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U.S. President Trump: Has directed the government to allow all U.S. airlines to open direct flights to Lebanon.

U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth: Iran has previously been given "all opportunities" to negotiate on the Strait of Hormuz issue. If Iran attacks commercial ships, the United States will counterattack with "10 times intensity."

Market News: According to people familiar with the matter, Pakistan is seeking a US$10 billion foreign exchange stabilization mechanism from the United States to increase foreign exchange reserves and ease financial pressure.

According to Axios, Anthropic's spending on lobbying the U.S. government in the first half of this year has already exceeded the level of the entire previous year.

U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth: The Pentagon urgently needs an additional funding plan totaling $67 billion. That includes $1.5 billion to address mission-critical fuel shortages and $2 billion to replenish equipment lost or damaged in combat.

When an Iranian missile hits its intended target, it means that U.S. air defense systems either failed to intercept it or did not even detect the incoming missile in the first place. But if this happens more than once, as it has in Jordan over the past week, it’s no longer a slippery slope but a problem for the United States. Last week, Iran launched precision-guided weapons that evaded Jordanian and U.S. missile defense systems and successfully hit their targets, twice in a row. When asked why Iran was able to use missiles to attack US military bases in Jordan last week, Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, President Trump suggested that there were "other operators" at the Jordan base and that "something slipped through." Trump did not elaborate further on who the "other operators" he was referring to or what role they played in protecting U.S. troops in Jordan. The U.S. Department of Defense admitted on Monday that nearly 100 U.S. military personnel have been injured after being attacked by Iran at multiple bases in the Middle East this month alone. This figure does not include recent attacks in Jordan. A senior regional military analyst said, Improved Iranian capabilities are partly responsible for the increase in U.S. casualties. Retired Jordanian Lieutenant General Qasid Mahmoud, former deputy chief of staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces, said: "Iran has advanced missile technology. They are developing technology and capabilities to expand the strike range and combine it with drone operations to suppress the radar defense system." He said: "Iran will use some simple missiles to interfere with the radar, and then launch missiles with better performance, and these missiles will change the direction of the final target within the last 30 to 40 kilometers." He said that this change in flight trajectory increases the difficulty of intercepting missiles.