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A looming government shutdown could add to the travel industry’s woes.

The U.S. travel economy could lose $1 billion a week if the government shuts down, which is set to happen on Wednesday without a deal in Washington.

It risks disrupting air and rail travel and could result in the closure of national parks and museums—at a time when visitor spending is already expected to fall $29 billion this year. Geopolitical tensions have deterred international travelers, and lower-income domestic travelers are pulling back on spending.


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FIRST UP

Oregon sued the federal government Sunday seeking to block the Trump Administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland. President Donald Trump directed the deployment in a Truth Social post on Saturday, citing riots and attacks on ICE officers. But the lawsuit claims that the “heavy-handed deployment” is targeting relatively small protests, “involving less than thirty people.”

Kenvue, the maker of Tylenol, is still reeling after President Donald Trump promoted unproven ties between autism and acetaminophen, but it may just be the start. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has also targeted antidepressants, GLP-1s and statins—which more than 92 million Americans take to prevent heart disease and lower cholesterol.

MORE: The ascendance of RFK Jr., a vocal vaccine skeptic, has come alongside more bad news for vaccine makers Moderna and BioNTech, whose stock prices have imploded since their 2021 peaks. At that time, Forbes counted eight billionaires from the two companies, worth a combined $116 billion—but now it’s almost all gone, hit by a one-two punch of plunging vaccination rates and the reluctance of governments worldwide to continue paying for them.

BUSINESS + FINANCE

Americans’ spending slowed in August, new federal data shows, as inflation matched economists’ expectations. Still, the Federal Reserve’s preferred metric of price changes remained above its target of 2% for the 54th consecutive month, setting the stage for September’s jobs report later this week.

Auto parts chain AutoZone is one of the best-performing stocks of recent decades, with its shares returning an average of 21% annually in the last 20 years—far surpassing the S&P 500. And while that’s generated windfalls for its original private equity sponsor KKR, hedge fund billionaire Eddie Lampert and its founder, Pitt Hyde, it’s also making thousands of its employees millionaires from their company stock, Hyde says.

TECH + INNOVATION

In the TikTok deal announced by President Donald Trump last week, one vitally important asset that won’t be fully transferred in the deal is the platform’s powerful For You algorithm. In an exclusive excerpt from Forbes senior writer Emily Baker-White’s new book Every Screen On The Planet, out tomorrow, she details how the recommendation engine was shaped by a bunch of ordinary, 20-something curators.

MONEY + POLITICS

Both conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group and broadcast firm Nexstar reversed course and said they would bring Jimmy Kimmel Live! back on air Friday night, which includes larger markets like Washington, D.C., Seattle and Portland. The companies had initially kept the show off the air even after ABC ended the late-night host’s suspension.

SPORTS + ENTERTAINMENT


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