US stocks pushed higher on Monday as a looming deadline fueled uncertainty around President Donald Trump’s tariff plans and investors looked ahead to the monthly jobs report and key retail earnings. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) climbed 0.5%. while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) saw a roughly 0.8% gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) was up 0.3%. The major US indexes are coming off a volatile week and a losing month in February. March trading is kicking off with investors encountering more questions than answers as tariff deadlines loom, the Federal Reserve's next meeting fast approaches, and the US economy…