U.S. stocks rose for a fourth straight day, led by solid gains for technology companies. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% Wednesday and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 0.8%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 314 points, or 0.7%. Nvidia, Microsoft and Broadcom were among the tech stocks that drove the market’s gains.

ATLANTA (AP) – A judge on Wednesday dismissed the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others after the prosecutor who took over the case said he would not pursue the charges, ending the last effort to punish the president in the courts for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.

WASHINGTON (AP) – In a matter of days, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll vaulted from being the leader of a military bureaucracy – where he’s been cutting red tape to quickly buy inexpensive drones – to a key negotiator in the Trump administration’s push to end the Russia-Ukraine war.