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This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter.\u00a0Subscribe here<\/a>\u00a0to receive future editions in your inbox.<\/p>\n Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day:<\/p>\n 1. Shutdown showdown<\/p>\n The federal government will shut down<\/a> on Wednesday unless Congress can agree on a stopgap funding bill. President Donald Trump is expected to meet with the top four congressional leaders today after abruptly canceling a meeting with Democratic leadership last week. The president has warned of mass firings<\/a> of federal workers if a deal cannot be reached.<\/p>\n Here’s what to know:<\/p>\n 2. AI’s dark underbelly<\/p>\n Boonchai Wedmakawand | Moment | Getty Images<\/p>\n Last year, a group of friends learned that a man they knew turned their social media pictures into pornographic deepfakes using a so-called “nudify” site. Such platforms represent a small but growing segment of the artificial intelligence space.<\/p>\n The dark side of the AI boom typically flies under the radar, but has caught the attention of lawmakers. As CNBC’s Jonathan Vanian reports, the group of women have become key in the fight against nonconsensual<\/a>, AI-generated pornography. Read CNBC’s full investigation into these sites here.<\/a><\/p>\n 3. What goes up…<\/p>\n Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. <\/p>\n NYSE<\/p>\n Stocks ended last week in the red<\/a>, a significant vibe shift after recently hitting all-time highs. The benchmark S&P 500<\/a> recorded its first losing week in four, while the small cap-focused Russell 2000<\/a> snapped a seven-week win streak.<\/p>\n Despite last week’s pullback, the stock market’s recent gains have pushed a measure of public U.S. companies’ total value against GDP to an all-time high of 217%. That’s past levels indicating traders are “playing with fire,”<\/a> Berkshire Hathaway<\/a> CEO Warren Buffett said in 2001.<\/p>\n Looking ahead, investors are gearing up for a slate of employment data due this week. Follow live markets updates here.<\/a><\/p>\n 4. Taking the wheel<\/p>\n A Jet Blue Airlines plane taxis at Los Angeles International Airport on May 29, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. <\/p>\n Justin Sullivan | Getty Images<\/p>\n Honeywell<\/a> is testing out new alerts that would give pilots more reaction time in hopes of avoiding close-call situations at airports, which have dominated headlines in recent years.<\/p>\n While serious airplane accidents are rare, a series of recent incidents have raised concern about how to best ensure safety in situations when every moment matters. Safety experts have pushed for innovation in cockpit alerts similar to what Honeywell is currently exploring.<\/p>\n CNBC’s Leslie Josephs rode in a Boeing<\/a> 757 test plane for Honeywell’s new alert system. Here’s what she saw.<\/a><\/p>\n Get Morning Squawk directly in your inbox5. Sugar rush<\/p>\n Swig drinks.<\/p>\n Courtesy: Swig<\/p>\n With the help of social media and reality TV, the “dirty soda” craze is expanding far beyond<\/a> its Utah roots.<\/p>\n “Dirty soda” \u2014 which refers to pop-based drinks with flavored syrups, cream or other ingredients mixed in \u2014 was first coined by the Utah-based chain Swig 15 years ago. Now, companies from PepsiCo<\/a> to TGI Fridays are jumping on the trend as it gains traction nationwide, CNBC’s Amelia Lucas reports.<\/p>\n The numbers don’t lie: 2.7% of U.S. eateries serve a carbonated soft drink that contains cream or milk, up from 1.5% a decade ago, per Datassential.<\/p>\n The Daily Dividend<\/p>\n Here’s some of what we’re keeping an eye on this week:<\/p>\n\n
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