Pakistan recently acted on CIA intelligence and detained a senior ISIS commander who the U.S. claims plotted the deadly Abbey Gate bombing during the U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan in 2021, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the issue. President Trump revealed the arrest in his address to Congress on Tuesday night.

Why it matters: Mohammad Sharifullah, one of the leaders of an ISIS branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan, is believed to have devised and coordinated the attack that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 170 Afghan citizens, one official said.

• One U.S. official with direct knowledge said Sharifullah, who is also known as "Jafar," is in the process of being extradited to the U.S. from Pakistan after being detained by the Pakistani Intelligence Service.
• He is expected to arrive in the U.S. on Wednesday and an indictment against him is expected to be unsealed, the U.S. official said.
• A second U.S. official claimed Sharifullah is "the mastermind" behind the attack that took place outside Kabul's international airport on Aug. 26, 2021, and that he planned and oversaw the execution of the bombing.
• "Because of his role, he has been a high value target of the U.S. intelligence community for several years," the official said.

Flashback: In April 2023, the Taliban killed another senior ISIS-K leader who the U.S. intelligence community believes authorized the Abbey Gate attack. The Biden administration announced his death but didn't provide details about his identity.

Behind the scenes: After CIA director John Ratcliffe was confirmed by Congress in January, President Trump instructed him to prioritize capturing the perpetrators of the Abbey Gate attack, the U.S. officials said.

• In his first days in office, Ratcliffe told CIA counterterrorism officials to make it a top priority for the agency.
• One U.S. official said the CIA director on his second day in office raised the issue during his first call with his Pakistani counterpart, Lt. Gen. Asim Malik. Ratcliffe reiterated this message during his meeting with the Pakistani spy chief on the sidelines of the Munich security conference in mid-February.
• A spokesperson for the Pakistani embassy in D.C. did not provide a comment prior to publication.

The CIA has been monitoring Sharifullah for some time but in recent days it received specific intelligence about his location. The CIA provided the information to the Pakistani intelligence agency, which sent an elite unit that captured him near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the officials said.

• Ten days ago, after the U.S. was notified of Sharifullah's capture, Ratcliffe and FBI Director Kash Patel held a call with the Pakistani intelligence chief from CIA headquarters in Langley.
• Since then the CIA, the Department of Justice and the FBI worked together on his extradition, with Ratcliffe, Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi personally involved, one of the U.S. officials said.

The big picture: The cooperation between the CIA and the Pakistani Intelligence Services over Sharifullah's capture happened after several years of strained relations between U.S. and Pakistani intelligence services.

• A U.S. official said these tensions negatively affected counterterrorism operations with the Pakistanis.
• Both sources said the U.S. sees Sharifullah's detainment as a signal that the Pakistanis want to reengage with the Trump administration on intelligence and counterterrorism.

The right-wing House Freedom Caucus on Tuesday issued a threat to try to censure any Democratic lawmakers or guests who disrupt President Trump's speech to Congress.

Why it matters: The declaration is in response to Axios' reporting that some Democrats have considered bringing noisemakers or walking out of the speech to display their opposition to the Republican president.

• There is considerable internal division within the Democratic caucus about whether to use more disruptive tactics or stick to traditional, silent protest.
• House Democratic leadership has urged its members not to bring props into the House chamber.

What they're saying: "The President's address to tonight's joint session of Congress is a constitutional obligation — not a sideshow for Democrats to use noisemakers, make threats, throw things or otherwise disrupt," the Freedom Caucus' board said in a statement.

• "Our colleagues are on notice that the heckler's veto will not be tolerated. You will be censured," they continued.
• The right-wing group also warned that they "expect the Sergeant at Arms and Capitol Police to take appropriate action against any Members of Congress or other persons violating House rules."

Between the lines: Heckling and disruptions have become increasingly common during State of the Union addresses and other speeches to joint sessions of Congress in recent years.

