NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks slipped on Wall Street, while crude oil prices rose and gold and silver prices pulled back after recent sharp gains. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% Monday. With just two more trading days left in 2025, the S&P 500 is up more than 17% for the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5%. The Nasdaq composite fell 0.5%. Treasury yields fell in the bond market.

WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. military said Monday that it had conducted another strike against a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people. The strike has brought the total number of known boat strikes to 30 and the number of people killed at least 107 since early September, according to numbers announced by the Trump administration.

U.S. President Donald Trump continues to claim he has ended eight wars this year, but that is exaggerated. His meeting this week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu highlights that far more work remains before any declaration of an end to the war in Gaza.