President Donald Trump has spent much of the year urging the Federal Reserve to deliver aggressive rate cuts in order to boost the economy. But the government shutdown ironically threatens the very momentum the administration seeks to preserve.

The shutdown has already resulted in approximately 775,000 federal workers being placed on furlough, disrupted government services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture issuing a warning that "there...

The military will start going without pay by Nov. 15, said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and millions of Americans are at risk of losing critical SNAP and WIC food assistance, as the shutdown con...