• Rep. Joe Wilson's (R-S.C.) shouting "you lie" during then-President Obama's address in 2009 was considered a shocking breach of decorum at the time.
• Biden was repeatedly heckled by Republicans at his State of the Union addresses, with one Republican guest even getting arrested in 2024 for yelling at Biden about the 2021 Kabul airport bombing.
• Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — both members of the Freedom Caucus at the time — chanted "build the wall" during Biden's address in 2022.

After weeks of stalled decision-making, the global trade war automakers were hoping to avoid is now here, providing a measure of clarity that had been missing.

• While significant disruption is inevitable, at least there's a playbook from the last big shock to hit the industry: COVID.

Why it matters: Though unwelcome, supply chain upheavals are nothing new for carmakers, who have built a culture of resiliency while dealing with everything from tsunamis and fires to labor strikes and safety recalls — not to mention the global health crisis.

• What's different this time, however, is that the industry is on far shakier ground.
• The trade war is hitting at the same time they're juggling sweeping technological change, regulatory pressures and powerful Chinese competition.

Driving the news: President Trump's promised 25% tariffs on imported goods from Canada and Mexico took effect early Tuesday, along with additional levies on China.

• Canada and China immediately took retaliatory steps and Mexico signaled it, too, will respond with its own measures.
• "This isn't hypothetical. All automakers will be impacted by these tariffs on Canada and Mexico," John Bozzella, president and CEO of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, said in statement.

The fallout will be almost immediate, with sharply higher vehicle prices and limited availability of certain models, industry experts say.

• S&P Global Mobility sees potential for 20,000 fewer vehicles produced per day — about 30 percent of North American production.
• Automakers have been stockpiling engines and components in U.S. warehouses for weeks, but some assembly plants are likely to shut down within days, said S&P Global Mobility analyst Stephanie Brinley, speaking at an Automotive Press Association event Tuesday.
• "At best, we're probably looking at maybe a week's worth of supply of (parts) inventory," she said.
• "And as you know, if you're building a vehicle, it's going to be stopped on one part (shortage). And we don't know what that magic part is yet."

Flashback: During the pandemic, automakers faced a shortage of semiconductors, which led them to prioritize building high-profit models like pickup trucks and SUVs while idling other plants altogether.

• Some unfinished vehicles were parked in storage until chips could be installed.

Between the lines: The North American auto industry is deeply integrated, with finished vehicles and auto parts flowing freely across borders.

• Under the new tariff regime, levies will be added each time unfinished vehicles cross the border, creating layers of increased costs.
• Plus, new tariffs are coming soon on steel and aluminum, which will add to those higher costs.

Suppliers are already pushing back, telling carmakers they can't absorb the cost of increased tariffs.

• They're demanding higher prices, and seeking to invoke "force majeure" clauses in existing contracts that release them from obligations due to unforeseen events.
• As during COVID, automakers are likely to subsidize suppliers' high production costs to ensure they can ramp up again quickly, if and when the tariffs are lifted.

The intrigue: What you likely won't see is factories picking up and moving from Canada and Mexico to the U.S.

• "OEMs and suppliers will only invest capital and resources if there's long term stability in this issue, and it's not clear we have that quite yet," Brinley said.

The bottom line: The full impact of the tariffs will depend on how long they're in place.

• Rep. Al Green heckled Trump's joint address on Tuesday night.
• The Texas Democrat was eventually booted on the orders of Speaker Mike Johnson.
• Green later told reporters it was "worth it."

For the first time in recent memory, a lawmaker was thrown out of the House chamber during a president's address to a joint session of Congress.

It began mere minutes into President Donald Trump's speech on Tuesday night, when the president spoke about the "mandate" that he'd earned by virtue of his victory in the 2024 election.

Rep. Al Green, a Texas Democrat known for making theatrical gestures, stood up and began heckling Trump, telling him that he had "no mandate" to make cuts to Medicaid.

Democrats have accused Trump and Republicans of pushing for cuts to the program, which serves lower-income Americans, by virtue of a budget resolution that passed the House last week.

