Former US President Trump: I am running for president for all Americans, not half of Americans, because winning over half of Americans is not a victory. The discord and division in society must be healed.

Former US President Trump: Will bring auto companies and jobs back to the United States through taxes and tariffs.

U.S. President Biden has no public events scheduled on Friday.

Former US President Donald Trump is set to announce that he will end the inflation "crisis" and cut interest rates and reduce energy costs.

Former US President Trump: Thank you for your love and support. Despite the attacks, we are more united and determined than ever.

Microsoft (MSFT.O): Service availability is gradually returning to normal. A potential root cause of the outage has been identified.

U.S. House Democrat Jim Costa said that U.S. President Biden should "pass the torch" (withdraw from the election).

U.S. Democratic Senator Jon Tester said that U.S. President Biden should withdraw from the presidential race.

Market news: US Secretary of State Blinken will travel to Colorado from July 18 to 19.

The co-chair of the Biden-Harris campaign said Biden can win.

The co-chair of the Biden-Harris campaign team said that the New York Times report that "Biden is gradually accepting that he may lose the election and withdraw from the race" is wrong.

A Fox News reporter said on social media that a huge explosion occurred in Tel Aviv, Israel, and they are currently trying to determine what caused the explosion.

Japan bought -136.3 billion yen of foreign stocks in the week ending July 12, compared with -555.6 billion yen in the previous period.

Foreign investors bought 770.5 billion yen of Japanese bonds in the week ending July 12, compared with -228.8 billion yen in the previous week.

Japan bought 208.9 billion yen of foreign bonds in the week ending July 12, compared with 237.7 billion yen in the previous period.

Federal Reserve Board Governor Bowman: We must be vigilant about payment infrastructure.

Federal Reserve Board Governor Bowman: The operation and technology of the discount window need to be updated.

Federal Reserve Board Governor Bowman: Climate change is not currently a financial risk facing the banking industry.

Microsoft (MSFT.O): We are investigating an issue affecting users’ ability to access various Microsoft 365 applications and services.