NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks largely held in place as Wall Street waits to hear what the Federal Reserve will say Wednesday about where interest rates are heading. The S&P 500 edged down by 0.1% Tuesday, though it remains near its all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite added 0.1%.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump will road-test his claims that he’s tackling Americans’ affordability woes at a Tuesday rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania – shifting an argument made in Oval Office appearances and social media posts to a campaign-style event.
BERLIN (AP) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Tuesday that the Trump administration’s new national security strategy underscores the need for Europe to become “much more independent” from the United States in terms of security policy.













