The episode delivers a rapid-fire update on escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, domestic policy shifts under the Trump administration affecting legal immigrants, a deadly wildfire crisis in the western U.S., a severe European heat wave, and Australia’s intensified crackdo
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