Axios reports Acting Treasury sanctions chief Gene Lange traveled with Witkoff and Kushner, attended a preparatory meeting with Putin envoy Kirill Dmitriev but did not join the meeting with Putin. Lange’s participation indicates U.S. sanctions were a

1. Praising Non-Farm Payroll Data, Pressuring the Fed to Cut Rates —US President Trump: The just-released jobs data is fantastic, exceeding all expectations (except mine!). Cut rates, because America's creditworthiness is much better than it was not long ago! We should have the lowest interest rates in the world, like "the old days." Lower rates, or I will stop doing business with countries with whom we have trade deficits. 2. Claiming Growth Won't Cause Inflation —A convoy carrying US Presidential Envoy Witkov, Trump's son-in-law Kushner, and Dmitriev has left the airport for Moscow, according to Reuters witnesses. Trump stated that "growth will not cause inflation," and claimed that if the current theory continues, the US will not achieve the economic prosperity it deserves. 3. Trump Indicates Potential Soon-to-Be Attack on Iran's Khabarovsk —US President Trump: "We sank a lot of ships through the Strait of Hormuz last night, we're shipping a lot of oil, and we control the Strait of Hormuz. We may be attacking Khabarovsk very soon, it's time for us to act. If the situation in Iran deteriorates any further, we will strike hard. To be honest, we've basically taken over Iran." 4. Calls Iran Conflict "Not a Big Deal for the US" —US President Trump called the more than six-month-long US-Iran conflict "insignificant" and said he wouldn't describe it as a major war. Trump said on Friday that it was a "military conflict," but "not a big deal for us," and that there was no ongoing fighting between the two sides. 5. Plans Post-War Middle East Strategy to Contain Iran and Promote Normalization of Israeli-Saudi Relations —According to Axios, the Trump administration is drafting a post-war Middle East strategy, focusing on establishing regional cooperation mechanisms to contain Iran and expanding the normalization of relations between Israel and its neighbors. The plan is reportedly still in its early stages and aims to guide Middle East policy for the last two years of Trump's term. 6. 7. US Envoys to Submit Plan to End Russia-Ukraine Conflict —US President Trump stated that US envoys Witkov and Kushner will submit a plan to Russia to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict. This comes after sources indicated that Witkov and Kushner planned to visit Russia and Ukraine soon. 8. Signs Executive Order to Support Ranchers—US President Trump signed a series of executive orders on Friday aimed at supporting US ranchers, including cracking down on the dominance of large meat processing companies in the industry and pushing for new beef labeling rules. 9. Praises US Summer Tourism —US President Trump posted that this summer, Americans traveled nearly 300 billion miles, our national parks welcomed 78 million visitors, and millions more traveled by air. The FIFA World Cup alone brought in over $18 billion for our economy and supported over 160,000 jobs. 10. Outrage Over Leaks of Advanced Weapons Inventory Information — Multiple informed U.S. officials revealed that the U.S. military launched a large-scale investigation into the leaks following the media disclosure of highly sensitive classified information regarding the U.S. advanced weapons inventory. Dozens of people, including some of the highest-ranking military officials, underwent polygraph tests this summer, including some officials from U.S. Central Command and commanders of other combatant commands. Reports indicate that Trump is furious about the leaks.

With Israel’s election approaching, Aron-Lee Green, co-director and founder of Palestinian-Jewish group Standing Together, told Al Jazeera no one in government is prepared to push back against far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s extreme policies. Politicians are "competing to see who is more extreme, who can win more right-wing voters," Green said, adding many opposition figures are not breaking with anti-Palestinian policies and are instead vying with the ruling right over "who is more right-wing." Green accused Ben-Gvir of arguing that "more deaths, more blood and more abuse" will bring security to Israeli Jews and said "he is lying; this will only bring more violence."