Consider This from NPR

For this week’s Reporter’s Notebook, we’re listening back with Jackie Northam, one of NPR’s longest-serving international correspondents, about how she became a journalist, what kept her going, and why some stories never really left her.

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July has brought a lot of changes to how the federal government handles student loans.

They include how much students are able to borrow.

And now, the government is assessing loans through a test: Based on how much money students make after graduating.

Could this change what students plan to study and the professions they enter?

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This episode was produced by Jeffrey Pierre, Zephyr Weinreich and Karen Zamora, with audio engineering by Ted Mebane. Our director is Jonas Adams.

It was edited by Nicole Cohen, William Troop and Tinbete Ermyas.

Our interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning.

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What a difference three weeks makes.

It’s been about that long since the US and Iran agreed on a framework to end their war, but this week that changed.

President Trump said on Wednesday that the ceasefire is 'over' - and both sides have expressed deep mistrust in one another. 

Is diplomacy still possible?

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This episode was produced by Kathryn Fink and Tyler Bartlam.

It was edited by Patrick Jarenwattananon and Tinbete Ermyas.

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Heading into this week's NATO summit, the big agenda item was the future of the defense alliance and how President Trump would engage with it.

But on Tuesday, the US struck Iran dozens of times, with President Trump saying that the ceasefire between the US and Iran is "over."

At a meeting that was supposed to be about the unity of the transatlantic alliance, a conflict that’s further strained US-European relations has flared up again. 

How did we get here?
 

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This episode was produced by Jason Fuller, Zephyr Weinreich and Karen Zamora, with audio engineering by Ted Mebane and Hannah Gluvna.

Our director is Jonas Adams.

It was edited by Christopher Intagliata and Tinbete Ermyas.

Our interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning.

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US Senate candidate Graham Platner's campaign has been thrown into chaos.

On Monday, Politico reported an allegation of sexual assault from Platner's former girlfriend. Platner has denied the claim.

The accusations have led to cratering support from prominent Democrats for his candidacy, in a race that is important for Democrats' ambitions to take back the Senate in November.

What's next for Platner and this key Senate race?

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This episode was produced by Tyler Bartlam and Karen Zamora, with audio engineering by Ted Mebane.

Our director is Jonas Adams.

It was edited by Patrick Jarenwattananon and Tinbete Ermyas.

Our interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning.

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