US Secretary of State Rubio said the United States serves its own national interests, not the global order or other countries.

Brian Jacobsen, chief economic strategist at Annex Wealth Management, said monthly core CPI again printed 0.3%. He warned headline CPI remains elevated and recent oil-price moves have fed into core inflation. Chicago Fed president Austan Goolsbee, who does not have a Fed vote this year, flagged AI-driven demand as a potential force the Fed may need to restrain — a view that may mirror other officials. Fed Governor Waller said he may support a larger rate hike. Officials are increasingly worried AI investment could crowd resources and raise input and hiring costs, including for skilled trades such as plumbers and electricians, adding upward pressure on prices.

The Chinese embassy in Tokyo, commenting after the second hearing in the Murata Akihiro case, said an active-duty Japan Self‑Defense Forces officer illegally entered the Chinese embassy armed with a knife and issued violent threats to Chinese diplomatic staff. The embassy called the act a grave violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations that endangered personnel and mission premises and harmed China’s sovereignty and dignity, and said it exposed rampant right‑wing forces and failures in SDF discipline and oversight. It said the facts are clear and evidence conclusive, and again urged Japan to punish the perpetrator under law, not absolve him, carry out a full investigation and rectification, and make a responsible explanation to China and the international community.