President Lula's economic team is preparing to send proposals to Congress by next week aimed at showing investors how his government intends to meet fiscal targets in the coming years, according to people familiar with the matter.

President Trump's 2021 letter to incoming President Joe Biden has been obtained by The New York Times, which is detailed in Biden's new book. The letter was written in black Sharpie. In the book, Biden described how surprised he was to see how kind and warm Trump was to him. Biden said during his meeting with Trump after the 2024 election, Trump adopted "a tone so friendly that I thought he might be putting me on." "You know, Joe, if it weren’t for politics, I believe we’d be good friends," Trump said, according to the book. The letter from President Trump to Biden is below:

President Trump's administration is working to end US military aid for Israel, State Sec. Marco Rubio confirms, with the transition ideally taking place by 2027. Rubio said Israel can continue buying American weapons directly, adding that Trump's "expectation is that Israel is now prosperous and rich enough" to pay for them without US financing.

President Trump gives Sec. of War Pete Hegseth an "'A' PLUS, PLUS, PLUS" for his defense against Thomas Massie. The president also torched Massie in his Truth Social post, calling him "a disgruntled, angry, defeated" and "a TOTAL LOSER!"

President and COO of Goldman Sachs John Waldron has a constructive outlook for the global economy. He discusses resilient US growth, Asia's continued strength, and a European outlook that may be more resilient than current narratives suggest on Exchanges:

President Droupadi Murmu interacted with members of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups of Odisha at Rashtrapati Bhavan. She highlighted the transformative power of education and encouraged them to actively contribute to India's developmental journey. She urged them to pursue knowledge, seize opportunities, and move forward with confidence and determination towards a brighter future.

President Donald Trump said Washington sees growing willingness to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, as Kyiv and Moscow prepare for U.S.-brokered peace talks in Abu Dhabi later Tuesday. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, Trump said both sides were battle-weary, more than four and a half years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. His comments followed a U.S. official’s assessment that Moscow and Kyiv were privately showing some flexibility over a possible exchange of territory: