Independent U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said an Uber driver told a colleague that after Trump's cuts to healthcare his monthly health-insurance premium rose by $400 and drug copays rose from $1 to as much as $90. Sanders said this is happening across the U.S. and called for Medicare for All.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024 Israel has recorded more than 1,000 ground incursions into Syrian territory, including establishment of military positions, damage to land and roads, and detention of Syrian civilians.

Chengdu aims to raise service-sector value added annual growth to above 5% and expand sector scale past 2 trillion yuan by 2030, positioning services as the city’s main growth engine. The plan prioritizes four production-oriented service clusters—technology services, software and information, business services and low‑carbon/environmental services—and four consumer service clusters—specialty retail, cultural/sports/tourism, healthcare and household services—backed by modern finance, modern logistics and platform economy. Authorities plan to cultivate more than ten service clusters each exceeding 100 billion yuan and develop 46 emerging tracks including token services and the automotive aftermarket. Spatial strategy follows a “one‑core, two‑zone, three‑axis, N‑point” layout to guide future infrastructure and industrial zoning.