Green's heckling was immediately met with shouting from the Republican side of the aisle, with GOP lawmakers telling the Texas Democrat to sit down and shut up. But Green persisted, eventually leading House Speaker Mike Johnson to direct the House Sergeant at Arms to escort the congressman out of the chamber.

"It's worth it to let people know that there are some people who are going to stand up" to Trump, Green told reporters outside the chamber. He added that he was unsure if he'd face any formal punishment.

The Texas Democrat announced last month that he would introduce articles of impeachment against Trump, despite a lack of support from the recent of his caucus.

He made a similar move during the president's first term in office, even forcing three different votes on his impeachment resolution in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Republican lawmakers such as Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Lauren Boebert of Colorado frequently heckled former President Joe Biden's State of the Union addresses, but they were never removed from the chamber.

• Sam Altman announced in a late February post on X that his son had been born prematurely.
• In a Tuesday update, the OpenAI CEO said his company is no longer his proudest accomplishment.
• "Turns out I am now more proud of a preemie baby for learning how to eat on his own!" Altman wrote.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, in a Tuesday post on X, shared his first update about his infant son, who was born prematurely in late February, and declared his AI company is no longer his proudest accomplishment.

"Very proud of the openai team for what is perhaps the most impressive scientific/technical breakthrough of recent decades," Altman wrote. "Thought that was the thing i'd always be most proud of in life."

He added: "turns out i am now more proud of a preemie baby for learning how to eat on his own!"

Altman and his husband, software engineer Oliver Mulherin, welcomed their son, the couple's first child, in late February. The pair, who live together in San Francisco, have led a relatively private relationship and have only publicly shared one previous statement about their child since his birth.

"He came early and is going to be in the nicu for awhile," Altman wrote in the child's birth announcement, referring to the neonatal intensive care unit, where newborns receive specialized medical treatment after birth. "He is doing well and it's really nice to be in a little bubble taking care of him. i have never felt such love."

The OpenAI CEO hasn't said whether he plans to take paternity leave, but the new addition to his family has comes as the artificial intelligence company is in the middle of its transition away from a nonprofit entity. OpenAI announced plans in December to transfer control of daily operations to its for-profit subsidiary, in a move that has attracted legal challenges from OpenAI's competitor Elon Musk.

Representatives for OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

• US stock futures rose after Trump's commerce secretary hinted at tariff compromises with Canada and Mexico.
• Trump reimposed 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico after pausing it for a month.
• Markets closed lower for a second consecutive day as Nasdaq and S&P 500 saw significant declines.

US stock futures ticked back up after a sharp fall, following Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's comments on Fox Business on Tuesday afternoon that President Donald Trump could announce tariff compromises with Canada and Mexico as early as Wednesday.

Trump reimposed 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, a plan that was paused for a month and then came into effect early Tuesday morning. The tariffs were imposed over allegations that the neighboring countries were failing to stem the flow of drugs and crime into the US.

Lutnick's remarks came as US markets staggered and closed lower for a second consecutive day. The Nasdaq composite slipped 0.4%. During the day, it briefly reached a 10% decline from its most recent closing high. The S&P 500 fell 1.2%, wiping out all post-election gains since last November.

Lutnick said talks with Canada would likely reduce some of the newly reimposed tariffs on imports from the two neighboring countries.

"Both the Mexicans and the Canadians are on the phone with me all day today, trying to show that they'll do better," Lutnick said, adding that Trump is "listening" and open to a middle-ground solution.

Canada has also swiftly responded with 25% of retaliatory tariffs. Canadian Premier Doug Ford announced Tuesday that he will cancel a $100-million deal with Starlink and remove US alcohol from shelves. He also threatened a 25% surcharge on electricity that Ontario sends to 1.5 million Americans.

Meanwhile, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said retaliatory measures are "going to wait" because she planned to speak to Trump this week.

While details of the compromise remain unclear, Lutnick said it will likely not be another tariff pause but a more long-term deal.

