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People around Lubbock, Texas, are watching the spread of measles.
Could it grow?
Absolutely it could.
Other places have seen it, too.
So what's behind the return of a disease health officials once thought they had eradicated?
I'm Leila Faldil.
That's Steve Inskeep.
And this is up first from NPR News.
It's common for countries like China to criticize U.S. efforts to spread democracy.
Now democracy advocates say the Trump administration speaks the same way.
Geopolitical information warfare is no longer something that's happening halfway across the world,
but is happening within our own governments.
Who's gaining from that information war?
Also, Brazilian authorities filed charges against a former president for a coup attempt.
Do they put a former president on trial?
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