This NPR News hour highlights escalating U.S.-Iran tensions, a significant Democratic split over U.S. aid to Israel, a crowded Maine Senate race following a scandal, a legal battle over press freedom involving The New York Times, and worsening wildfire and flood conditions linked to clima
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