This NPR News episode covers a surge in U.S.-Iran tensions following deadly attacks on U.S. troops in Jordan, retaliatory airstrikes, and escalating rhetoric from Iran’s Supreme Leader, while also reporting on domestic incidents involving ICE violence, a nationwide lettuce recall due to c
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