This NPR News segment covers a series of current events, including the advancement of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s Senate confirmation, renewed scrutiny over major banks’ failure to report financial red flags on Jeffrey Epstein, a delayed mass funeral in Gaza for victims of an I
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