This NPR News episode covers a range of urgent national and global issues, including President Trump’s unapologetic stance on the war in Iran, worsening conditions for U.S. sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, an approaching hurricane threatening Hawaii, Wall Street's mixed performance
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