This NPR News episode covers escalating U.S.-Iran tensions through retaliatory airstrikes and missile attacks, China’s diplomatic push in Egypt, Senator Ed Markey’s primary victory in Massachusetts, deadly flash floods in the Grand Canyon, Tropical Depression Edward’s impact in Texas, and
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