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Australian Foreign Minister: Will summon Israeli ambassador regarding Israel's decision not to pursue criminal charges in connection with the deaths of Australian aid workers.

According to Al Jazeera: A U.S. State Department spokesperson said the Trump administration has begun discussions on Syrian sovereignty and Israel's right to self-defense.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 119.71 points, or 0.22%, to close at 53,463.11 on Wednesday, August 19; the S&P 500 rose 16.50 points, or 0.21%, to close at 7,708.26; and the Nasdaq Composite rose 41.38 points, or 0.16%, to close at 26,331.09 on Wednesday, August 19.

The outstanding U.S. public debt has more than doubled since 2017. Of this, $11.6 trillion was added during Trump's two terms as president, and $8.4 trillion during Biden's term.

US President Trump: Interest rate levels are absurd.

US President Trump: He believes Federal Reserve Chairman Warsh has performed exceptionally well.

US President Trump: I have the right to cut off all business dealings with a country.

US President Trump: (Regarding Canada) We may reduce some of the tariffs to the level of other countries because Canada pays higher tariffs.

US President Trump: The agreement reached with Iran has not been achieved as they claimed.

US President Trump: The Strait of Hormuz will not be as important as it has been.

US President Trump: (Regarding Canadian trade) Farmers will not need to pay tariffs.

US President Trump: We may continue to close (the Strait of Hormuz).

US President Trump: I support term limits.

US President Trump: We will be holding a meeting with people in the field of artificial intelligence next week.

According to Axios: The United States is secretly transporting oil through the Strait of Hormuz.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Selig: I will provide more details about the future regulatory path at the meeting tomorrow.

US President Trump: We need Congress to pass a clear bill.

US President Trump: I really hope interest rates can go down.

Sources say the US-Canada trade agreement is expected to reduce the top US tariff on Canadian cars to 15%.

Alpha Compute, a computing power company, reported that its gaming business and Alpha-01 NVIDIA GPU cluster generated $1.57 million in cash revenue in July, representing a 35-fold increase over its total revenue in April 2026.