Israel-Hamas War Instantly Broke X
The global town square is in ruins. Where do we go from here?
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