This NPR News segment covers a high-stakes U.S.-China summit amid escalating trade tensions and national security concerns, legislative moves to ban Chinese vehicles in the U.S., ongoing redistricting battles in Southern states following a weakened Voting Rights Act, a rejected $56 billio
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