This NPR News segment delivers urgent updates on Tropical Storm Bertha threatening the Gulf Coast, security concerns over the new Air Force One jet, escalating Middle East tensions affecting global energy markets, new U.S. tariffs on Canada, and severe wildfire activity in Oregon, alongsi
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