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Marketplace Morning Report

2026: the year of partial government shutdowns

Marketplace Morning Report

Marketplace

Business, News

4.5927 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

We just had a partial government shutdown, and now we're edging closer to another. It would involve just one federal agency — the Department of Homeland Security. DHS will run out of money this Saturday if Congress doesn’t reach a compromise over ICE and pass a funding bill, but other agencies would be affected. Also on the show: the jobs report, buyers of U.S. debt, and Russian strikes on Ukrainian heating systems.

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This Marketplace podcast is supported by Fay Grie Drinker, one of the largest law firms in Minnesota,

0:06.4

with nearly 300 Minneapolis attorneys helping clients solve complex legal issues and meeting their goals in the Twin Cities and beyond,

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Trending in 26, partial government shutdowns from Marketplace. I'm Sabrina Benishore,

0:25.6

in for David Bruncaccio. We literally just had one, and now we are edging closer to another,

0:31.1

a partial government shutdown. It would involve just one federal agency this time,

0:35.4

the Department of Homeland Security. DHS will run out of money

0:38.9

this Saturday if Congress doesn't reach a compromise over ICE and pass a funding bill. Marketplace's

0:44.9

Nancy Marshall-Gensar has more. The Department of Homeland Security is home to, yes, ICE, but also the Coast Guard,

0:51.6

FEMA, the Secret Service, and TSA, the Transportation Security Administration.

0:56.7

They would all be shuttered during a shutdown with essential employees working without pay.

1:01.6

The DHS spending bill is caught up in Democratic demands for reforms at ICE,

1:06.7

including requiring ICE agents to get a warrant from a judge before entering someone's home.

1:12.3

Democrats also want to prohibit ICE agents from wearing masks and require them to wear body cameras

1:18.2

and uniforms with name tags. Republican negotiators are rejecting the Democrats' demands.

1:23.3

If the two sides don't reach a deal by Friday, DHS will shut down in the wee hours of Saturday.

1:29.7

And Congress is about to take a break.

1:31.9

It marks President's Day with a week-long resets next week.

1:36.0

Ironically, ICE wouldn't be affected much by a DHS shutdown.

1:39.7

It could keep going because it has tons of money from the big tax and spending bill lawmakers passed last

1:45.0

summer. I'm Nancy Marshall Ginsburg for Marketplace. Money goes where money grows. Investors send it

1:53.8

sloshing around the world looking for high interest rates or reliable returns. Governments,

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