The episode of NPR's Up First covers escalating geopolitical tensions involving Iran and the U.S., worsening trade relations between the U.S. and Canada, ongoing power outages in Indiana due to storm damage, a controversial Texas court ruling in a racially charged teen stabbing case, and
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