This NPR News segment covers a range of current events, from Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan Senate campaign and shifting voter dynamics to escalating U.S.-Iran tensions over the Strait of Hormuz, a powerful typhoon hitting China, a solar eclipse and meteor shower visible across the Northern He
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