This NPR News segment covers escalating U.S. sanctions on Iran, economic fallout from new tariffs on Canadian goods, Trump’s political strategy ahead of the midterms, Ukraine’s drone strikes on Russian infrastructure, a fast-moving wildfire in Nevada, and a record-breaking humanoid robot
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