Trump is addressing Congress Tuesday night, with trade policy likely to be a key topic.

• "Daredevil: Born Again" starts with a horrific twist in its opening moments.
• During the scene, villain Bullseye (Wilson Bethel) attacks a bar in Hell's Kitchen.
• We break down the Marvel series' first shocking death, and what happens in the comics.

Warning: major spoilers ahead for "Daredevil: Born Again."

Marvel's "Daredevil: Born Again" comes out of the gate swinging, killing off a key character within minutes of its first episode in a move that's sure to shock fans.

The 2025 show is the revival of Netflix's "Daredevil" series, which starred Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer-turned-vigilante who defends the New York neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen.

While the original series flirted with its connections to the Marvel Cinematic Universe over three seasons before being canceled in 2018, "Born Again" takes place firmly in the same world as the Avengers — which makes episode one's brutal assassination all the more surprising. Here's what to know.

Bullseye shoots Foggy Nelson in the street

The opening scene sees Murdock go to Josie's Bar with his colleagues Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) and Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) for drinks after work. When Nelson takes a phone call outside of the bar from a worried client he's defending, Murdock suits up as Daredevil to help.

However, it was a ruse to lure Murdock away from his friends, and Nelson gets shot in the chest by a sniper: Bullseye (Wilson Bethel). The assassin wastes no time in shooting two police officers who were also in the bar before Daredevil returns, and a lengthy, bloody brawl ensues between them.

The show plays up the tension, so much so that Murdock hears his best friend's heartbeat fade as he bleeds out on the street. But is Nelson really dead? Actually killing him would be a surprising move, given that he's one of the most beloved characters from the original Netflix series.

But all might not be lost, especially if "Daredevil: Born Again" follows the comics.

In the comics, Foggy Nelson's death was faked by the FBI

In February 2006, Nelson was killed off in "Daredevil" #82 when he was stabbed to death by prison inmates while visiting an incarcerated Murdock, who had been arrested on suspicion of being the red-suited vigilante.

Because Murdock was locked up, he was powerless to save his best friend aside from listening to his heartbeat as he died.

However, it was a ruse.

A few issues later, in "Daredevil" #87, it was revealed that the FBI had moved Nelson into witness protection, where he was recovering from his injuries before beginning a life under a new identity.

If "Daredevil: Born Again" is paying homage to Nelson's faked death in the comics, there's a chance he could return in a later episode or season.

After all, it wouldn't be the first time that someone was seemingly killed or gravely injured before making a comeback. Bullseye himself was nearly murdered by Kingpin (Vincent D'Onofrio) at the end of "Daredevil" season three, and he's still alive and shooting.

• President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.
• Melania Trump attended the speech wearing a Dior blazer with a removable scarf and matching skirt.
• A style strategist and image coach said her look embodies "quiet authority."

First lady Melania Trump attended President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress in a gray skirt suit by Dior.

The wool tweed blazer, which features a removable scarf detail, retails for $5,500 on Dior's website. She paired the blazer with a matching skirt and accessorized with a black belt.

"First Lady Melania's style tonight is quiet authority — polished, self-assured, and entirely in command of her presence," Lauren A. Rothman, a style strategist and image coach, told Business Insider.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Even before President Trump took the podium to address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, Democrats began disrupting the proceedings. Within minutes, a lawmaker was escorted out of the chamber.

Why it matters: The Democratic protests from inside the chamber represent an unprecedented level of coordination that reflects the immense grassroots pressure the party is facing to mount a resistance to Trump.

What happened: As Trump walked down the aisle, Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), the ranking member of the House's DOGE subcommittee, held up a sign reading "This is NOT Normal."

• Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) reached across the aisle, grabbed Stansbury's sign and yanked it out of her hand. Stansbury later fundraised off the moment.
• Soon after, dozens of Democrats held up signs reading "SAVE MEDICAID," "MUSK STEALS" and "PROTECT VETERANS" — which, when flipped around, also said "FALSE" on the back.
• Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) held up a whiteboard on which she wrote various messages, including: "Cut Elon, NOT Social Security."

