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$40,047,425,768,420 in U.S. Debt, and an Experimental Vaccine for Skin Cancer

The Headlines

The New York Times

August 20, 2026

Show Notes

Plus, could tweaking flight paths reduce global warming?

Here’s what we’re covering:

U.S. Debt Hits $40 Trillion as America’s Borrowing Binge Continues, by Alan Rappeport

Israel Opens Criminal Inquiries Into Killings of Hind Rajab, 5, and of Medics, by Isabel Kershner

A New mRNA Vaccine Could Prevent Skin Cancer From Returning, by Carolyn Y. Johnson

U.K. to Test Whether Tweaks to Trans-Atlantic Flight Paths Affect Global Warming, by Leo Sands

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