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It's Friday, April 25th.
I'm Shamita Basu.
This is Apple News Today.
On today's show, a stark warning about the state of democracy in the United States,
a number of setbacks for President Trump in court,
and why you might want to stop saying please and thank you to ChatGPT.
Let's start with the warning about democratic norms in the U.S.
As we approach President Trump's 100th day in office for the second time,
a survey of more than 500 political scientists found the vast majority believe the United States is quickly swinging from a liberal democracy to some form of authoritarianism.
It's an assessment that depending on who you stop on the street in any town USA,
someone might completely agree with and share the alarm of these academics.
Or someone might disagree entirely, even say that President Trump is saving our country.
I decided to call up NYU professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat.