The director of the Communist Party of China's Central Organization Department answered Xinhua questions on the process for electing delegates to the 21st National Congress.

On the evening of the 7th local time, Houthi forces said they launched six missile and drone operations against Saudi targets in response to Saudi airstrikes and hostile acts, striking Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport and multiple Saudi oil facilities. The statement said Houthi strikes hit a Saudi National Guard camp in NAJRAN, causing heavy casualties among assembled personnel, and attacked Saudi military concentrations in Yemen’s Jawf and Marib provinces. Saudi authorities had no immediate response.

President Trump invited UFC president Dana White to serve as White House press secretary and proposed recruiting fighters Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes and Kayla Harris as aides. Trump acknowledged several of the proposed aides are not U.S. citizens and publicly urged White to accept the role.