IRIB reported the Iranian president's chief of staff said President Pezeshkian stressed in a speech that Iran will under no circumstances relinquish its nuclear rights.

The Wall Street Journal reports the Trump administration has launched an AI-driven tool its developer says will act as a federal "digital butler" to modernize citizen-government interactions. The tool is deployed on America.gov, which launched Tuesday, and the rollout is being treated as a test of the administration's digitalization push. Joe Gebbia, Airbnb co‑founder and head of the White House National Design Studio, said the portal will ultimately serve as a unified gateway to federal public services and "set the standard befitting a superpower" as the technology matures.

Wells Fargo Investment Institute expects the US federal funds rate to reach 4.75%-5.00% by end-2027, up from its prior forecast of 4.00%-4.25%.