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The hosts of NPR's All Things Considered help you make sense of a major news story and what it means for you, in 15 minutes. New episodes six days a week, Sunday through Friday. Support NPR and get your news sponsor-free with Consider This+. Learn more at plus.npr.org/considerthis

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July 16, 2026 9 mins
After weeks of competition, the World Cup final is set: Argentina and Spain will face off for the coveted title.

Sunday's match will be the culmination of the biggest World Cup tournament to date.

What has it taught us?


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Todd Blanche is President Trump's pick for Attorney General. He's currently in that role in an acting capacity and hopes to convince lawmakers to give him the job officially.

But Blanche's nomination is facing pushback over criticisms that the Department of Justice has become politicized and over his handling of the Epstein files.

What did we learn after the first day of his confirmation hearings?


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There have been at least 9 deaths tied to immigration enforcement actions since President Trump returned to the White House. Four of them have been this year.

What's going on - and can anything be done to keep people safe?


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By now, you've probably felt it: prices are up.

The spike in gas prices have helped push annual inflation to its highest levels in three years — around 4.2 percent.

With prices creeping up, how are Americans coping?


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The nation continues to react to the unexpected death of South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham. Graham was a veteran politician, a dealmaker and military hawk. He was also one of President Trump’s staunchest critics before his election, only to become one of Trump’s close allies on Capitol Hill after his victory.


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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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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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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 relatio...
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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.

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FIFA's Disciplinary Committee suspended US striker Folarin Balogun's one-game red card ban in exchange for a probationary period of one year.

The decision was announced after President Donald Trump called FIFA President Gianni Infantino and asked him to review the red card.

The suspended red card means Balogun can play in Monday night's win-or-go-home match in Seattle versus Belgium.

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An historic and dramatic shift is underway for NATO. As it tries to adapt to increasingly complex global threats and as the U.S. changes its priorities, there’s a push to create a more European NATO. David M. Cattler of the Center for European Policy Analysis talks about what to expect at this week's NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.

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July 3, 2026 10 mins
The town of Primm, Nevada was once a thriving tourist destination.

Located on the Nevada-California border, the town has seen a sharp decline in tourism and has become like a ghost town, due in part to the proliferation of casinos across the country.

Now, one family wants to revive Primm's glory days. But how?


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It's been more than one week since twin earthquakes devastated northern Venezuela.

As of Wednesday, the death toll from the earthquakes had soared to nearly 2,300 people, with more than 11,000 people injured, according to Venezuela's government.

But behind the staggering numbers are the stories of people trying to pick up the pieces of their lives after a devastating event.

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According to recent financial disclosures, President Trump made more than $1 billion from his crypto ventures in 2025.

That means President Trump earned more money in 2025 from crypto than he did from his real estate investments that took decades to build. 

How did he pull this off?


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The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Constitution guarantees automatic birthright citizenship to virtually all children born in the United States.

It was one of the most closely watched cases of this Supreme Court term -- and is considered a rebuke of President Trump's goal to end birthright citizenship.

But the Court is divided. We break down the ruling and how the justices are thinking about the Trump administra...
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Today, the Supreme Court ruled on two cases that deal with major political battles. 

The first deals with mail-in voting, which President Trump has criticized for years. 

The Supreme Court upheld a Mississippi law that allows election officials to count mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day but received up to five days later.

In another ruling, the High Court ruled that Lisa Cook, a member o...
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The Gordie Howe International Bridge spans the most important border crossing between the U.S. and Canada. President Donald Trump has said he doesn’t want it open yet. 

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NPR often relies on reporters going into dangerous places to get the story. It can mean covering a war, natural catastrophes, or highly contagious, deadly diseases — like the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that has killed hundreds of people so far.

For this week’s Reporter’s Notebook, we hear from Emmet Livingstone about how he balances the risk of reporting in an area w...
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Tommy Pigott, the State Department's spokesperson, has just returned from a trip to the Middle East. 

He was there with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to meet with Gulf leaders about the administration's ongoing negotiations with Iran.

While there, Secretary Rubio pledged the administrations commitment to helping Venezuela recover from this week's deadly earthquakes. 

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