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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1
One Big Deeply Unpopular Bill
What this sweeping and expensive piece of legislation could cost you.
25 min
2
Is This the End of NPR and PBS?
The Trump administration’s plan to kill public broadcasting is going to hurt rural America most—will any Congressional Republicans step up?
26 min
3
We Need to Talk About the Supreme Court
The justices have grown increasingly impatient with each other—and anything standing in the way of Trump's agenda.
28 min
4
Why Is ICE Masked Up?
What happens when government agents are impossible to identify?
27 min
5
TBD | The FTC’s Merger Shakedown
The agency is trying to stop “censorship” on social platforms by keeping private companies from spending their ad dollars as they see fit.
21 min
6
TBD | The Other Iran-Israel War
Cyberattacks are much less explosive, but just as dangerous.
20 min
7
Zohran Mamdani’s Former Boss Weighs In
A new New York City has asserted itself.
27 min
8
Even This Senator Had No Warning About Iran
Sen. Mark Warner, ranking member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence wasn’t any more in the loop than you were.
25 min
9
The Lawsuit Scaring Protesters
What can demonstrators today learn from a financially disastrous outcome for one advocacy organization in the Standing Rock protests?
25 min
10
Trump Bombed Iran. Are We at War?
President Trump’s always talked about keeping America out of conflicts abroad. Six months into his second term, here we are.
26 min
11
TBD | Airlines Are Selling Your Data to the Gov...
And they don’t want you to know.
22 min
12
Bonus: The All New Electric … Hummer?
5 min
13
TBD | We Deport. You Laugh?
Why the White House is memeing its mass deportations.
26 min
14
Mighty Real Edition
57 min
15
Kristi Noem Understands the Assignment
How the DHS Secretary emerged as the face of Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda.
26 min
16
The War Netanyahu Always Wanted
27 min
17
Vaccine Skeptics Just Scored a Big Win
Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices found out they were fired via an article in the Wall Street Journal.
22 min
18
TBD | Summer Travel Tips To Not Get Detained
A guide for digital safety.
24 min
19
TBD | New DOGE, New Tricks
Elon may be gone, but Big Balls is staying on.
24 min
20
Trump’s Brittle Authoritarianism
Military parades and troops moving against protestors are things Americans, typically, prefer to happen elsewhere.
25 min
21
Will Israel Starve Gaza Into Submission?
There’s a long, ugly history of famine being used as a weapon of war.
26 min
22
Corporate America Retreats From Pride
It was always an awkward fit, but it’s still ominous to watch companies pull back support.
26 min
23
Trump Sends in the Troops
In response to protests in Los Angeles, the President invoked a legal authority last used by L.B.J. to deploy the National Guard on domestic protesters.
26 min
24
TBD | The Future of the Internet Hinges on Gail...
You may be asking, “Who?”
25 min
25
Main Character: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
Slate’s Nadira Goffe visits with reporting from the courthouse.
6 min