Among the strongest performers, Thermo Fisher Scientific rose 12%, topping the leaderboard for large-cap stocks, followed by T-Mobile US, up 9%.

The S&P 500 and the Dow edged up in tepid trading on Friday as investors assessed President Donald Trump's latest comments on trade discussions with the European Union and his hints that a rate cut from the U.

President Donald Trump’s vows to roll out punishing new tariffs on Aug. 1 have barely made a ripple with investors who are convinced he’ll once again back down. But at the White House, officials insist they’re serious this time.

"You know how they say there's no such thing as bad publicity? They're not talking about this," the recently axed late night host says.

President Trump has come under fire from a section of his MAGA base over his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered on the cobblestone and tree-lined street in front of the U.S. Consulate about 100 miles away in Edinburgh.

President Donald Trump says he doesn’t know about a lewd letter bearing his name that the Wall Street Journal reported was included in a birthday book for Jeffrey Epstein. The July 17 story described a collection of letters gifted to Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003,