The Congressional Budget Office estimates that approximately 750,000 federal employees will be furloughed each day of a government shutdown.
Why it matters: Those furloughed employees, as well as congressional staffers, will not receive paychecks, putting pressure on lawmakers and the White House to find an agreement to reopen the government.
Wendy's is rolling out "Tendys" — crispy chicken tenders — to restaurants nationwide, in a move that could ignite the next chapter of the fast-food chicken wars,
President Trump told the nation's top military officials Tuesday troops should use "dangerous" American cities as "training grounds."
The big picture: Trump has used crime as a pretext to deploy troops to Democratic-led cities, with the National Guard patrolling the streets of D.C. and Portland bracing to become the next target.
The Trump administration expanded the scope of tariffs in recent weeks in ways designed to withstand legal scrutiny — a strategy that would leave substantial new import taxes in place even if the Supreme Court rules that earlier levies were illegal.
Why it matters: It is a barrage of new import duties that continues to shift the calculations of doing business in America — with no end in sight.
The Department of Housing and Development on Monday fired two civil rights lawyers who spoke publicly about their whistleblower complaint over the Trump administration's cuts to the office that enforces fair housing laws.
Why it matters: The lawyers said the cuts are making it close to impossible to enforce civil rights laws meant to protect Americans from housingdiscrimination based on race, gender and disability.
Politicians are poised to put the hot IPO market on ice, as D.C. hurtles toward a government shutdown tomorrow.
The big picture: Companies need the Securities & Exchange Commission to bless their registration documents before going public. If the SEC is closed, no blessings.
The world's super wealthy (people with at least $30 million) grew to about 1% of the global millionaire population by the middle of 2025, says Altrata, a wealth data firm. This top cohort now holds 32% of the wealth among the ultra-rich.
Why it matters: Yes, there's a wealth gap even among the rich, as the richest of them all keep gathering a higher percentage of overall wealth.
If it takes a government shutdown to change what's happening to their agencies, some federal workers say: Bring it on.
Why it matters: These employees say they would not support closing the federal government under normal circumstances, given that they lose pay. This time, however, they feel they've been under siege all year and are just out of options.
