A U.S. Senate committee approved President Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics by a 12-11 vote.

國家統計局：2026年上半年GDP同比增長4.7%。

President Trump again threatened strikes on Iranian power plants, saying “next week will be very bad for them — next week it’s the power plants.” OpenInfraMap shows Iran has about 110 gas-fired power plants, with a small number using mixed fuels; the country also operates solar, hydro, wind, oil, diesel, coal, geothermal and nuclear facilities. By installed capacity the three largest Iranian plants are gas-fired: Damavand combined-cycle (about 2,868 MW, ~70 km SE of central Tehran); Shahid Salimi (about 2,215 MW, Mazandaran province near the Caspian Sea); and Shahid Rajaei (about 2,043 MW, ~110 km NE of central Tehran). For reference, the largest US operating gas plant listed is Florida’s West County Energy Center at about 3,750 MW. The IAEA reports Iran’s 2023 generation was dominated by fossil fuels (~340,000 GWh), renewables produced ~28,000 GWh and nuclear ~5,740 GWh; Iran has one operating reactor at Bushehr and one under construction.