On Today’s Episode:

• Soft Landing or No Landing? Fed’s Economic Picture Gets Complicated, by Jeanna Smialek

• Hamas Does Not Have 40 Hostages Who Meet Terms of Potential Swap With Israel, Officials Say, by Adam Rasgon and Remy Tumin

• Biden Administration Approves Expansion of Background Checks on Gun Sales, by Glenn Thrush and Erica L. Green

• Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening?, by Delger Erdenesanaa

• Biden’s State Dinner for Japan Was Heavy on Symbolism (and Yes, Cherry Blossoms), by Katie Rogers

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