Now they can add rising fears of a recession and a possible government shutdown to the list. Congress faces a Friday deadline to keep the government's doors open and dodge a painful shutdown. The House already passed a spending bill to temporarily fund the government until September,

President Trump called the European Union “hostile and abusive” and threatened to slap a 200 percent tariff on European alcohol if the E.U. does not drop its 50 percent levy on American whiskey. While the trade war escalates,