NEW YORK (AP) - More drops for AI stocks dragged the U.S. market lower, pulling Wall Street to its fourth straight loss and its worst in nearly a month. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 1.8%. The majority of stocks within the S&P 500 rose. Treasury yields held relatively steady.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers in a closed-door interview on Wednesday that his team of investigators “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Donald Trump had criminally conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to portions of his opening statement obtained by The Associated Press.

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has affixed partisan plaques to the portraits of all U.S. commanders in chief, himself included, on his Presidential Walk of Fame at the White House, describing Joe Biden as “sleepy,” Barack Obama as “divisive” and Ronald Reagan as a fan of a young Trump.