This NPR News episode covers multiple high-impact stories including a sexual assault case at Cornell University, political fallout from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s testimony on Trump investigations, OpenAI’s launch of its new AI agent Dots amid safety concerns, misuse of federal funds fo
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