U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to vote this month on rules for a new spectrum auction and measures to promote device-to-device services.

Al Jazeera said Yemeni forces launched an offensive to retake the al-Waziyah area in Taiz province from Houthi fighters.

The Trump administration's U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has opened an investigation into Wells Fargo's housing initiatives launched over the past decade to raise Black homeownership. HUD sent a letter to CEO Charlie Scharf on Wednesday asking whether the bank violated fair-lending laws by favoring Black or other minority borrowers. The inquiry signals the administration is re-examining corporate programs introduced under prior government or ESG-focused investor encouragement.