This NPR News broadcast covers escalating U.S.-Iran tensions over the Strait of Hormuz, a high-profile lawsuit alleging government suppression of pro-Palestinian activism, the resolution of E. Jean Carroll’s civil case against Donald Trump, IBM’s disastrous earnings miss tied to AI-driven
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