A DHS shutdown with no urgency

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🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Funding for the Department of Homeland Security ran out Friday evening — and there doesn’t seem to be any real rush to end the impasse. Anna breaks down the latest in the DHS shutdown. Plus, why Palantir is quickly becoming one of the left’s most hated companies. Watch this episode on YouTube here! Punchbowl News is on YouTube⁠. ⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our channel today to see all the new ways⁠⁠ ⁠we’re investing in video.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at punchbowl.news.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.0	Learn more at chevron.com slash America. Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punch Bowl News. It's Monday, February 16th, 2026. Happy President's Day. Let's get into the mix here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, we've got a shutdown update, plus the weirdest and probably most unpleasant President's Day in a while. Number two, Murkowski eyes the defense gavel. And number three, Palantir is the latest Dem boogeyman. Well, at the top of the podcast this morning, because I'm solo, I'm going to take a point
1:12.4	of privilege.
1:13.4	Jake Sherman, as you often know, loves to talk sports, but I had a massive sports weekend.
1:19.1	I was down in Chapel Hill, saw both the Duke men's basketball team play and win, as well as
1:24.9	a Duke versus UNC women's basketball game in Cameron Arena.
1:31.4	It was crazy for somebody who went to college that was best known for its singing.
1:37.2	We had a really fun weekend and just saying, Jake, maybe it's going to rival GW.
1:42.8	We'll have to see.
1:43.8	More sports updates from Anna Palmer.
1:45.8	I don't know, but we will get to the news now for all of you, why you are listening this morning.
1:51.4	All right.
1:51.9	So we are in a government shutdown here when it comes to DHS, and there has been no appreciable movement here, right?
1:59.3	There's a shutdown with no urgency, and that's not a good thing for Washington and getting out of movement here, right? There's a shutdown with no urgency, and that's not a good
2:02.0	thing for Washington and getting out of this mess, right? There often has to be those friction
2:06.4	points at time where all of a sudden there is a party or a need to move on something. But while
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