President Trump announced Thursday that the U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal hinges on Saudi Arabia normalizing relations with Israel, with no uranium enrichment permitted [CBS News, NPR]. The move immediately raised stakes in Middle East diplomacy, though critics warn it could spark a regional nuclear arms race [DW English].

Meanwhile, Congress showed rare bipartisan fractures on Iran policy. The House passed a Democratic-backed war powers resolution limiting Trump's military action in Iran with help from four Republicans, voting 214-208 [The Hill]. But the Senate GOP blocked a similar measure to direct troop withdrawal, despite some Republican concerns about lacking an endgame [The Hill].

On the trade front, the administration is scrambling to replace expiring global tariffs. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will announce the next phase of tariff policy Thursday as the current 10% baseline levy expires at midnight [Bloomberg, Guardian]. The timing is awkward: Europe fined Google $1 billion Thursday, a day before Trump's tariff announcement [Axios].

Elsewhere, the FDA identified a new cyclospora outbreak with 72 cases, though health officials haven't disclosed the outbreak's location or source [NYT, CBS News]. In Europe, wildfires in the south killed three firefighters and forced thousands to evacuate [UPI]. And in a notable achievement, a Chinese woman won the prestigious Fields Medal for mathematics, marking a first [NPR].