This NPR News segment covers a range of current events, from President Trump’s controversial proposal to build a militarized triumphal arch in Washington, D.C., to rising measles cases in Pennsylvania, AI regulation in New York utilities, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s propos
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