Martial Law (Briefly) in South Korea
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday, leading South Korea’s parliament to cross barricades to convene and vote it down.Though this episode resolved quickly and peacef...
4 Des 202421min
Did Biden Break the Presidential Pardon?
How problematic is it for Joe Biden to pardon his son Hunter after promising, again and again, that he wouldn’t?Guest: Ankush Khardori, senior writer for POLITICO and a former federal prosecutor at th...
3 Des 202420min
The House’s Gift to Trump
The House already voted to pass the “The Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act.” But with Donald Trump returning to the White House next year, some Democrats are viewing the...
2 Des 202423min
When Your Flight’s GPS Gets Spoofed
Anyone stuck in a knotted snarl of interstate clovers knows that GPS is both important and imperfect. But if GPS fails while you’re bringing a 737 in for a landing it could be catastrophic. Why is “GP...
1 Des 202422min
The Post-Election Social Media Wars
Whatever X is, it ain’t the Twitter so many users fell in love with. Since the election, Bluesky has been on the rise, but it’s still only a fraction of the number of users on Twitter—at its peak or e...
29 Nov 202424min
Decoder Ring | If You Give a Mouse a Cookie…Will He Want a Welfare Check?
While the What Next team is having a holiday, take this journey with our colleagues over at Decoder Ring. What Next will be back in your feed on Monday.Adults have a long history of trying to find mor...
28 Nov 202433min
Which Came First, the Bird Flu or the Egg?
As Thanksgiving approaches the price of eggs is spiking again. But it wasn’t just inflation this time – it was also the rising number of cases of avian flu. How can the USDA, FDA, and CDC contain an o...
27 Nov 202421min
A New Strategy for Banning Abortion
The Supreme Court threw out the last attempt to ban mifepristone, the “abortion pill,” because they couldn’t figure out who in the case was being injured. Now three states are claiming they are being ...
26 Nov 202420min
