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Minnesota and the Threat of American Authoritarianism
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'Doomsday Clock' Moves Closer to Midnight Than Ever
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'Doomsday Clock' Moves Closer to Midnight Than Ever

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How China Caught Up on AI—and May Now Win the Future
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Tech workers challenge ICE—and their own CEOs
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Stop Letting AI Run Your Social Life
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The Push to Broaden Lung Cancer Screens
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The Push to Broaden Lung Cancer Screens
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U.S. Snow Storms and Australia's Heat Wave, Is This Climate Change?
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U.S. Snow Storms and Australia's Heat Wave, Is This Climate Change?

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Person of the Year 2025: The Architects of AI

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KPop Demon Hunters Is TIME's 2025 Breakthrough of the Year
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