NPR News: 08-19-2026 12AM EDT
Summary
Florida Democrats selected progressive Angie Nixon as their Senate nominee, while a last-minute U.S.-Canada trade deal averted new tariffs. In the Middle East, Israeli forces destroyed a water facility in Lebanon, complicating ceasefire talks. Elsewhere, a former NIAID advisor pleaded guilty to hiding pandemic records, opening statements began in a major child privacy lawsuit against Meta, and ABC sued the FCC over license threats.
Topics discussed
Angie Nixon wins Florida Democratic Senate primary
US-Canada tariff deal and Lebanon water tower destruction
Former NIAID advisor pleads guilty to hiding records
Meta trial and ABC lawsuit against FCC over licenses
NASA photos of SpaceX rocket crater on the moon
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