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Ahead of the United States' 250th birthday, we asked celebrity outdoor enthusiasts—athletes, environmentalists, travel experts, advocates, and more—to each pick an American natural wonder, large or small, that they believe says something special about the country. The responses took us from Maine to California, and from Alaska to the Gulf Coast, making up a pretty incredible travel bucket list. See the full list here: https://lnkd.in/eD4tNS2d

How is AI reshaping the way we travel? From easing planning anxiety to creating more personalized guest experiences, technology is transforming every step of the journey. As the world’s largest travel company, Booking.com is focused on using innovation responsibly, building smarter tools, stronger partnerships, and better experiences for travelers around the globe. Discover how AI is helping redefine the future of travel. Content in partnership with Booking.com https://lnkd.in/ekYzYguY

Chat, are we doomed? TIME Editor at Large and 'Social Dilemma' advice columnist Belinda Luscombe weights in on AI anxiety in our advice series tackling the questions that keep you up at night. Her advice, in short: find people who feel the same way, turn your anxiety into action, and don’t break up with your friends over AI. To get help with a social dilemma of your own, submit your question here: https://lnkd.in/eMqGJPEc

The Leadership Brief: Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters on why it walked away from the Warner Bros. Discovery deal.

“Women in all walks of life are asked to do the most, and also told that they deserve the least.” Lena Dunham, author of ‘Famesick’ and creator of ‘Girls,’ opened up on the treatment of women in the spotlight after rising to fame in 2010s.

Growing up in East London, actor Idris Elba watched his father give "a voice to the unvoiced" as a union representative for Ford Motor Co. Sabrina Dhowre Elba’s mother left Somalia in 1986 amid a civil war that would bring state collapse and, as a single mother of five, went on to found a nonprofit dedicated to educating and supporting women in rural areas of the country and Eastern Africa. The couple met in 2016, married in 2019, and together founded the Elba Hope Foundation in 2022 — a continuation of everything their parents taught them about showing up for others. This year, TIME named them to the TIME100 Philanthropy list. Read their full interview and what has been accomplished so far here: https://lnkd.in/eUVuErTB

Future Proof: The U.S. still doesn't have an answer to China's EV dominance.

“We know that investing in children is the most important investment that we can make.” Michael and Susan Dell talk about their $6.25 billion pledge to seed investment accounts for millions of American children, and why they believe giving kids “a stake in America’s future” could shape the country for decades to come. The Dells are part of TIME’s 2026 list of the 100 most influential people shaping the future of giving. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e5dt4MjR

Beyond the optics of U.S. President Donald Trump’s sojourn to Beijing—the cheering schoolchildren brandishing the Stars and Stripes, the battalion of tech executives accompanying the American leader—the overarching message was one of “constructive strategic stability,” as Chinese President Xi Jinping himself put it. The two powers, both leaders seemed to convey, view each other as rivals—but they also didn’t want ties to unravel. And Trump was surely pleased with Xi’s pledge to U.S. CEOs that “China’s door will only open wider” to their businesses, according to Chinese state media. Not that they don’t have any differences. In closed-door discussions with the American president, Xi made sure to warn that the superpowers could “collide or even enter into conflict” over Taiwan, the self-ruling island which China claims sovereignty. Taiwan, Xi said, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, “is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations.” Against this backdrop, Trump gave a fist pump at the door of Air Force One as he departed Beijing Friday afternoon, while a cheering crowd waved more U.S. flags. He will no doubt hail the trip as a triumph. In China, it will be seen as the marker of a bigger shift. As Sung Wen-ti, a scholar focused on China’s leadership at the Australian National University, put it: “China showed that they have established themselves clearly as a peer to the U.S." Read more about how the Trump-Xi meeting showed a new world order: https://lnkd.in/ePtDWgB5

For nearly a decade, Minnesota resident and colon cancer patient Emma Dimmery fought with every tool medicine made available to her. "I was at a point where it was starting to look bleak," she says. Here, she speaks to the challenges of navigating bureaucracy in the health care system: