
Dow surges more than 600 points
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US stocks surged Friday as an end-of-week rally gained momentum and sent the Dow up over 600 points.
A new batch of bank earnings and economic data Friday morning increased investors' optimism about the state of the economy and relieved them of worries that the Federal Reserve could raise rates by a full percentage point at its meeting later this month.
The Dow (INDU) gained 622 points, or 22% in early afternoon trading. The S&P 500 (DVS) was up by 1.8% and the Nasdaq (NDX) rose by 1.6%.

Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Wednesday continued their push to keep their civil case against the Trump administration alive, requesting to amend the lawsuit to include what they describe as the “torture and mistreatment” he experienced at El Salvador’s notorious mega prison, where he was wrongfully deported and held earlier this year.

20 states sue after the Trump administration releases private Medicaid data to deportation officials
The Trump administration violated federal privacy laws when it turned over Medicaid data on millions of enrollees to deportation officials last month, California Attorney General Rob Bonta alleged on Tuesday, saying he and 19 other states’ attorneys general have sued over the move.