President Donald Trump’s administration is set to ramp up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday by designating the Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization. The designation is the latest measure in the Trump administration’s escalating campaign to combat drug trafficking into the U.S. The move planned for Monday comes as Trump evaluates whether to take military action against Venezuela, which he has not ruled out despite bringing up the possibility of talks with Maduro. The Cartel de los Soles is not an actual cartel but a term used since the 1990s to describe high-ranking Venezuelan military officers involved in drug-running.

Wall Street was poised to kick off the holiday-shortened trading week with gains following last week’s bumpy ride. Futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.5% before the bell Monday, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average ticked up 0.2%. Nasdaq futures jumped 0.7%. This week, U.S. markets will be closed Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday, which will be followed by the Black Friday and Cyber Monday retail rushes. Novo Nordisk shares tumbled 10% after the Danish drug maker reported that its Alzheimer’s drug failed to slow progression of the disease in a trial.

Reggae great Jimmy Cliff has died at age 81, family announces.

Authorities say a Wisconsin woman who admitted to nearly stabbing a classmate to death in 2014 to please the horror character Slender Man has been found in Illinois after she cut off an electronic monitoring device and left a group home. Madison police issued an alert Sunday for Morgan Geyser, saying she was last seen around 8 p.m. the night before with an adult acquaintance. Police in Posen, Illinois, south of Chicago, confirmed that the 23-year-old woman was found at a truck stop and taken into custody Sunday night. Geyser was placed in a group home after being granted conditional release from psychiatric hospital. She was sent there in 2018 after pleading guilty to attempted first-degree intentional homicide.

European officials have welcomed progress in talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials in Geneva on U.S. peace proposals seen as heavily favoring Russia after its invasion of Ukraine. Finnish President Alexander Stubb said Monday the negotiations were a step forward but noted major issues remain. The talks focused on a U.S. peace proposal that favors Moscow’s demands, including Ukraine ceding territory and reducing its army. The plan also suggests Ukraine will never join NATO. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed hope after the meeting. Meanwhile, Russian forces continued deadly strikes on Ukraine, hitting Kharkiv and areas near Romania’s border. The Kremlin has not yet commented on the talks.