NEW YORK (AP) - Big Tech rallied as Wall Street recovered most its loss from last week. The S&P 500 climbed 1.5% Monday. The index is coming off its first weekly loss in the last four. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite jumped 2.3%. Nvidia was by far the strongest force lifting the market.

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Democratic senators – eight in total – faced almost instant blowback from members of their own party as they voted to allow the Senate to move forward on compromise legislation that would reopen the government.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday he wants to order 25 Patriot air defense systems from the United States, as Ukraine desperately tries to fend off relentless Russian aerial attacks that have brought rolling blackouts across Ukraine on the brink of winter.