Tonight, stocks close higher for a second day amid hopes that trade tensions with China may be easing,

but the extreme mixed messaging continues.

Then Trump attacked Zelensky, accusing him of derailing talks to end the war, what the latest setback means for negotiations.

Plus conspiracy theories everywhere.

We'll talk about the dangers of normalizing

disinformation as the 11th hour gets underway on this Wednesday night.

Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Ruhl, live from Washington, D.C., and welcome to the

midweek nightcap.

It is day 94.

Let's take a deep breath on that.

94 of the second Trump administration and stock closed up for a second day in a row.

This spike has been fueled by the hope, and I underline hope that tension between the United States and China is easing.

And here's our own Peter Alexander with those details.

America's busiest ports, Los Angeles and Long Beach, the president's trade war is already

hitting hard.

The number of ships set to arrive with imports from China in the first full week of May,

now expected to be down 44% from last year.

Still, the market surged again today.

The Dow up more than 400 points after President Trump signaled a potential thaw in the turmoil

over tariffs and optimism about new trade deals that he says will level the playing field

for American companies and bring

back manufacturing jobs.

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