On August 27 Levitt completed her final day as White House press secretary and told reporters she will not miss the role. She said briefings and TV appearances made up about 10% of the job, while roughly 90% involved answering calls from about 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. Levitt described her departure as bittersweet and said she is leaving to spend more time with family. No successor has been announced; Trump said he has received many applications.

U.S. ambassador to Lebanon said Hezbollah refuses to engage with the Lebanese government, the United States or Israel because it takes orders from Iran.

MOFCOM said China and Switzerland have agreed on a high-level upgrade to their free trade agreement covering goods, services and investment. Both sides will apply zero tariffs to more than 99% of imports. The package strengthens rules of origin, trade facilitation and cooperation on standards and conformity assessment, lowering non-tariff frictions. Services and investment provisions are intended to boost Chinese producer-services exports to Switzerland and provide investors with higher-access, more stable, transparent and predictable market conditions. The upgrade also widens cooperation in digital trade, AI, sustainability, supply chains, pharmaceuticals, machinery and watches. Both governments are accelerating domestic procedures to sign and bring the upgraded agreement into effect as soon as possible.