Sabrina Siddiqui

Trading in stock markets was mixed today, with the Nasdaq and S&P ending slightly higher, while the Dow was just barely lower, closing down less than 0.1%.

And in currency markets, the U.S.

dollar ticked higher, ending a decline of seven straight sessions against several other major currencies.

Hannah Aaron Lang, who covers financial markets at The Wall Street Journal, says investors have been adjusting their views on where interest rates are going.

That was Hannah Arendt-Lang.

Coming up, the FBI has made an arrest in a long-running investigation into January 6th pipe bombs.

That's after the break.

U.S.

authorities today announced charges against a Virginia man who they said placed two pipe bombs near the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican National Committees the night before the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S.

Capitol.

The bombs were discovered on January 6th at the same time as rioters began to breach police barricades.

30-year-old Brian Cole was arrested the first time the Justice Department named a suspect in the long-running investigation.

The FBI has been under intense pressure to solve the crime.

Some of President Trump's supporters had complained about the lack of progress and conspiracy theories about the bombs spiraled that law enforcement officials tried to push back on.

FBI Director Kash Patel spoke today about the investigation.

Overseas, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in India today for a two-day summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

He's expected to offer cheap oil and Russia's latest weapons as he tries to deepen the relationship between the countries, whose partnership has angered the Trump administration.

The White House sees reducing Russia's income from oil as key to pushing Moscow to end the war in Ukraine.

And more children under five years old are expected to die this year, the first increase in decades.

A Gates Foundation report released today says about 243,000 more young children will have died this year than in 2024.