This NPR News episode covers a series of urgent developments: the USS Abraham Lincoln returning home after a grueling nine-month deployment amid Iranian tensions, federal debt surpassing $40 trillion with partisan blame exchanged, a top White House aide departing ahead of midterms, and a
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