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Week in Politics: USS Lincoln; latest primaries and Democrats; White House ballroom

NPR | By Eyder Peralta,

Ron Elving

Published August 15, 2026 at 6:40 AM CDT

A shortage of some munitions as well as the problems with the USS Lincoln have the Trump administration on the defensive. Meanwhile, what the latest primaries show about Democratic enthusiasm.

Eyder Peralta

Eyder Peralta is an international correspondent for NPR. He was named NPR's Mexico City correspondent in 2022.

Ron Elving

Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News, where he is frequently heard as a news analyst and writes regularly for NPR.org.