This NPR News episode delivers a live update on key political, international, and domestic developments, anchored by Republican midterm strategy, a deadly plane crash, escalating Israeli-Palestinian tensions, Hurricane Lowell’s impact on Hawaii, and a concerning rise in anti-Muslim sentim
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