NPR News: 08-20-2026 10PM EDT
Summary
The USS Abraham Lincoln returns home after a record nine-month deployment, while the USS George Washington arrives in the Middle East. A proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. merger faces scrutiny over potential job losses in Los Angeles. Other stories include an ISIS-linked plot thwarted at the New York State Capitol, Walmart’s slowing growth, and the Trump administration’s shift in disability care enforcement.
Topics discussed
USS Abraham Lincoln heads home after record deployment
Conditions on carrier: shortages and mental health strains
Paramount-WB merger report warns of LA job losses
Merger on hold pending antitrust lawsuit
Woman charged with ISIS plot to bomb NY Capitol
Walmart reports slowest growth in six years
Democrats narrow 2028 convention host cities
Trump admin may stop enforcing disability community rights
Army offers re-enlistment bonus timed to GTA VI release
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