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Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange floor on Dec. 18, 2024.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesFor all the drama in the stock market of late, investors’ portfolio balances may not look too different from when President Donald Trump entered office.There have been some unnerving days amid the Trump administration’s tariff policies. The S&P 500 dropped by 2% or more on six days between Jan. 20 and June 6, according to data provided to CNBC by Morningstar Direct. During that period, there were 18 days where the index shed 1% or more.Still, the S&P 500’s annualized return for Trump’s second…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels are recruiting former Colombian soldiers, prompting Mexican authorities to turn away dozens of Colombians trying to enter the country in recent weeks, Mexico’s security chief said Tuesday.Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch’s comments followed the arrest last week of 12 Colombians in the western state of Michoacan in connection with a mine attack that killed eight Mexican soldiers.Through contact with Colombian authorities, García Harfuch said that nine of the 12 individuals were former soldiers and the remaining three were civilians with weapons training.Close underworld ties have long existed between organized crime groups…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered U.S. embassies around the world Tuesday to move ahead with a directive to fire all remaining staffers with the U.S. Agency for International Development. He said the State Department will take over USAID’s foreign assistance programs by Monday. A federal judge had temporarily blocked an executive order by President Donald Trump for mass firings at multiple federal agencies, including the State Department, and plaintiffs say Rubio’s reorganization plan appears to violate that court injunction.The Trump administration says the plan was already underway when the president issued the order, so there’s no…

The Associated Press on Tuesday asked for a hearing before the full U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, seeking to overturn a three-judge panel’s ruling that allowed the Trump administration to continue blocking the AP’s access to some presidential events — a four-month case that has raised questions about what level of journalistic access to the presidency the First Amendment permits.Three judges of that court on Friday, in a 2-1 decision, said it was OK for President Donald Trump to continue keeping AP journalists out of the Oval Office or other small events in retaliation for the news outlet’s decision…

New Jersey Transit’s train engineers have overwhelmingly approved a tentative deal that ended their three-day strike last month that halted service for some 100,000 daily riders, including routes to Newark airport and across the Hudson River to New York City.The agency and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen announced the results Tuesday. They said the seven-year agreement, covering the years 2020-2027, was supported by 398 members, while 21 voters rejected it.NJ Transit’s board of directors is scheduled to vote on the agreement when they meet Wednesday.Details of the contract have not been released, but the union said it includes…

DALLAS (AP) — The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War. It declared that all enslaved people in the state were free and had “absolute equality.”Word quickly spread of General Order No. 3 — issued on June 19, 1865, when U.S. Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger landed in the South Texas port city of Galveston — as troops posted handbills and newspapers published them. The Dallas Historical Society will put one of those original handbills on…

CNN  —  Syria issued a conservative new dress code Tuesday requiring women to wear burkinis or full-body swimwear on all public beaches, the latest cultural shift since Islamist-led rebels toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime last December. The Tourism Ministry said the new guidelines were made in “the requirements of public interest.” “Visitors to public beaches and pools, whether tourists or locals, are required to wear appropriate swimwear that takes into account public taste and the sensibilities of various segments of society,” Tourism Minister Mazen al-Salhani said in a directive posted to Facebook. “More modest swimwear is required at public beaches…

Chelsea target Jamie Gittens has been included in Borussia Dortmund’s squad for the Club World Cup after the Blues failed with a Deadline Day move for the winger.Chelsea tried to sign the 20-year-old ahead of the tournament but could not reach an agreement with Dortmund before Tuesday’s 7pm deadline as the first summer transfer window shut. But the Blues plan to try again for Gittens this summer, with the window reopening again on Monday. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Here are Jamie Gittens’ best goals in the Bundesliga last season for Borussia Dortmund If a…

Luciano Spalletti is gone as Italy manager, and in a very Spalletti way: on his own terms, with eccentricities, double entendres, words left unspoken, and threads at which to pull that may or may not lead to reality. But before we descend into Spalletti’s parallel universe, let’s remind ourselves of reality.Italy were horrible in the 3-0 humiliation at the hands of Norway last Friday. Until the 29th minute of the second half, they had managed just two shots for a cumulative xG of 0.14. The defeat means the Azzurri are seriously at risk of having to once again go through…

The head of Snapchat operator Snap, Evan Spiegel, presents the new generation of Spectacles in Los Angeles on Sept. 17, 2024.Andrej Sokolow | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesSnap on Tuesday announced its plans to release a sixth-generation of its augmented reality glasses in 2026, as competition in the smart glasses market continues to heat up. The maker of Snapchat said that its next-generation glasses will be called Specs, breaking with the company’s Spectacles branding that it used for previous versions of its wearable devices. The Specs will use AR technology to let people see and interact with digital imagery that’s overlaid over…