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delegation led by Vice President J.D.

Vance has arrived in Pakistan for talks with Iranian officials aimed at bolstering a shaky ceasefire and paving the way for a permanent end to the fighting.

President Trump told reporters yesterday he believed the negotiations would go well for the U.S.

and the Strait of Hormuz?

On social media, the president said the only reason Iranians are alive today is to negotiate.

Meantime, Lebanese and Israeli diplomats plan to meet in Washington next week to discuss their own ceasefire.

But that still faces hurdles as both sides continue trading fire along Lebanon's border.

The White House is using the war with Iran to justify fast-track policy changes.

We get more on that from Bloomberg's Nathan Hager.

Wall Street was mixed to end the week after getting the weakest measure of U.S.

consumer sentiment in the reading's nearly 80-year history.

We're now more than a month into this war with Iran, and next week we get a snapshot of how businesses are feeling when the monthly sentiment index from the National Federation of Independent Business drops, as well as the Labor Department's latest look at wholesale inflation.

Bloomberg's Andrew O'Day has a preview.

Oil prices fell Friday ahead of peace talks this weekend in Pakistan with Brent crude at $95 a barrel.

Wall Street banks are now starting to test Anthropic's latest AI model.

Bloomberg's Dan Schwartzman has more.

And speaking of AI, President Trump's goal of boosting global sales of American AI chips is now being undermined by licensing bottlenecks.

Bloomberg's Amy Morris explains from Washington.

The National Action Network Convention continues today in New York City, where former Vice President Kamala Harris drew cheers yesterday after saying she's considering another run for president.

Harris said she's been against any aggression in Iran from the beginning and says she's disappointed in the president's criticism of U.S.