The episode covers multiple global and domestic news stories, including Iran's strategic demands to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Ukraine's urgent need for air defense amid a missile gap exacerbated by U.S. commitments in the Middle East, a long-delayed trial in the Tupac Shakur murder cas
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