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Week In The News: Iran-U.S. Tensions, Reparations, Trump 2020, EPA Rollbacks

Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates shakes hands with House Subcommittee Chairman Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., during a hearing on slavery reparations held by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties on June 19, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Zach Gibson/Getty Images)

With Meghna Chakrabarti

Tensions ratchet up between Iran and the U.S. Historic hearing on reparations. Trump rallies for a second term. More EPA rollbacks. The roundtable is here.

Guests

Olivier Knox, chief Washington correspondent for Sirius XM radio. (@OKnox)

Anita Kumar, White House correspondent and associate editor at Politico. (@anitakumar01)

Jack Beatty, On Point news analyst. (@JackBeattyNPR)

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