This NPR News segment covers a series of current events, including the narrow Senate confirmation of Todd Blanche as U.S. Attorney General, fatal wildfire-fighting crashes in Utah and Canada, growing regulatory scrutiny of political social media influencers, a drone explosion near a Bulga
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