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May 12
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A Breakthrough on U.S.-China Tariffs, an...

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Plus, For Sale: The pope’s childhood home.

On Today’s Episode:

U.S. and China Agree to Temporarily Slash Tariffs in Bid to Defuse Trade War, by Daisuke Wakabayashi, Alan Rappeport and Ana Swanson

Flights Could Be Disrupted Across U.S., Transportation Secretary Warns, by Troy Closson

Hamas Says It Will Release Its Last American Hostage, by Adam Rasgon and Aaron Boxerman

Trump Is Poised to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One, by Maggie Haberman, Eric Schmitt and Glenn Thrush

Auction to Dine With Trump Creates Foreign Influence Opportunity, by Eric Lipton and David Yaffe-Bellany

India and Pakistan Agree to a Cease-Fire: What We Know, by Zia ur-Rehman, Mujib Mashal, Anupreeta Das and Pragati K.B.

Leo Lived Here: The Price Goes Up for the Pope’s Childhood Home, by Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Debra Kamin

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