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A Tough Job for Jay Powell at the Fed Gets Tougher

Some at the central bank don’t feel the need to cut rates further this year; others are worried about the jobs market. That complicates the job of Jay Powell, its chair.

© Caroline Gutman for The New York Times

Lingering concerns among some Fed policymakers about inflation will add to Jay Powell’s task of forging a consensus on rate cuts.

A Gaza Deal

The world is waking up to an agreement between Israel and Hamas. We explain what we know about the breakthrough.

© Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

Einav Zangauker, the mother of a hostage, Matan Zangauker, reacts to the news.

JB Pritzker Has Had It With Democrats Who Won’t Stand Up to Trump

The Illinois governor, a potential presidential candidate, is fighting the presence of National Guard troops and the activities of ICE agents in Chicago.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois has positioned Chicago as a harbinger of the threat that he believes President Trump poses and himself as a chief antagonist to a president who has already threatened to jail him.

This Town Doesn’t Like Rearmament. But It’s Ready to Build Tanks.

In Germany’s depressed East, even far-right opponents of support for Ukraine have embraced the jobs that come with new weapons production.

© Matthias Wehnert/Imago, via Alamy

An armored transport vehicle at the Alstom factory in Görlitz, Germany, this year. The company KNDS has taken over the plant, which used to produce train cars, to instead make tanks and other military vehicles.

Chinese Surgeons Perform First Pig-to-Human Liver Transplant

The transplanted portion of the genetically modified pig liver was removed after 38 days, and the patient, who had advanced liver cancer and cirrhosis, died several months later.

© Xijing Hospital of the Air Force Medical University, via Xinhua

Chinese surgeons at Xijing Hospital of the Air Force Medical University transplanting a genetically modified pig kidney into a brain-dead recipient last year.
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