There’s still time for a last-minute deal. But unless Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy can break his stalemate with right-wing members of his party to pass a new spending bill, the federal government will have to pack it up on October 1.

Even if you’re not a park ranger or someone who relies on food assistance programs like WIC (which only has a few days of contingency funds available) the government furloughing workers and not giving out new cash will have far-reaching consequences that could impact you.

Here are some of the disruptions to expect, if you’re a…

Traveler: Because they are considered essential workers, TSA staffers will keep yelling at you to take your shoes off, and the people directing planes in towers won’t be sent home. But all hiring and training would pause, hampering the travel industry’s pandemic recovery. Oh, and national parks would probably stay open—but without bathrooms.

Investor: Sorry if you wanted to plan a big IPO next week. The stock market itself wouldn’t have to close, but SEC Chair Gary Gensler said yesterday that a shutdown would reduce his department’s staff to about 7%, which could mean companies that haven’t already filed to go public would have to wait.

Government contractor: Most federal employees usually receive back pay when the government starts up again, but millions of federal contractors likely won’t recoup the estimated $1.9 billion they stand to lose every day the government is closed, according to the president of the trade association that represents government contract workers. Big companies like Elon Musk’s SpaceX and pharma giants like Pfizer would probably bounce back quickly, though.

The good (?) news…is that the IRS will probably be just fine, thanks to a funding boost from the Inflation Reduction Act, and the postal service will still deliver your bills.

Big picture: Experts warn that the longer a shutdown lasts, the more losses spread. During the last shutdown, which went five weeks, the US economy lost $3 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office.—MM

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GOP presidential hopefuls attack Biden, Trump, and each other. Republican presidential candidates squared off in their second debate last night, but front-runner Donald Trump opted not to come for the second time (instead, the former prez spoke at a Michigan auto parts plant). That left seven other candidates to interrupt each other and take swipes not only at the current president but also at Trump—whom Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called “missing in action” and Chris Christie derided as “Donald Duck”—on issues like the economy and immigration as they tried to stand out from the pack. Several also pounced on Vivek Ramaswamy, who got a bump in popularity after the last debate.

Soldier who fled to North Korea is back in US custody. US officials said yesterday that they had “secured the return” of Private Travis King, who made an unauthorized dash over the border to North Korea from a civilian tour in July. At the time, he was supposed to be headed back to the US after serving time in a South Korean prison for assault. The US said it did not make concessions to North Korea to get King home, per the Associated Press, but the country abruptly announced it would expel him. King’s homecoming may not be happy as he was declared AWOL by the Army.

Zuck is still trying to make the metaverse happen. Meta announced that it’ll start shipping the Quest 3 VR headset on Oct. 10. The company hopes the $499 device is cool enough to lure you into the meta realm and make you forget about Apple’s forthcoming goggle competitor. At an event yesterday, Zuck also hyped the new ChatGPT-like AI features Meta is bringing to its social media and messaging platforms. These include digital sticker creation, image editing, and celebrity chatbots, ranging from Jane Austen to Snoop Dogg.

This classic online con is notorious for swindling seniors out of their retirement money, but it turns out Gen Z is more likely than boomers to fall for internet scams, according to a new report from Deloitte.

In a survey of more than 2,000 Americans, Deloitte found that despite being the generation born and bred in the bowels of the World Wide Web, Gen Z is…

• Three times as likely as boomers to fall for an online scam (16% vs. 5%).
• Twice as likely as boomers to get hacked on social media (17% vs. 8%).

The reason is simple: Younger people spend an exceptional amount of time communicating and shopping online, a Deloitte principal told Vox, which gives them more opportunities to fall victim to a suspicious Instagram account promising massive crypto returns, for example, or a fraudulent e-commerce site posing as a sneaker retailer.

And even when they try to live in the moment, today’s youths can’t help but be chronically online—half of 11- to 17-year-olds in the US get anywhere from 237 to 5,000 cell phone notifications per day, almost all of which are social media alerts, Common Sense Media’s research shows.

Scam losses on the rise: Last year, e-con artists made about $210 million off of young people under 20, way up from an estimated $8.2 million in 2017, according to Social Catfish.—ML

Sleepy Hollow Farm in Pomfret, Vermont, hasn’t been very sleepy lately. The picturesque private residence has become so infested with leaf-peeping tourists and influencers that the town of about 900 where it sits has been forced to kick them all out.

What happened? Residents say that in recent years, visitors in pursuit of the perfect fall foliage photo have damaged roads, trampled gardens, and even defecated on private property, spurring locals to decide close two roads to nonresidents this year through Oct. 15. The Instagram-fueled desecration has gotten so bad that it’s “changed the neighborhood landscape to the point that it is untenable,” according to a GoFundMe page set up by the community to fund the closures.

It’s not always as easy as closing a road. In Venice, the main islands now have more tourist beds than residents, and many fear the fabric of the city is on the brink of collapse because so few locals remain. Other historic cultural sites around Europe—including the Acropolis in Athens and the Louvre in Paris—have implemented daily limits due to congestion. Add poor little Pomfret to the list of destinations bedeviled by TikTok clout-chasers.—CC

Stat: Taylor Swift may not be cheer captain, but she can sure boost a football team even from the bleachers, er, luxury box. The Kansas City Chiefs game the singer attended Sunday in a show of support for her rumored boo, Travis Kelce, drew 24.3 million viewers, making it the most watched game of the week—thanks in part to a 63% spike in female viewers age 18–49 from the Chiefs’ previous game, according to Front Office Sports. Kelce is getting his own Swift assist: Sales of his jersey shot up almost 400% after the game. Swift is also expected to come to this Sunday night’s game and deliver a ratings bonanza for NBC.

Quote: “People in their 60s and 70s, we don’t care about being influencers. We want to find a partner.”

Bachelor Nation will get a little bit grayer tonight with the premiere of The Golden Bachelor, where everyone is over 60. The show’s star, Gerry Turner, a 72-year-old, pickleball-loving grandpa who joined Instagram only this year, thinks the participants’ advanced ages mean no one can be accused of being there for the wrong reasons. We just hope it doesn’t mean the 22 women trying to clinch the final rose are too mature to have jobs like “aspiring dolphin trainer” or “chicken enthusiast.”

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