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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 fo...
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Time for a Blue-State “Soft Secession”?
The government shutdown isn’t hitting everywhere equally—infrastructure projects that rely on federal funding have been halted exclusively in states t...
Everything’s Coming Up Bari
Bari Weiss has had a successful media career by any metric, save perhaps for broad appeal. But as she takes over as the head of CBS News, the “mass” p...
Amicus | Dear Justice Kavanaugh, “I’m American, Bro”
While the What Next team celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day, please enjoy this episode from our colleagues at Amicus, Slate’s legal podcast. Mary will...
Bonus: SchadenFriday: Portland Puts A Frog On It
As troops continue to roll in, unwelcome, to American cities, you can be forgiven for calling the national picture “pretty bleak.” But even now, the n...
The People Joining ICE
ICE needs more agents to meet Trump’s promised deportation numbers. But is loosening standards and shortening training time to get more agents on the...
Inside the Portland “War Zone”
It’s clear President Trump wants to send troops to Portland, Oregon. But it’s not clear why—especially to people who live there.
Guests:<...
Is the Gaza Deal Real?
It’s been two years since Hamas attacked Israel and set off a devastating war. Since then, talks have fallen apart over and over again. Trump says – t...
When You’re A Justice They Let You Do It
The Supreme Court is back in session, and conservative controlled body again has a docket full of cases that look like 6-3 wins for the Trump agenda.<...
Actually the Government Shut Down Months Ago
Donald Trump’s theory of a government shutdown was that it would give him more power to fire federal employees, and cut benefits and healthcare. Of co...
The Department of War…From Within
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned the military’s top brass from all over the world for a meeting to announce…they need to shave and get in shape...
Trump’s Revenge Tour Is Here
The president’s case against James Comey doesn’t look very strong to outside legal observers. But even the most spurious accusation against the former...
The Gaza Flotilla That’s Under Attack
With Gaza cut off from food and aid, activists have taken matters into their own hands, and are attempting to circumvent Israel’s blockade themselves...
Bonus: The Senator Calling Trump’s Bluff
The government runs out of money next Tuesday. Trump’s threatened “mass firings” if it shuts down. Earlier this year, Democrats played ball. But now,...
Jimmy Kimmel Got His Job Back. She Didn’t.
The First Amendment prohibits Congress from making laws that abridge freedom of speech or of the press, but in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, it’s...
A Surgeon in Gaza’s “End Game”
Over three different trips during the war, this doctor saw the chaos of blast injuries in northern Gaza give way to gunshot wounds suffered at aid-dis...
Trump’s Attack on Visas
American agriculture relies on foreign workers, and they rely on the H-2A visa program to work legally in the United States. Despite a growing number...
How Big Media Obeys in Advance
Media giants like Paramount and Disney have been swift to capitulate to the Trump administration and the tenacious head of the FCC, Brendan Carr. Why...
Trump’s Getting His Economy. Yikes.
Donald Trump has been calling for the Fed to cut rates to bolster the economy, and yesterday, they announced they would. The bad news is that’s becaus...
Can Kash Patel Survive This?
What happens to an organization when it purges much of its leadership and ranks irrespective of ability, and hires for sycophantic loyalty instead? Th...
Who’s Winning the War on Higher Education?
Conservatives have decried higher education as a center of liberal indoctrination for decades, and under the second Trump administration, colleges and...
Bonus: “We Got Him”
On Friday, authorities announced they had a suspect – and they sure seemed confident they “got him” (to quote Utah Governor Spencer Cox). Mary and Sla...
Trump Blew Up 11 People. Is That Legal?
Last week, Donald Trump announced the military had blown up what he said was a drug-smuggling boat. This week, we still don’t know why he believes the...
The Democrats Have Leverage. Will They Use It?
With Republicans holding both houses of Congress and the White House, Democrats don’t have a lot of ways to stall Donald Trump’s agenda—except for ref...
Can You Get a COVID Vaccine?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s tenure as HHS Secretary has meant turmoil for the CDC: thousands of employees have either been let go, or are unclear on their...
Decorator-In-Chief
From the gold accents going up in the White House, to his orders to bring back classical design to federal buildings, Donald Trump is a president with...
Can Congress Stop Trump's Takeover?
Donald Trump has been working to expand his presidential influence into places that are supposed to operate independently, like the Bureau of Labor St...
Presidency for Sale
From selling hats, NFTs and cryptocurrency, to stock boosts, swaps and golf-course deals made abroad, the Trumps are taking this presidency to the ban...
ICYMI | The Great Girlboss Comeback
While the What Next team celebrates Labor Day, please enjoy this episode from our colleagues at ICYMI, Slate’s internet culture podcast. Mary will be...
Bonus: I’ll Gav What She’s Gavin
California Governor Gavin Newsom, presumably as a precursor to a run for the presidency, has been getting attention for a very Trump-influenced style...
What the John Bolton Raid Means
John Bolton isn’t exactly beloved by the right or the left. But sending the FBI to raid his house fits a pattern: Either tell the president what he wa...
The Man Behind Trump’s Firing of Lisa Cook
Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte has led investigations into Senator Adam Schiff, New York Attorney General Leititia James, and the...
The Womanosphere Wants To Make America Hot Again
Katie Miller, whose husband Stephen Miller is Trump’s right-hand man, launched a new podcast to join the growing ranks of content made specifically fo...
D.C’s Senator Knew This Would Happen
Donald Trump was able to take over the Metropolitan Police Department and send in National Guard troops and federal agents to patrol the streets due t...
Can Trump Kill Mail-In Ballots?
Donald Trump returned from his meeting with Vladimir Putin convinced that mail-in voting is how he was cheated from winning the 2020 election. Though...
Zelensky Brings a Posse to Washington
After visiting with Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, and European leaders, where does Donald Trump stand on the Ukraine-Russia war—and where does t...
How Trump Brought Home a Murderer
Characteristic of this administration’s over-the-top but never-thought-out immigration enforcement, Trump traded more than 250 Venezuelans who had bee...
TBD | Down the Text-Scam Rabbit Hole
The scam du jour arrives via a text message, offering you a job. What happens when you accept?
Guest: Alex Sammon, Slate fe...
Bonus: Kill Tony, Alive and Thriving
A patron and perhaps foremost practitioner of “anti-woke comedy,” Tony Hinchcliffe sits atop his own thriving comedy kingdom in Austin. And when you’r...
In Gaza, Journalism Is a Death Sentence
On Sunday, Al-Jazeera’s entire team in Gaza City were killed by an airstrike. Almost immediately, Israel said it targeted one of them on purpose – Ana...
Why Washington, D.C.
Jimmy Carter sent his daughter to its public schools; pictures of Obama still grace businesses’ walls; and now Trump has taken an interest in Washingt...