NPR News: 08-20-2026 10PM EDT
Summary
The USS Abraham Lincoln returns home after a record nine-month deployment, while a proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. merger faces scrutiny over potential job losses in Los Angeles. A woman is charged with plotting an ISIS attack on the New York State Capitol, and Walmart reports its slowest growth in six years. Democrats narrow 2028 convention host cities, the Trump administration shifts disability services policy, and the Army offers re-enlistment bonuses timed to the release of Grand Theft Auto VI.
Topics discussed
USS Abraham Lincoln returns home after record deployment
Paramount-WB merger report warns of LA job losses
Woman charged with ISIS plot to bomb NY State Capitol
Walmart reports slowest growth in six years
Democrats narrow 2028 convention host city list
Trump admin may stop enforcing community disability services
Army unit offers re-enlistment bonus for GTA VI release
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