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The United States and Iran are exchanging messages to amend a draft agreement that would extend their ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
A proposed ceasefire initiative would require Iran's proxy Hezbollah to cease all attacks on Israel, while Israel would be required to refrain from further military escalation in Lebanon.
Israel expanded its ground assault into Lebanon over the weekend, an incursion described as the broadest in a quarter century.
Israeli forces have seized the strategic Bofort Ridge, which overlooks the Galilee region of northern Israel.
Iran has consistently stated that any deal with the U.S. must ensure a halt to all conflicts in the region, particularly the one in Lebanon.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated that the U.S. policy on Taiwan has not changed since the beginning of the current administration.
Chinese President Xi Jinping previously warned President Trump in Beijing that mishandling the Taiwan issue could lead to military clashes.
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned that the central bank's credibility would be lost if a presidential administration could remove Fed officials over policy disagreements.
The Supreme Court is deciding a case concerning President Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over policy disagreements.
Nvidia is entering the personal computer market with a new processor called the RTX Spark Superchip, aiming to challenge Intel's market dominance.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stated that future CPUs must be designed for "agentic systems," as their required properties differ from CPUs built for human use.
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index has risen almost 70% in the last two months and is on course for its best quarter ever.