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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
The USS George Washington is heading to the Middle East to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln.
The carrier has spent more than 250 consecutive days at sea without a port call,
raising concerns about conditions aboard the ship and the toll on its crew.
NPR's Tom Bowman says the Navy is hearing directly from sailors' families.
They say, you know, there is food aboard.
It's not maybe the best food, maybe, you know, energy bars or corn dogs rather than a decent hot meal.
But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said these concerns are misrepresented.
But Navy Secretary Hong Kao had a pretty stormy meeting with families of the Lincoln sailors.
There were like 200 people in this room in San Diego.
So they're getting an earful, really, from family members now, as well as sailors.
That's NPR's Tom Bowman reporting.
Time is running out to register to vote in some of the last statewide primary elections of the year.
NPR's Hansi Lo Wang has a rundown of the upcoming deadlines.
If you're eligible to vote in Tuesday's primary in Wyoming, in-person registration continues through primary day.
Delaware and Massachusetts hold primaries in September.
Eligible voters who haven't registered yet in those states have until Saturday,