 The S&P 500 closed above 5,500 for the first time. Jeff Claybaugh, WTOP News. Most Asia-Pacific markets are higher and Tokyo stocks, for example, are up about 1%. Still ahead on WTOP, we're checking in with a journalist who is keeping in close touch with the Biden re-election campaign as well as the White House to talk about the latest pressures on the current president to step away.