“It's a war from within.”  —  If you were expecting Triumph of the Will, you were disappointed because what you got instead was fat, disoriented Elvis stumbling through his set.  Except that it wasn't funny.  It was dangerous.  —  I promise you that the flag officers in attendance were more alarmed than amused.

Government shutdown set to begin overnight as Congress hits impasse  —  The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on extending government funding.  If the measure fails, a shutdown would start early Wednesday.  —  just now  —  The federal government is on track to shut down just after midnight Wednesday …

Pfizer's Drug Price Cuts Yield Three-Year Trump Tariff Reprieve  —  Pfizer Inc. secured a reprieve from President Donald Trump's long-threatened tariffs on the pharmaceutical industry Tuesday by agreeing to slash some of its drug prices by up to 85% and selling directly to the American public …

Republicans refuse to swear in newly elected Democrat, delaying success of Epstein petition  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Republican leaders refused requests from Democrats to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) on Tuesday, saying she will be sworn in when the House returns to regular session.

Judge excoriates Trump in blistering decision calling efforts to deport pro-Palestinian academics illegal … The ruling is the long-awaited result of a lawsuit brought by university professors who say the Trump administration is illegally chilling free speech by targeting prominent pro …

ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove  —  ICE agents assaulted amNewYork's own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests …

Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia  —  AI Mode uncharacteristically pulls up a list of 10 web links instead of a written explanation. … Google appears to have blocked AI search results for the query “does trump show signs of dementia” as well as other questions …

In Unusual Move, Prosecutors Secure Federal Charges From Local Grand Jury  —  A judge, Zia M. Faruqui, said that what appeared to be a kind of grand jury forum shopping seemed to have broken “decades-long norms and the rule of law.”  —  In the past month or so, federal prosecutors in Washington …

Trump Claims White House Has Struck Deal With Harvard  —  U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday in the Oval Office that the White House had “reached a deal” with Harvard, before cautioning that the agreement had not been finalized.  —  “All you have to do is paper it, right …

Elon Musk's Wikipedia Competitor Is Going to Be a Disaster  —  Remember when Grok praised Adolf Hitler?  —  READING TIME 3 MINUTES  —  Read Later Read Later  —  Elon Musk has long complained about Wikipedia, the crowd-sourced encyclopedia that's considered a crown jewel of the internet.

US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: 'They're paying me enough to look the other way'  —  Usual supporters of free speech are under fire for signing on to Riyadh festival despite the government's human rights abuses  —  Billed as “the biggest comedy festival in the world” …

Pope Leo criticizes ‘inhuman’ treatment of immigrants in US  —  Pope Leo on Tuesday appeared to offer his strongest criticism yet of U.S. President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies, questioning whether they were in line with the Catholic Church's pro-life teachings.

Trump's USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs.  Children died waiting.  —  As a result, when 5-year-old Suza Kenyaba contracted malaria, the medicine was not available.  —  She died on Feb. 19.  —  In the first half of the year, hundreds of USAID shipments of antimalarial …