The episode covers a wave of voting rights protests in Alabama, a strike by Long Island Railroad workers, U.S.-Taiwan-China tensions over a delayed weapons sale, new financial disclosures from President Trump, the mistrial in Harvey Weinstein's latest sex crimes case, and the Eurovision S
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