2.16.26 Supreme Court justices’ clash over retirement-plan calculations, Trump’s move against climate regulation, and Australia’s unexpected Olympic gold

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🗓️ 16 February 2026

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Legal Docket on the justices’ clash over retirement-plan calculations, Moneybeat on Trump’s move against climate regulation, and History Book on Australia’s dramatic first Winter Olympic gold. Plus, the Monday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donateAdditional support comes from Dordt University, where the MSN–Family Nurse Practitioner program prepares nurses for Christ-centered, family-focused care. Dordt.eduFrom Pensacola Christian College. Academic excellence, biblical worldview, affordable cost. go.pcci.edu/worldAnd from Ridge Haven Camp in North Carolina and Iowa. Summer Camp registration open now at ridgehaven.org

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0:00.0	Good morning. The Supreme Court takes up a fight over retirement math. At issue, whether companies
0:11.6	get certainty or pension funds get accuracy. Those are all just facts out in the world that can't be
0:16.8	changed because of what someone thinks about them. That's a head on legal docket.
0:25.9	Also today, the Monday Moneybeat AI shakes up the company's betting on AI.
0:27.7	David Bonson is standing by.
0:33.1	And later, the world history book, an underdog from Down Under, makes his Olympic comeback.
0:36.0	She said, Steve, you don't stand a chance.
0:39.6	Stay out of the way, hope for a mistake, and pick up a bronze.
0:49.1	It's Monday, February 16th.
0:52.9	This is The World and Everything in it from listeners-supported World Radio.
0:54.0	I'm Mary Reikert.
0:55.7	And I'm Nick Eiger. Good morning.
1:00.2	Up next, Kent Cunnington with today's news.
1:05.5	The Department of Homeland Security shutdown continues with no end in sight.
1:10.3	Democrats continue to deny funding as they demand changes to immigration enforcement.
1:12.1	Republicans agreed to some of those demands but said others would hinder or endanger enforcement agents. Borders are Tom
1:17.4	Holman said the administration will not require agents to remove masks or display ID numbers.
1:22.8	He said that would open agents up to personal targeting. Republican Congressman Tom Cole said of Democrats.
1:28.9	What they've managed to do is shut down or make sure the Secret Service isn't paid,
1:34.3	make sure TSA and air traffic controllers don't get paid,
1:37.9	make sure the Coast Guard doesn't get paid, make sure that we don't have FEMA to take care of any disaster.
1:43.8	But House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats intend to, quote, hold the line.
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