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How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 9/17/2025

1:21 PM on Wednesday, September 17

U.S. stocks churned between gains and losses, but they ultimately remained near their record levels

As lawmakers debate a government funding extension, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., awaits the arrival of the leader of the Orthodox Christian Church, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew for a meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican leaders reject Democratic health care demands for bill to avoid shutdown

1:02 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Republican leaders in the House and Senate are rejecting Democratic demands for health care subsidies in a bill to avoid a government shutdown

Supervisor Joel Engardio, second left, hugs his husband, Lionel Hsu, as supporters applaud after Engardio lost recall election in San Francisco on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Voters oust San Francisco supervisor who turned a coastal highway into a car-free park

10:51 AM on Wednesday, September 17

A San Francisco supervisor has been recalled after he successfully pushed to turn part of a coastal highway into a car-free park

New Jersey governor signs human composting bill as alternative to burial and cremation

10:03 AM on Wednesday, September 17

New Jersey has become the 14th state to allow the composting of human bodies as an alternative to burial or cremation

A collapsed beach cottage sits in waves on the shore Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, Buxton, NC. (Cape Hatteras National Seashore via AP)

Another beachfront stilt house collapses into the surf on the Outer Banks

9:52 AM on Wednesday, September 17

The Atlantic Ocean has claimed another beach house on the fragile Outer Banks

FILE - In this March 5, 2012, file photo, consumer credit cards are posed in North Andover, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

What the Fed rate cut will mean for your finances

9:30 AM on Wednesday, September 17

The Federal Reserve has cut its benchmark interest rate for the first time in nine months

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine reviewing recent events at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and implications for children's health on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr. is endangering public health

7:07 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Susan Monarez is warning senators America’s public health system is headed to a “dangerous place” under Health Secretary Robert F

FBI officials inspect a car that rammed into a gate at the FBI building in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Smith)

Suspect in custody after driver rams car into staffed security gate at FBI building in Pittsburgh

4:19 AM on Wednesday, September 17

A suspect is in custody after a driver rammed a car into a staffed security gate at the FBI building in Pittsburgh, then removed an American flag from the back seat and threw it over the gate before leaving

Displaced Palestinians flee Gaza City by foot and vehicles, carrying their belongings along the coastal road toward southern Gaza, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Latest: Israeli military presses on with its new ground offensive on Gaza City

12:05 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Israeli forces are pressing on with a new ground offensive in Gaza City as strikes overnight across the Palestinian territory killed at least 16 people, including women and children

FILE - White House national security adviser Mike Waltz speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, on Feb. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Delays to Mike Waltz's UN bid make it all but impossible he's in the role for a major world meeting

9:13 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Mike Waltz almost certainly will not make his debut as President Donald Trump’s U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during a gathering of world leaders next week

Law enforcement monitors the scene at Utah Valley University after Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk was shot and killed , Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Foreign disinformation about Charlie Kirk's killing seeks to widen US divisions

9:09 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Russia moved quickly to exploit conservative activist Charlie Kirk's shooting death at a Utah college, with groups linked to the Kremlin spreading false and misleading claims that experts say are designed to incite violence

Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson appears for his sentencing after a murder conviction for killing his wife Sheryl in Santa Ana, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)

Southern California judge who killed his wife to be sentenced for murder

9:07 PM on Tuesday, September 16

A Southern California judge convicted of second-degree murder for fatally shooting his wife after the couple had been arguing is scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a ceremony to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Pentagon says troops can only be exempt from shaving their facial hair for a year

1:50 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a year should now be kicked out of the service

Supporters gather at a makeshift memorial in Orem, Utah, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at Utah Valley University for Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk who was fatally shot during an event on the campus. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

What we've learned about the case against the man charged in Charlie Kirk’s killing

9:03 PM on Saturday, September 13

Authorities in Utah have shared information indicating the 22-year-old suspect in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk planned the attack for at least a week in advance

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