In today's market, one of the most precious commodities you can add to your portfolio,

is certainty, the kind you get with a multi-year guarantee annuity from American National Insurance Company.

Your money grows at a steady rate, guaranteed, no hidden fees, no market risk, no surprises,

just a bedrock of certainty you can depend on to be there when you needed most.

You can get more details and fund an annuity online at annuities.americanational.com.

You got this.

Congressional leaders head to the White House for a last-ditch effort to avoid a government shutdown.

Plus, New York City Mayor Eric Adams drops out potentially upsetting the race to lead the city.

And we unpack the Pentagon's complicated efforts to prepare for a future war with China.

Officials are expecting any sort of conflict over Taiwan to just bring major logistical and

technological challenges. They expect a very highly contentious jamming situation where

drones get jammed and it just renders them ineffective. So they're thinking about all of

these challenges as they plan for a potential war.

It's Monday, September 29th.

I'm Caitlin McCabe for the Wall Street Journal, and here's the AM edition of What's News.

The top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

With a potential government shutdown less than 48 hours away, President Trump and congressional leaders are heading into last-minute talks at the White House today.

Republican leaders Mike Johnson and John Thune will gather with Democrats Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer in an effort to stop a shutdown that will furlough hundreds of thousands of federal

workers and restrict a range of government operations. At this point, it's seen as really an

opportunity for posturing with little chance of producing the sort of breakthrough that would

avert a government shutdown. That's journal congressional reporter Chavon Hughes. She explains that House

Republicans passed a bill this month that would fund the government into late November and add

...