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The DHS shutdown drags on after Democrats sent a fresh counteroffer to the White House—only to be rebuffed—leaving Washington with no obvious off-ramp as both sides fight over oversight and immigration-enforcement guardrails. At the same time, Trump’s tariffs are colliding with everyday prices: new analysis and reporting underscores that U.S. businesses and consumers are paying the bulk of the tariff bill, even as Kevin Hassett blasts the underlying New York Fed-linked research and insists tariffs will ultimately boost wages and benefit buyers. We also hit the “price break is over” moment as more companies start hiking prices again, and we zoom out to the fiscal picture as new CBO projections fuel renewed alarm about record debt levels. Plus: the Supreme Court adopts new conflict-screening tech (including ticker-symbol disclosures) while retirement chatter swirls around Justice Samuel Alito—and we close with the Pentagon vs. Anthropic “woke AI” fight escalating into a real defense-contract flashpoint.