Prediction Markets Bet Big on US Government Dysfunction: Shutdown Odds Stretch Toward Thanksgiving

As of Oct. 20, 2025, Washington’s still stuck in neutral—no deal, no compromise, and the House has hit snooze again, stretching recesses to Oct. 19. On Monday morning, White House economic adviser and National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told CNBC that the ongoing shutdown—what he cheekily dubbed the “Schumer shutdown”—is “likely to end sometime […]