Mehr news agency quoted a senior Iranian political-security official warning South Korea not to yield to US pressure or be forced to cooperate with US military illegal actions, saying Seoul must not sacrifice its interests or standing to accommodate Washington’s hostile policy on regional security and stability.

President Trump said small, medium and large ranchers can sell directly to consumers.

President Trump posted that the U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs in August, calling the print nearly three times the Bloomberg-survey economists' forecast. He attributed the strength to his tariff-driven trade policies, saying they have reshaped the global economy and returned manufacturing jobs to the U.S., and credited full expensing (first-year immediate expensing) with spurring factory construction that will hire American workers.