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Top News Fed Poised to Cut Rates for First Time Since Financial Crisis, Ending an Era By JEANNA SMIALEK Investors expect a quarter-point precautionary cut, a turning point that underlines that this might be as good as the economy will get. Facebook Connected Her to a Tattooed Soldier in Iraq. Or So She Thought. By JACK NICAS Renee Holland sent her Facebook friend thousands of dollars. She became entwined in a global fraud that the social network and the United States military appear helpless to stop. Dan Coats to Step Down as Intelligence Chief; Trump Picks Loyalist for Job By MAGGIE HABERMAN, JULIAN E. BARNES and PETER BAKER President Trump said Representative John Ratcliffe of Texas, a staunch defender of the president, would replace Mr. Coats, who was an important link to the Republican establishment. For more top news, go to NYTimes.com »

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Editors' Picks World | Beijing Dispatch Picasso Show Captivates Beijing, Whose Art Scene Hums as Censors Hover By JANE PERLEZ The lines are long to see an art exhibition whose implicit theme asks a probing question: Would genius like Picasso's thrive within the confinements of contemporary China? Opinion The Real Problem With Trump's Rallies By KEVIN M. KRUSE There are a lot of similarities between the president and George Wallace of Alabama. But there's also one big difference.

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