Global markets struggled as an AI-led selloff—marked by Meta’s reduction of Wipro outsourcing and declines in Nvidia and broader Asian indices like the KOSPI—overshadowed corporate volatility in names like Roblox and Hertz. Geopolitical tensions provided a complex backdrop; while oil prices reached a three-week low following President Trump’s signaling of "imminent" talks with Iran, Jordan remains under pressure as a targeted intermediary for U.S. base operations. Domestic stability saw a brief reprieve as Senate leaders reached a bipartisan deal to fund the government through December, though political friction persists in battleground primaries and intra-party conflicts. Meanwhile, infrastructure and health vulnerabilities surfaced: Cuba reported a total national power grid collapse, and health officials flagged both the first mass H5 bird flu mortality event in Australia and the detection of the rare, untreatable Bourbon virus in New York.