NPR News: 07-18-2026 9AM EDT
Summary
This NPR News Now episode covers smoke from Canadian wildfires affecting eastern U.S. air quality and Trump’s Truth Social offering paid fast-track access to presidential posts for Wall Street firms. It also reports on a shooting at a Colorado ICE detention center, a cyclospora outbreak linked to Taco Bell lettuce, and the forced exile of Cuban dissident Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara.
Topics discussed
Schwab investment advertisement
Canadian wildfire smoke affecting US air quality
Truth Social selling faster access to Trump posts
Shooting outside ICE detention center in Colorado
Cyclospora outbreak linked to Taco Bell lettuce
Cuban dissident Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara exiled
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