Consider This from NPR

Some 43 million Americans hold federal student loans. 

If you're one of them - or planning to be - some major changes are coming beginning July 1, including new loan limits and an overhaul of repayment plans.

How might these changes affect you? NPR education correspondent Cory Turner spells out the changes that are coming and what to expect. 

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The war with Iran is not popular in the U.S., and President Trump has been trying to negotiate a deal to resolve it.

In comparison, the Israeli public is pressing for military defeat of Iran and its allies, such as the militia Hezbollah in Lebanon. And Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a parliamentary election this fall which could unseat him from power.

So the war that Trump and Netanyahu launched together now sees the two leaders at odds on its potential end.

Daniel Shapiro, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, explains the political calculus for Netanyahu right now.

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With his claims about California voter fraud, President Trump is returning to a familiar playbook. Is this a preview of what the midterms could look like?

We are still waiting for some results from last Tuesday's primary in California.

That election will determine who is on the ballot this fall in the races for governor, Los Angeles mayor, and key congressional districts.

But the state is one of the slowest to count votes in the country, and in the meantime, President Trump is pushing familiar – and false – claims of election fraud. 

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The Trump administration is supercharging its aggression toward Latin America. What does the 'Donroe Doctrine' mean for the Western Hemisphere, and could it backfire for the U.S.? 

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This week, the Trump administration did a seemingly uncommon thing – it reversed course under pressure.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told a House subcommittee this week that the Justice Department would not go forward with its plans to implement a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund.

Fellow Republicans in Congress who saw it as funneling federal money to the president’s supporters – possibly including Jan. 6 rioters – held up other legislation in protest.

For a president who claims broad authority over nearly everything, what can we make of his administration backing down?

The Atlantic’s Anne Applebaum, a historian of modern authoritarianism, weighs in.

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