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Good morning and welcome to the Sunday edition of Morning Wire, where we give you the weekend rundown to get ready for the week ahead. Today, as UFOs go mainstream, the jury is out on what the existence of alien life might mean for religion. And there are a few primary skills that people still perform better than AI, according to workplace experts.

But first, the White House today hosts a cage-fighting show on the South Lawn.

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The arena for the UFC Freedom 250 fights on the South Lawn of the White House is photographed Thursday, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump turns 80 with a showstopping spectacle of cage fights at the White House. But big issues loom

President Donald Trump celebrates turning 80 with a UFC cage-fighting event on the White House's South Lawn. It's an unprecedented extravaganza marking his birthday in showstopping fashion, featuring seven fights and aligning with America's 250th anniversary. Trump's celebration on Sunday contrasts sharply with former President Joe Biden's low-key 80th birthday at the White House in 2022. The bash comes while the U.S. and Iran are discussing a deal to end the war, and after Trump's name was removed from Washington's Kennedy Center. At 80, polls show the public has concerns about the president's age — mirroring doubts his predecessor faced. But his physicians have said Trump is in excellent health. Read more.

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A woman looks at a UFO display outside of the Little A'Le'Inn, in Rachel, Nev., the closest town to Area 51, in 2019. (AP Photo/John Locher)

As UFOs go mainstream, the jury is out on what the existence of alien life might mean for religion

In “Disclosure Day,” out Friday, Steven Spielberg is once again inviting audiences to ponder the existence of extraterrestrial life — and the implications it would have for religion on Earth. But Spielberg is hardly the only one making headlines of late about UFOs and the possibility of life on other planets. What was once considered fringe or conspiratorial has in recent months popped up everywhere from the White House to the Catholic Church, as public fascination with unidentified anomalous phenomena — or UAPs, as the government calls them — becomes more mainstream. Read more.

The skills people still perform better than AI, according to workplace experts

Many workers fear machines will supplant them as adoption of artificial intelligence accelerates. But what if people have qualities both unmistakably human and essential to career success that AI could not easily replace them? Some workplace experts argue that with more businesses adopting AI tools, soft skills such as empathy, critical thinking and ethical decision-making are worth cultivating to help employees become indispensable. Read more.