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Politico:
‘Could have been an email’: Officials balk at Hegseth's generals meeting … Defense officials, in the Pentagon and at bases around the world, spent much of Tuesday trying to make sense of the last-minute gathering at the Quantico base in Virginia.  Hegseth called out “fat generals,” and …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
“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.
New York Times:
Here's the latest.  —  Here's the latest.  —  President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned more than 800 of the country's top brass to a military base in Virginia on Tuesday to voice a familiar litany of culture war talking points and criticize a military that they complained …
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump makes numerous false claims to generals and admirals, some about the military  —  President Donald Trump made numerous false claims in a rambling Tuesday speech to hundreds of generals and admirals who were summoned to a military base in Virginia to listen to addresses …
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump says military should use U.S. cities as “training grounds”  —  President Trump told the nation's top military officials Tuesday troops should use “dangerous” American cities as “training grounds.” … - Trump has repeatedly floated applying his D.C. blueprint to the Windy City …
Associated Press:
Trump calls for using US cities as a ‘training ground’ for military in unusual speech to generals  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed using American cities as training grounds for the armed forces and spoke of needing U.S. military might to combat what he called the “invasion from within.”
Washington Post:
Trump defends using troops to police U.S. cities in address to military leaders  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended the administration's use of the military to police U.S. cities, decrying “the enemy within” and citing presidents early in the country's history who “used the armed forces to keep domestic order and peace.”
NPR:
Trump, Hegseth to headline a highly unusual gathering of top military officials  —  President Trump defended the use of U.S. troops in American cities and told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against the “enemy within.”  —  “This is going to be a big thing for the people in this room …
Greg Jaffe / New York Times:
Hegseth Lectures Military Brass on ‘Woke’ Leaders, Fitness and Grooming
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Trump Refers to Racial Slur During Address to the Military
Discussion: New Republic and Not the Bee
Colin Demarest / Axios:
Trump says he'll fire generals “on the spot” if he dislikes them
Reuters:
Trump to preside over unusual military gathering in Virginia
Washington Post:
Trump tells a roomful of silent generals to join a ‘war from within’
Discussion: Raw Story, Diplomatic, and Althouse
Washington Post:
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 …
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Trump mandates all federal agencies send email blaming Dems for potential gov't shutdown  —  Workers call the partisan email “a vile slap in the face.” … As the federal government teeters on the brink of a shutdown, workers across many agencies received identical emails late Tuesday afternoon blaming Democrats for the possibility.
New York Times:
After Volatile Summer, Trump's Approval Remains Low but Stable, Poll Finds  —  A new Times/Siena survey shows the president retaining the support of nine out of 10 G.O.P. voters, even as the government races toward a shutdown on Wednesday.  —  President Trump's efforts to send National Guard troops …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says Government Shutdown Likely as No Last-Minute Deal Emerges
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
The other reason Democrats are taking Trump to the mat in a shutdown battle
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
The Situation: What a Shutdown Has to Accomplish
Discussion: CNN, Reuters and The National Pulse
The Hill:
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.
Discussion: New Republic and Fox News
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Murkowski to vote for House-passed government funding measure
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Dem Says Mike Johnson Is Delaying Her Swearing-In to Prevent Epstein Vote
Bloomberg:
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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
White House to Announce ‘TrumpRx’ Drug-Buying Website, and Deal With Pfizer  —  President Trump is expected to unveil the measures Tuesday; Pfizer's CEO expected to attend  —  WASHINGTON—The White House is planning to unveil a direct-to-consumer website for Americans to buy drugs …
Politico:
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 …
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Zach Montague / New York Times:
Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Noncitizens Over Pro-Palestinian Speech
AM New York:
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 …
ACLU:
Legal Organizations Across the Ideological Spectrum Urge Court to Reinstate Lawsuit Against Trump Administration's Unconstitutional Attack on Academic Freedom  —  Federal interference in academic affairs at Columbia University violates the First Amendment, the brief argues
Jay Peters / The Verge:
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 …
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
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 …
Discussion: The Hill and FactCheck.org
Caroline S. Engelmayer / The Harvard Crimson:
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 …
Seth Simons / The Guardian:
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” …
Discussion: Fox News, NBC News and Mediaite
Washington Post:
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 …
 
 
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