This NPR News and This American Life hybrid broadcast covers major political, environmental, and social developments, including President Trump’s use of a pocket rescission to cancel nearly $1 billion in federal funding, Hurricane Nolo threatening Hawaii amid ongoing disaster recovery, an
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