Dave Mattingly

Dow futures are up 109 points this morning.

I'm Dave Mattingly, NPR News, in Washington.

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Ukraine's president says he's ready to hold elections if Western allies can provide security during the voting.

NPR's Joanna Kakisis in Kyiv says the White House supports the idea, though elections in Ukraine can't be held legally under martial law.

Attorney General Pam Bondi says the FBI and the U.S.

Coast Guard have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.

NPR's Quill Lawrence says that tanker has been linked to smuggling for many years.

Machado's daughter, Ana, accepted the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday on her mother's behalf at that ceremony.

Machado later appeared in Oslo.

The Federal Reserve is lowering U.S.

interest rates for the third time since September.

The Fed cut rates by a quarter point yesterday, the same as it did at its policy meetings in September and October.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell says the central bank continues to respond to a slowing job market, even though inflation remains an issue.

Three members of the Fed committee dissented.

Two wanted the Fed to hold rates steady, while the other backed a half-point rate cut.

Lower interest rates make it cheaper to borrow money.

The move by the Fed sparked a day of gains on Wall Street.

The Dow added nearly 500 points, or more than 1%.

Coca-Cola says the company's chief operating officer, Enrique Braun, will be its next CEO.