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PBS News Hour

News Wrap: Fed cuts interest rates for 2nd time this year

Episode 302 | 6m 23s

In our news wrap Wednesday, the Federal Reserve cut its topline interest rate by a quarter-point for the second time this year, President Trump is due to meet China's Xi Jinping on the last leg of his Asian tour, the U.S. is reducing its military presence along NATO's border with Ukraine and Israel carried out a strike on Northern Gaza even as it says its ceasefire with Hamas is still in place.

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