Between the lines: The use of signs came despite Democratic leadership urging its members ahead of the speech not to use props or use any tactics that would make them the story.

• Many members of the Democrats' more establishment wing opposed the use of disruptive tactics and opted for silent forms of protest such as outfit coordination and refusal to clap.
• But progressives argued to colleagues privately, and told Axios, that their constituents were demanding to see more vocal resistance to Trump by the party's elected officials.

Zoom in: As Trump began speaking, even more raucous disruptions began. Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), one of Trump's fiercest critics in Congress who plans to try to impeach him, stood up and shouted, "Mr. President, you don't have a mandate."

• Republicans shouted back in an attempt to drown him out. After a back and forth in which Green refused to stop heckling, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) ordered the House sergeant-at-arms to escort him out.
• Other Democrats repeatedly peppered Trump with heckling throughout his speech, often shouting, "Those are lies!"
• As Trump spoke about law enforcement, several

Several House Democrats — including Reps. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.), Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.), Andrea Salinas (D-Ore.), LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) — walked out of the speech several minutes later.

• Crockett, Salinas and Dexter revealed shirts that read "RESIST" on the back. Frost's shirt said "NO KINGS LIVE HERE," and Kamlager-Dove's said "PRESIDENT MUSK."
• Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), who did not walk out of the speech, wore a shirt that said "NO KING. NO COUP."

What they're saying: After he was ejected, Green told reporters the mandate he was referencing was a mandate to cut Medicaid and other government programs.

• "It's worth it to let people know that there are some people who are going to stand up," the Texas Democrat said of his ejection.

Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional details.

• "Daredevil" fans were crushed when Netflix cancelled the show in 2018, but it is now returning to Disney+.
• "Daredevil: Born Again" is gory and violent: proving Marvel can change and adapt.
• The show has flaws, but is the best Marvel project in years.

"Daredevil: Born Again" starts with an unsubtle wink to fans who have waited seven years for the show to return.

As the lawyer Foggy Nelson wistfully recalls long-gone diners in New York City, his legal partner Karen Page replies: "This Hell's Kitchen nostalgia is running pretty thin you guys, you realize that, right?"

"Not nostalgia. Reverence for the past, yet hope for the future… Too much?" he says.

The tongue-in-cheek line might be on the nose (or horns), but it's a manifesto for the entire series.

"Daredevil: Born Again" has reverence for the eponymous 2015 Netflix show beloved by fans, who were crushed when it was canceled in 2018 after three seasons. But the symphony of violence when Bullseye attacks Josie's Bar in the opening minutes makes it clear that Disney wants to take the franchise to new heights, by taking risks and pushing the boundaries of what the Marvel Cinematic Universe can be.

Yes, projects like "Werewolf By Night" and the "Echo" miniseries have gritty moments, but fist-fights actually carry weight in "Daredevil: Born Again." They lead to oozing bruises, court cases, and questions from loved ones. They also enable characters to grow, especially after a tragedy in the first episode (which will likely annoy fans).

This is not the all-too-often vacuous family-friendly superheroics that Marvel typically relies on.

Sure, Daredevil doesn't need violence to work as a character in the MCU, as proven by his recent cameos in "Spider-Man: No Way Home" and "She-Hulk."

But grabbing fans by the scruff of the neck with a combination of substance and high-octane action is a particularly smart move following a string of lackluster Marvel offerings, on both big and small screens.

It seems there's still fight left in Marvel, the studio just needs to figure out what makes each project special and lean into that, as it does with "Daredevil: Born Again."

"Daredevil: Born Again" isn't perfect, but it's the best Marvel project in years

Having said that, while the series shines when creating raw tension and using violence in clever ways, the story feels flimsy in places. This may be symptomatic of the creative overhaul that took place in June 2023. Marvel Television went back to the drawing board after filming several episodes of "Born Again" and started afresh with a new showrunner and writers that October.

