Dan Schwartzman

The two measures are a ceasefire in Lebanon and a, quote, release of Iran's blocked assets prior to the commencement of negotiations.

Meanwhile, President Trump says that U.S.

warships are being reloaded with ammunition to resume strikes on Iran in case peace talks in Pakistan fail.

That's according to a New York Post report citing a Friday phone interview with Trump.

Republican Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis says she believes President Trump will be successful in the negotiations.

That's Republican Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis commenting on Bloomberg's balance of power.

The American delegation to the talks is led by Vice President Shady Vance, who says he hopes for the best.

That's Vice President Vance speaking to reporters before boarding his plane to Pakistan.

Direct talks between Israel and Lebanon set for next week in Washington will be preparatory at the ambassador level.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is saying Thursday that the negotiations will be focused on disarming Hezbollah.

Lebanese officials have said they want a temporary ceasefire before talks would start.

That's according to mediators.

Netanyahu, though, said Thursday that there is no ceasefire in Lebanon, but Israel would limit attacks after Netanyahu was asked by President Trump to scale back its assault as not to damage talks between the U.S.

and Iran.

That's according to people familiar with the matter.

Wall Street banks are starting to test Anthropic PBC's mythos model internally as Trump administration officials encourage them to use it to detect vulnerabilities.

So far, JPMorgan Chase is the only bank named as part of an initiative to test the model, but other major financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley have also gained access or expect to in the coming days, according to people familiar with the matter.

Bloomberg News had reported Thursday that earlier this week, Treasury Secretary Scott Besant and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell summoned Wall Street leaders for an urgent chat to warn that they should take the mythos model seriously and deploy its capabilities to detect vulnerabilities.

Meanwhile, the Bank of Canada and the country's major banks and financial firms also met Friday to discuss cybersecurity risks raised by Mythos.

President Trump has promised his staff that he will give top administration officials pardons before he leaves office.