This NPR News episode covers multiple high-impact stories, including a federal investigation into former Congressman Eric Swalwell over sexual misconduct allegations, a record $40 trillion national debt, a worsening Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a plane crash in Alas
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