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The Atlantic  

The Court Fools Itself

The Roberts Court has made the current crisis of American democracy perpetual.

Technology Review  

Why Chinese companies are betting on open-source AI

This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. I’ve talked a lot about Chinese large language models in this newsletter, and I’ve managed to try out quite a few of them in the past year. But many people, especially those…

Technology Review  

How battery-powered trailers could transform trucking

Semi-trucks move over 11 billion tons of freight in the US each year, spewing greenhouse-gas emissions and other pollutants along the highways as they go.    Shifting these and other heavy-duty trucks to zero-emissions technologies will be a challenge—even more so than for smaller vehicles, since larger vehicles require bigger batteries and more powerful chargers. One…

Scientific American 

Altering Consciousness with Advanced Meditation

Advanced meditation is changing how we think about consciousness. Hear neuroscience researcher Matthew Sacchet explain his journey to studying what happens to the brain during a deeper engagement with meditation.

Top Stories (us) - Google News (ru) 

Biden to deliver Oval Office address on decision not to seek reelection as Harris and Trump hit the trail - CNN

  1. Biden to deliver Oval Office address on decision not to seek reelection as Harris and Trump hit the trail  CNN
  2. Election 2024 live updates: Biden to give first speech since dropping out of race  The Washington Post
  3. The top Democrats who have not endorsed Kamala Harris all have one thing in common  Fortune
  4. Trump says GOP should get refund for money spent campaigning against Biden  USA TODAY

VOGUE.com 

Quitting Xanax: One Writer's Story

What had been a miracle cure for panic attacks became something else—a dependency that was gradual and hard to shake.

TheHill.com 

Supreme Court docket jam-packed despite summer recess

The Supreme Court may be on its summer recess, but its docket is still plenty busy. After a decision season that saw landmark case after landmark case that will define history, emergency appeals from the Biden administration and Republican state attorneys general have made the justices’ summer jam-packed. For starters, a ruling is expected anytime...

TheHill.com 

Harris gives House Democrats new hope for November: 'A game changer'

The stunning ascension of Vice President Harris as the Democrats’ probable presidential nominee has rejuvenated House Democrats, lending vulnerable lawmakers a new chance to go on offense while breathing new life into the party’s hopes of flipping the lower chamber in November. Democrats have been on the ropes for most of the last month, deflated...

TheHill.com 

Sanders, holding back endorsement, seeks influence with Harris

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has held off from officially endorsing Vice President Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee, and he is seeking to help shape the focus of her campaign and her agenda if she is elected. Sources close to Sanders say he has no intention of challenging Harris, who is on a glidepath to...

TheHill.com 

K Street struggles to decode Trump VP pick Vance

In just two short years, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) went from winning a seat in the Senate in 2022 to securing his spot as former President Trump’s vice presidential pick last week. His meteoric rise leaves few clues for lobbyists looking to decode the junior senator’s policy positions and little footing to make inroads with...

TheHill.com 

Republican funding plans crumbling as House eyes early exit

House Republicans’ ambitious hopes of passing their annual government funding bills by next week are quickly crumbling as a tight schedule and intraparty rifts threaten efforts to approve their spending blueprints for 2025. Republicans had previously aimed to have all 12 annual funding bills pass by the August recess. But the timeline has been slipping...

TheHill.com 

Harris brings new energy to abortion attacks against Trump 

Vice President Harris is breathing renewed excitement into Democratic efforts to rally its voters around the issue of abortion after taking over President Biden’s campaign to beat former President Trump in November.  Both Harris and President Biden have hammered into Republicans when it came to abortion but Biden — the second Catholic president elected to...

TheHill.com 

Netanyahu to face skeptical Democrats at congressional address

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will face off with skeptical Democrats increasingly hostile to his war in Gaza during a Wednesday address to a joint session of Congress. The address comes at a tumultuous moment in politics in the United States, which is the most important supporter and ally of Israel in its war with...

TheSpursWeb 

Report: Tottenham want almost £38m to sell player amid Napoli interest

Tottenham Hotspur are clearly looking to clear decks this summer, but there is one player who is wanted by Napoli that the club might not... The post Report: Tottenham want almost £38m to sell player amid Napoli interest appeared first on The Spurs Web - Tottenham Hotspur Football News.