For instance, Muse — an artistic serial killer who roams the streets looking for victims — is an exciting new enemy for Daredevil, like something out of David Fincher's "Seven" or the BBC's "Luther." But his storyline is cut disappointingly short.

There are some rough visuals in a CGI-enhanced fight, which is odd given some of the impressively choreographed stunts later in the series. And a few story beats are particularly rushed, including Murdock's relationship with the psychiatrist Heather Glenn, which materializes almost instantly without feeling particularly earned.

There's plenty of time spent exploring the hero's defining dilemma (his duty as Daredevil or his life and career as Matt Murdock), but it takes much longer than expected to get to the meat of the season: Kingpin's plan to ban superheroes from New York.

But there is still much for hungry "Daredevil" fans to unpick. The way Wilson Fisk weaponizes the general public will no doubt draw some real-world comparisons, but Vincent D'Onofrio's quietly chilling performance never jumps the shark into parody. Kingpin remains as terrifying as ever, as he sets his sights on the mayor's office, especially in the show's most obscenely gory moment.

Ultimately, the series as a whole, particularly how Daredevil and Kingpin develop as characters, proves an important point. It is possible for Marvel to add depth to its core characters alongside bone-crunchingly excellent fight choreography.

Throw in a tantalizing cliffhanger ahead of season two, and "Born Again" is the best MCU project in recent years, flaws and all.

To be blunt as Daredevil's billy clubs, Marvel has found a way to give audiences the hero they know and love, while having him exist in the same universe as the Avengers.

"Hope for the future," indeed.

• Wu Zhixun left his hometown and his job at a local bank to spend his 20s pursuing an acting career in Beijing.
• He entered his 30s ready for a career change and noticed Beijing lacked the flavors of his hometown.
• One year after opening his restaurant, Wu, now 31, says he has made back his initial investment.

Wu Zhixun stumbled into acting by accident when he was a young adult. Years later, a similarly unexpected turn of events led him to open — and become the face of — a popular restaurant in Beijing.

In 2013, the sporting brand Li Ning was sponsoring university basketball games across China. They chose Wu to appear in an ad. Soon after, people started recognizing him on the streets of Yunnan, the southern Chinese province, where he'd grown up.

After graduating, he got hired by a local bank, but six months in, a video-streaming company asked him to appear on a reality TV show in which he'd be cooking for celebrities.

"I thought it was a scam at first," he told Business Insider. But they offered to buy him a flight to Beijing, 1,500 miles northeast of Yunnan, so he quit his job and dove into the world of acting and television.

Career shift into F&B

Over a seven-year acting career, Wu appeared in three TV shows and a Huawei campaign.

In 2017, after his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, he returned to Yunnan for a year and a half to spend time with her.

While he was back home, he invested money into two F&B ventures, neither of which panned out.

The first was a snack shop. Wu and three partners each invested 100,000 yuan into the shop, which sold chicken feet, rice noodles, and mango rice. The shop shuttered after six months.

Next, he invested 50,000 yuan in a Japanese restaurant. Within three months, the restaurant closed. Looking back, he said he could see the problems were with the location and the management.

The restaurant was tucked away on the second floor of an office building, and no one on the management team had any experience running a kitchen. They didn't know how many ingredients to order, and they often sold out of popular dishes before the end of the day.

Bringing the taste of home to Beijing

At the end of 2018, Wu moved back to Beijing. Within a couple of years, he met his partner, and they started discussing the idea of starting a family.

He wanted more career stability and was tired of being an actor. "You're always waiting to be chosen," he said.

While living in Beijing, he spotted a market opportunity to serve authentic Yunnan food.

"Yunnan flavors are textured," he said. "There are sour, fragrant, numbing, spicy notes, and these are all from natural plants."

Restaurants in Beijing just weren't getting the flavors right — so he decided to launch his third F&B venture.

He needed money for the initial investment, so he sold an apartment his mother had given him and invested 600,000 yuan into the restaurant.

