This NPR News segment covers key political, military, and environmental developments in the U.S. and abroad, highlighting the tightening congressional midterm race, a pause in U.S.-Iran hostilities, widespread wildfires in Oregon and Europe, and growing concerns over teens using AI chatbo
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