This NPR News broadcast covers multiple pressing national stories, including the Pentagon’s push to accelerate weapons production amid the ongoing war with Iran, deadly wildfires in Utah claiming the lives of two helicopter pilots, voter registration deadlines ahead of key primary electio
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