His mother was against the idea of him selling. "My mom needs to know something will have a 100% success rate before she'll do it," he said.

Hands-on management

It's been almost two years since Wu, now 31, began planning his restaurant, Yican, or Can Bistro in English. He works with a business partner, Qu Fei, who invested an additional 400,000 yuan into the business.

Learning from his previous business failure, Wu knew he wanted to open the restaurant in a busy area. He chose a commercial business park in southeast Beijing, near Sihuidong station.

They hired Yunnan chefs and slowly renovated a space that had previously been a clothing store.

The restaurant has been open for about a year. When BI visited the restaurant in early February, all 10 tables were full by noon.

Can Bistro is a dog-friendly restaurant, and a Bichon Frisé and a Schnauzer were among the guests. Diners sat on rattan chairs, eating from speckled black ceramic dishes. Steaming bowls of sour papaya fish, spicy beef, stewed chicken, and crispy tofu covered the wooden tables. Some guests washed down their meals with Asahi beer and natural wine from Yunnan.

A meal for four typically includes around six dishes. The stewed chicken, 68 yuan, has become popular. The potatoes fall apart, and the meat is perfectly tender. The sour bamboo shoots and water spinach dish is an uncommon combination in Beijing, but popular among the Dai ethnic minority in Yunnan.

Beijing's changing food scene

Over the past five years, Beijing's food scene has seen waves of restaurants open and close. "Ninety percent of bistros close in their first year," Fiona Wu, a sales professional working in Beijing's lifestyle industry, told BI.

In order to make it in the Beijing market, Fiona said restaurants need to be popular "from the beginning."

And that's where it came full circle for Wu.

"It was about looks at first," Fiona said of Can Bistro's popularity. "The look of the place, the restaurant decor, and the bosses' being handsome, attracted users on RedNote," she said, referencing the popular Chinese social media app.

Shortly after opening, Wu's marketing team posted a series of candid photos of its owners on the Chinese social media app. The photos had captions like, "Not drinking coffee unless a hot guy has made it for me." Wu said that people who saw the restaurant online began to come in person.

"Without that marketing campaign, they wouldn't have gotten so much footfall in the beginning," Fiona said.

One year after opening, Wu said he and Di have made back their initial investment. Wu said that in the summer, lines often form outside the restaurant.

Running the restaurant has meant both Wu and his business partner have had to learn each other's way of doing things.

Wu says he's happier now. He visits the restaurant every day — and still has time to play basketball twice a week.

"It's a world away from when I was at the bank."

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday sent federal disease experts to assist in the response to the intensifying measles outbreak in Texas

Why it matters: The move indicates that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr and the Trump administration are starting to prioritize the response after Kennedy downplayed the threat last week, describing such outbreaks as "not unusual."

Driving the news: The CDC announced on X that it is partnering with the Texas Department of State Health Services to respond to the measles outbreak.

• The partnership, known as an Epi-Aid, is a rapid-response effort in which the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service provides local officials onsite support for one to three weeks.

Zoom in: At least 159 measles cases have been confirmed, with 22 of the patients been hospitalized, state officials said Tuesday.

• Texas announced last week that a school-age child who was not vaccinated and had no underlying health conditions was the first death in the outbreak.

What they're saying: "The measles outbreak in Texas is a call to action for all of us to reaffirm our commitment to public health," Kennedy said.

• "By working together — parents, healthcare providers, community leaders, and government officials, we can prevent future outbreaks and protect the health of our nation," he added.
• Kennedy on Tuesday also claimed on Fox News Channel Tuesday that doctors treated "over 108 patients" and are "getting very, very good results" from unconventional treatments, including the steroid budesonide and cod liver oil.
• The steroid is more commonly used to treat asthma, mild to moderate active Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel disease, and other inflammatory conditions.

Zoom out: Kennedy, a leading vaccine critic, wrote in an Fox News Digital on Sunday that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine "is crucial to avoiding potentially deadly disease."

