GEOFF BENNETT: We start today's other headlines in# the Middle East, where Israel says it launched a## limited ground operation in Gaza after abruptly# ending a two-month cease-fire with Hamas.

The Israeli military claims to have recaptured# part of a key corridor that bisects Gaza after## withdrawing as part of the truce.

By air,# a wave of Israeli attacks hit sites in## Gaza for a second day in a row.

Several# U.N. employees were rushed to a hospital## after a strike on a U.N. compound killed# one worker and severely injured at least## five others.

Israel denied responsibility.

A# U.N. official said it's under investigation.

JORGE MOREIRA DA SILVA, U.N. Office# for Project Services: In my opinion,## this was not an accident.

It cannot b.. least an incident.

U.N. personnel and its# premises must be protected by all sites.

GEOFF BENNETT: Meantime in Israel,# ultra-nationalist Itamar Ben-Gvir## regained his position as national# security minister.

He had left the## government coalition in January to# protest the cease-fire with Hamas.

A federal judge is moving the case of# Columbia University graduate Mahmoud## Khalil to New Jersey.

That's because# the 30-year-old was being held there## when his lawyers first challenged the# legality of his detention.

Khalil is## currently at a facility in Louisiana# as U.S. officials seek to deport him.## ICE agents arrested Khalil earlier this month for# his role in pro-Palestinian protests on campus.

He is a legal us resident with no criminal record,## and his lawyers say the grounds for his# arrest violate his First Amendment rights.

The White House says it's suspending $175# million in federal funding for the University## of Pennsylvania.

It follows an investigation# into Penn's swimming program that focused on## Lia Thomas, an openly transgender athlete who# last competed for the school in 2022.

A Penn## spokesperson says they have not received# details of the action, but in a statement## added -- quote -- "We have been in the past# and remain today in full compliance with the## regulations that apply to not only Penn, but all# of our NCAA and Ivy League peer institutions."

Penn joins Columbia University as the second Ivy## League school to be targeted by the# administration in the last two weeks.

A jury in North Dakota found Greenpeace liable# for defamation and other claims related to## protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline.# The environmental group must pay hundreds## of millions of dollars to the Dallas-based# energy transfer company and its subsidiary## Dakota Access.

The lawsuit accuses Greenpeace# of defamation, trespass, nuisance, and other## acts during the 2016 and 2017 protests near the# reservation of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

Activists opposed the oil pipeline's# construction as a risk to the local## water supply.

Greenpeace says its employees# had little to no involvement in the protests.

The Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest# rate steady today for the second meeting in a## row.

But even as it projects slower economic# growth, the Central Bank signaled it still## expects to cut rates twice this# year.

At a news conference today,## Fed Chair Jerome Powell called the outlook# uncertain.

He explicitly cited tariffs as## a potential obstacle to the Fed's effort to# bring inflation down to its 2 percent goal.

JEROME POWELL, Federal Reserve Chairman: Goods# inflation moved up pretty significantly in## the first two months of the year.

Trying to# track that back to actual tariff increases,## given what was tariffed and what was# not.

Very, very challenging.

So some## of it -- the answer is clearly some of it,# a good part of it is coming from tariffs.

GEOFF BENNETT: Those tariff concerns# took a back seat on Wall Street today## as investors focused instead on the# Fed's commitment to further rate## cuts.

The Dow Jones industrial average# added nearly 400 points on the day.

The## Nasdaq jumped nearly 250 points.

The S&P# 500 added 60 points, or about 1 percent.

Still to come on the "News Hour": we speak# with Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer## about his party's infighting over how to oppose# the White House; how the Trump administration's## changes to Social Security could limit access# to benefits for millions; and one Michigan## county tries to heal political divisions five# years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.