From Washington: ICE Funding, Arctic Frost, and The Politics of Snow

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 25 January 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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With the nation not far off the heels of the longest government shutdown in history, disagreements over ICE’s funding have raised concerns about another spending package standoff. FOX News Chief Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram joins to break down the state of Government funding for the upcoming year, Jack Smith’s tense standoff with Congress over his January 6th investigation, Bill and Hillary Clinton potentially being held in Contempt of congress, and the political consequences of taking a snow day on Capitol Hill. Later, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum joins to explain Venezuela and Greenland’s relevance to America’s energy and security needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sunday, January 25th, 26. I'm Ryan Schmels. The House passing a bill to avoid a government shutdown, but Senate Democrats in winter weather could be a problem.
0:15.4	You talk to the Democrats, though, on the other appropriations bills, and they think that in terms of the numbers and some of the other policies, that the Republicans came their direction, that these were wins.
0:26.6	I'm Jared Halpert. The U.S. is now playing an outsized role in Greenland and Venezuela. We asked the Interior Secretary about the strategy.
0:35.8	This goes back to the whole discussion on NATO and President Trump.
0:39.2	No presidents had more influence on NATO since it was formed than President Trump.
0:43.8	And NATO, like a lot of organizations, had fallen into some, I'd say, bureaucratic malaise
0:52.0	because it was being underfunded.
0:53.9	This is the Fox News rundown from Washington. Music say, bureaucratic malaise because it was being underfunded.
0:57.3	This is the Fox News rundown from Washington.
1:12.3	The House passed a series of bills to fund the federal government through the end of this fiscal year.
1:18.1	It's the first time in decades the House of Representatives passed all 12 appropriations spending bills,
1:21.9	which House Speaker Mike Johnson considers a major victory.
1:26.3	Despite the noise, despite our slim margins, despite the fact that most members in the House have never gone through a regular member-driven appropriations process before, this team got it done.
1:32.6	A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security was voted on separately, with Democrats
1:37.2	in wide opposition over a lack of reforms to ICE. Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar.
1:43.0	We've heard our members speak loudly that ice isn't doing
1:48.3	enough. These reforms aren't enough. Their lawlessness has to stop. Another form of ice could be a
1:55.3	major hurdle for the minibus in the Senate as the nation prepares for a massive winter storm.
2:00.7	Well, the whole issue here is that they moved all 12 spending us in the Senate as the nation prepares for a massive winter storm.
2:05.2	Well, the whole issue here is that they moved all 12 spending bills.
2:06.3	They didn't move them on time.
2:09.6	Fox's chief congressional correspondent, Chad Pergroom.
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