This NPR News segment covers breaking developments including the funeral preparations for Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a nationwide heat wave straining power grids, the rising influence of Democratic Socialists in U.S. politics, unconfirmed rumors of a high-profile
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