• But Kennedy emphasized that the decision to vaccinate is "a personal one."

Go deeper: RFK Jr. urges people to get vaccinated amid deadly Texas outbreak

• Trump is delivering an address to a joint session of Congress tonight.
• He used the moment to celebrate tariffs and the DOGE office's efforts to cut spending.
• The address was at times raucous, with Democratic lawmakers protesting loudly through Trump's remarks.

President Donald Trump began his speech on Tuesday evening by declaring to the nation that the US is on the verge of a historic comeback.

Trump celebrated tariffs during his speech, defending them by listing off tariffs that have been imposed on the US by other countries.

"We have been ripped off by every other country on earth," he said.

The president announced earlier Tuesday that the 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada would begin. The tax on imports would impact the price of goods ranging from fresh produce to automobile parts.

Trump also said he will balance the federal budget in part by offering $5 million gold cards for wealthy immigrants, all the while announcing sweeping tax cuts for US citizens.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan held a small whiteboard that said, "Start by paying your taxes."

Republicans just passed a budget resolution that includes $4.5 trillion in tax cuts which would add to the federal deficit.

Trump also attacked the CHIPS Act, calling it a "horrible, horrible thing."

The CHIPS Act, a $280 billion legislative package to support chip manufacturing and R&D in the US, received bipartisan support and was signed into law by the Biden administration in 2022.

Trump's opening remarks were quickly disrupted by Rep. Al Green of Texas, who was escorted out of the chamber after repeated warnings from House Speaker Mike Johnson.

"Six weeks ago, I stood beneath the dome of this Capitol and proclaimed the dawn of the Golden Age of America. From that moment on, it has been nothing but swift and unrelenting action to usher in the greatest and most successful era in the history of our country," Trump said in his address to Congress. "We have accomplished more in 43 days than most administrations accomplish in 4 years or 8 years — and we are JUST GETTING STARTED."

Before he was escorted out, Green shouted, "You have no mandate to cut Medicaid!" at the president.

Trump also said he'll "Make America Affordable Again" and blamed the Biden Administration for sky-high inflation and increasing the price of eggs.

In reality, Trump inherited a US economy that has largely recovered from its pandemic lows. The price of eggs has also spiked in part due to an avian flu outbreak.

On Tuesday, ahead of his speech, markets tanked after he imposed 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said after markets closed on Tuesday that a compromise could "probably" be imminent. After the comments, US stock futures recovered.

Trump made no indication that a compromise was in the works.

At times, Trump sounded like a leader gearing up for a trade war.

"Whatever they tariff us, we tariff them. Whatever they tax us, we tax them. If they do non-monetary tariffs to keep us out of their market, then we do non-monetary barriers to keep them out of our market," Trump is expected to say. "We will take in trillions of dollars and create jobs like we have never seen before."

Elon Musk, the de facto head of the White House DOGE office, was also in the chamber, wearing a suit. GOP members gave a standing ovation at Trump's mention of DOGE, with many Republican lawmakers turning toward Musk in the House gallery to cheer for him.

Trump praised DOGE, claiming that it had discovered "billions of dollars of fraud," and listed off various payments the federal agencies spent in overseas programs. Some of those claimed savings, including $4 billion worth of contracts the group claimed to cancel, were retracted from DOGE's "wall of receipts."

Former federal workers who Musk has helped fire were invited as guests by Democratic lawmakers.

It's a State of the Union address in all but name — technically, in the president's first year, it's just a joint address to Congress.

The last time Trump was in the House chamber was during the final year of his first term when he delivered his final State of the Union address on the eve of the Senate acquitting him in his first impeachment trial.

Then came the COVID-19 pandemic, the January 6 insurrection, the Biden administration, and Trump's improbable political comeback.

Trump's speech could last up to two hours, according to White House press guidance.

As is often the case with Trump, it's possible the president goes off-script.

This story will be updated with new details from Trump's address when it begins.