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Oct 15, 2026 · 4m

Summary

President Trump campaigned in Montana ahead of midterms, while a federal judge halted the administration's reorganization of the USDA and Forest Service. Netflix announced significant layoffs amid rising competition, and Cornell University faced faculty backlash over its handling of a sexual assault report. Additionally, the episode covered the escalating Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the discovery of a 4,700-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Turkey.

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