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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.

In Germany’s Depressed East, Tanks Are the Lesser of Two Evils

Even leaders from the far-right Alternative for Germany party, which opposes aid to Ukraine, have embraced the jobs that come with new weapons production.

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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.

What We Know About the Remaining Hostages in Gaza

Israel says that there are still about 20 living hostages in Gaza, along with the bodies of around 25 others. Details of their release remain unclear.

© David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

Mourners attend a dawn memorial service marking the two-year anniversary of the Hamas cross-border attack on Israel, in Kfar Aza, southern Israel.
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