The Fed keeps interest rates steady. And, U.S. plans to deport migrants to Libya

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The Federal Reserve held involvement rates dependable yesterday arsenic it waits to spot however President Trump's commercialized warfare affects the U.S. economy. The fiscal markets anticipated the Fed's determination to support the benchmark borrowing rate astatine betwixt 4.25% and 4.5%, contempt the president's calls for a reduction.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues kept involvement rates unchanged Wednesday. President Trump has criticized the cardinal slope for not lowering rates. Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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• 🎧 NPR's Scott Horsley tells Up First that Federal Reserve policymakers are watching retired for signs of accrued unit connected prices that could rekindle ostentation oregon a weakening successful the occupation market. Horsley says 1 crushed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell isn't feeling a consciousness of urgency to chopped involvement rates is due to the fact that the Fed president says the system is inactive successful coagulated shape.

The Trump medication plans to deport migrants without ineligible presumption to Libya, a state troubled by equipped conflict, arsenic aboriginal arsenic adjacent week. The U.S. subject would behaviour these deportations. In caller months, U.S. officials person been negotiating with assorted countries consenting to judge individuals deported from the U.S. Earlier this week, Rwanda's overseas curate mentioned that his state is successful discussions with Washington astir accepting deportees.

• 🎧 One of the main goals of this program is to nonstop migrants farther away, truthful they can't transverse backmost implicit U.S. borders, according to NPR's Ximena Bustillo. A justice successful Massachusetts issued an injunction blocking Homeland Security from removing migrants and sending them to countries they're not primitively from. The medication recovered workarounds to the injunction by utilizing different agencies to region radical from the U.S. Last night, the aforesaid justice issued different bid clarifying that Homeland Security cannot exploit a loophole. The bid besides says that nary bureau whitethorn deport individuals to a state they are not from without allowing them due clip to contention the removal.

Pakistan's subject spokesman, Lieutenant General Ahmad Sharif, said they changeable down Indian drones flying implicit large cities this morning. This enactment follows India's caller strikes connected aggregate targets crossed Pakistan connected Tuesday, marking the astir extended subject enactment India has taken successful implicit 50 years. India says its actions were successful effect to panic attacks launched from Pakistani territory past month.

• 🎧 Sharif accused India of sending 25 Israeli-made drones this morning. He says the Pakistani subject changeable down each of the drones but 1 that targeted an aged airdrome successful Lahore, Pakistan's second-largest city. One civilian was killed successful that attack, Sharif said. The Pakistani lawman premier curate confirmed this greeting that nationalist advisers of some countries had been successful talks and things were looking hopeful, NPR's Diaa Hadid says. But that was earlier Pakistan accused India of sending drones.

Black fume was seen rising from the Sistine Chapel connected the 2nd time of the papal conclave, indicating that the 133 Catholic cardinals had not chosen a successor to the precocious Pope Francis. Starting today, cardinals volition enactment successful up to 4 rounds of voting each time until a caller pope is elected. Stay up-to-date connected the predetermination of the adjacent pope here.

Life advice

Only astir fractional of Americans person assembled a stash of exigency supplies. To marque the process little overwhelming, "start with what you already have," says Alyssa Provencio, a prof astatine the University of Central Oklahoma who researches exigency and catastrophe management. Olivia Fields for NPR hide caption

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Olivia Fields for NPR

Creating an exigency spell container tin consciousness daunting and costly, but it doesn't person to be. Many radical conflict to cognize what items to include, which mightiness explicate wherefore lone fractional of Americans study having assembled oregon updated their exigency supplies. To marque the process easier and much budget-friendly, see gathering your kit gradually implicit time. Experts successful exigency preparedness shared adjuvant tips with Life Kit on how to make an affordable kit and what items to prioritize.

• 🎒 A sturdy container is cardinal to holding your nutrient and supplies. Bonus points if it has wheels. Don't consciousness you request to bargain a caller bag; an aged duffel container volition work.
• 🎒 Pack 3 days of lightweight, calorie-dense food, similar peanut food oregon tuna successful pouches.
• 🎒 Premade first-aid kits are convenient, but it volition beryllium cheaper to marque your own. Include items similar bandages, gauze, intoxicant and symptom relievers.
• 🎒 Include photocopies of security work, commencement certificate and the deed to your home. Put these important documents successful zip-close bags for extortion from h2o damage.
• 🎒 A powerfulness slope volition complaint your phone, allowing you to marque exigency calls.

For much guidance connected however to make an exigency spell bag, listen to this occurrence of NPR's Life Kit. Subscribe to the Life Kit newsletter for adept proposal connected love, money, relationships and more.

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A 1990 Mercedes-Benz 190E participates successful the 24 Hours of Lemons rally successful Kershaw, S.C., connected April 26. The contention features cars that outgo $500 oregon less. Sam Wolfe for NPR hide caption

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The 24 Hours of Lemons lawsuit is an endurance contention with a twist: The participating cars outgo little than $500. This racing bid promotes itself arsenic an lawsuit for mundane people. The vehicles are not lone economical but besides rather eccentric. At a caller race, determination was a Toyota Yaris painted to lucifer Gary, the favored snail from Spongebob Squarepants, and a Honda Civic topped with items similar a lawnmower, squirrels, and flamingos. Teams are besides encouraged to deterioration costumes, adding to the amusive atmosphere. The lawsuit began implicit 15 years agone successful California and present features 23 races a twelvemonth crossed the country. Check retired photos of the uniquely designed contention cars.

3 things to cognize earlier you go

Shandaken Historical Museum; Shelley Smith/National Trust for Historic Preservation

1. The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced yesterday America's 11 astir endangered historical places successful 2025. This year, the database includes not lone buildings, but full communities.
2. The seventh Disney taxable parkland volition beryllium built successful Abu Dhabi, according to the Walt Disney Company. It volition feature a spiraling castle that appears to beryllium made of crystal.
3. According to a caller study, humans person seen little than 0.001% of the heavy seafloor, which is location to bizarre creatures similar the vampire squid.

This newsletter was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.