U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent said President Trump’s tax, trade and regulatory policies are removing barriers to firms building plants, investing and hiring in the U.S. Year-to-date manufacturing payrolls are up about 72,000, after a loss of more than 200,000 in President Biden’s final two years. Real weekly pay for blue-collar manufacturing workers has risen 3.5% in inflation-adjusted terms since President Trump took office.

Shares have plunged in recent sessions. Jinma Amusement said operations are normal, fundamentals have not experienced material adverse changes, and there are no undisclosed material matters. Its cultural-tourism equipment business has a healthy order backlog and international revenue rose 326% YoY in 1H, reflecting marked overseas expansion. New embodied-intelligence business is progressing; small-batch deliveries of smart-robot retail service stores have been completed and deployed at more than 20 domestic commercial and cultural-tourism sites, with subsequent deliveries on schedule.

Axios reports 'Yashar' party leader Gadi Eizenkot has emerged as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strongest challenger in years. Most pre-election polls show Eizenkot ahead of Netanyahu by 8-10 percentage points and with higher favorability across multiple voter groups.