YOUTUBE (CNN) - Can laughter make you healthier?
Everybody loves a good laugh, and turns out it might even be making you healthier.
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AXIOS (Marc Caputo) - Three Republican power players walk into a D.C. bar, and ...
It sounds like the start of an only-in-D.C. joke: - Three Republican power players walk into a bar for a freewheeling conversation. They unwittingly sit next to a liberal comic. She then skewers them in an Instagram post recounting their chat. Why it matters: It became no laughing matter for one of the Republicans —oilman Harry Sargeant — who's trying to improve his uneasy relations with the Trump administration, partly related to his business dealings in Venezuela. - His rapprochement efforts were complicated last month when senior administration officials became aware of the comic's social media post, in which she alleged that Sargeant spoke negatively about President Trump. The big picture: The story illustrates the panopticon of…
AXIOS (Ina Fried) - The tech battle to build your AI assistant
The long-promised personal AI assistant is finally arriving, with a suddenly crowded field of agents offering to run pieces of your everyday life. Why it matters: For years, tech's "personal assistants" were little more than voice-controlled search boxes. Rapid advances in AI are finally giving them the memory, judgment and autonomy to act on our behalf. Catch up fast: Chatbots answer questions. AI agents can actually do things — shopping, making calls, booking tickets, managing calendars and navigating the web. - The model first took off in coding and other professional work. Now it's spilling into the far more intimate terrain of everyday life. The intrigue: OpenAI is expected to enter the market soon after hiring the creator of…
AXIOS (Ben Berkowitz) - Trump's proposed Washington arch to become sniper, drone facility
President Trump said Sunday morning his proposed "triumphal arch " in Washington will become a dual-use facility housing snipers, drones and ammunition storage. Why it matters: The president is now framing construction of the arch as a national security issue — much like he did with the East Wing ballroom /military complex at the White House. What they're saying: "At the strong request of the United States Military, and for National Security purposes, I have agreed to convert the magnificent Triumphal Arch, planned since the Civil War Era many years ago, at the Receptive Circle adjoining the Arlington Memorial Bridge, into a top grade Military Complex/Triumphal Arch, to house, store, and have the rapid ability to use large numbers of…
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - National Hurricane Center: Tropical Storm Fay forms in the northern Atlantic
A new tropical storm has formed in the northern Atlantic Ocean but does not appear to pose a threat to land
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NYTIMES (Adam B. Kushner) - Reality Bites
We look at how one mother approached the decision of where her child should go to school.
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NYTIMES (Lauren Jackson) - Who Gets to Decide A.I.’s Moral Code?
A small number of people are shaping what chatbots value. Those choices are already influencing how many people think.
NYTIMES (David French) - JD Vance Has a Twisted Idea of What It Means to Be American
I am a “heritage American,” too. How should that guide my life?
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YOUTUBE (CNN) - Alaska: The last frontier for the Senate | All Over the Map
Alaska is one of the nation’s most reliably red states, making its Senate race an unlikely but crucial battleground. Democrat Mary Peltola is mounting a serious challenge to GOP incumbent Dan Sullivan, making it a key race for control of the Senate. John King speaks to voters whose opinions are as nuanced as their breathtaking state. 0:00 Alaskans are grappling with rising costs 3:21 Alaskans weigh in on the Senate race 6:07 Why some voters want to stay the GOP course 8:38 War, fuel costs are affecting business To understand America's complicated and volatile politics through the eyes of everyday voters, stream episodes of All Over The Map with John King on the CNN app: https://cnn.it/4cTtyuC #Election #Alaska #News
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WASHINGTONPOST (Annie Gowen) - ‘A River Runs Through It’ casts a new line — as an opera
To prepare, writers and producers of Opera Montana’s adaptation took the cast fishing on the Yellowstone River.
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