Finnish media began the day continuing to focus on the White House shooting, with President Trump calling it a terrorist act and the suspected Afghan shooter identified. Concurrently, discussions around the ongoing war in Ukraine remained prominent, with skepticism about peace plans from both Ukrainians and Russia. By the afternoon, attention shifted domestically to the government's reversal on additional time for social and health care regions to balance their finances. In the evening, the focus largely moved to cultural news, with Monika Fagerholm winning the Finlandia Prize for fiction, and developments in the SM-liiga hockey league. The day concluded with the announcement of the SM-liiga's revised structure, including direct promotions and relegations.