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According to the Financial Times: Britain has excluded financial services from plans to promote closer coordination with the European Union.

US financial media Semafor: Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD.O) executives have privately stated that they are willing to talk to Paramount again if the company raises its bid.

U.S. government data shows the number of U.S. federal employees has dropped to its lowest level in at least a decade.

German Geoscience Research Center GFZ: A 5.5-magnitude earthquake occurred in the North Island of New Zealand.

Asked when Americans would receive the $2,000 checks Trump promised would come from tariff revenue, Trump said congressional approval was not required to release the payments. Asked for a specific timetable, he replied: "I think probably around the end of the year."

In the European Union's digital regulatory reform, large technology companies have been exempted from strict regulatory rules, sources said.

The U.S. Special Envoy for Syria: Calls on Syrian government leaders, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), authorities in Kurdish-administered areas and all armed factions on the ground to suspend hostilities.

U.S. Special Envoy for Syria: The United States is paying close attention to developments in the Ashrafiyeh and Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods of Aleppo and is deeply concerned about this.

US President Trump: I don’t need international law.

White House: U.S. President Trump’s administration is about to announce the establishment of a new National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice.

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office projects that PCE inflation will be 2.7% in 2026 and 2.1% in 2028.

The Congressional Budget Office projects that the U.S. unemployment rate will fall to 4.6% in 2026 and further to 4.4% in 2028. The labor market in 2026 reflects increased labor demand and weak growth in labor supply.

The Congressional Budget Office predicts that the Federal Reserve funds rate will remain at 3.4% until 2028.

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office predicts that the Federal Reserve interest rate will fall to 3.4% in the fourth quarter of 2026.

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office predicts that U.S. GDP growth will accelerate to 2.2% in 2026.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent: He hopes to reduce the deficit to GDP ratio by 50 to 100 basis points every year, with the goal of reducing it to the 3% range.

U.S. President Trump: Cuba is in trouble and in danger.

US Vice President Vance: We will propose a nomination in the next few days.

Vice President Vance: We are creating a new Assistant Attorney General position that will have jurisdiction over fraud cases across the country.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent: The Treasury Department will oversee the sale of assets in Venezuela and reallocate the proceeds to Venezuela under the direction of U.S. Secretary of State Rubio.