This NPR News episode delivers a snapshot of pivotal political, humanitarian, and legal developments in the U.S. and abroad, highlighting shifting Democratic and Republican primary dynamics, worsening conditions for Palestinians returning to Gaza, a federal dismissal of a Trump-era anti-S
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