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🗓️ 17 February 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. Lawmakers in the White House remain deadlocked over proposed changes to immigration enforcement. |
| 0:09.5 | NPR's Sam Greenglass reports the Department of Homeland Security ran out of money on Friday, forcing it to partially shut down. |
| 0:15.9 | This latest standoff seems to follow a familiar cycle. A crisis captures national attention. A number of Democrats |
| 0:22.7 | and Republicans pledged to take action only for talks to fizzle and lawmakers to trade blame |
| 0:28.0 | across the aisle. That's what happened after a bipartisan effort to resurrect Lapp's health subsidies |
| 0:33.5 | fell apart recently, says Senator Tim Cain of Virginia Democrat. On health care, on immigration, |
| 0:39.9 | the parties are in fundamentally very, very different places. And so that means I go into any |
| 0:44.5 | negotiation in a topic like this, high hopes, low expectations. Negotiations on immigration between |
| 0:50.4 | Democrats and the White House are ongoing, but Congress is in recess until next week. |
| 0:55.5 | Sam Gringlass, NPR News, Washington. |
| 0:57.7 | Drivers in Cuba could have to wait several months to refuel their cars as fuel shortages |
| 1:02.7 | caused by a U.S. oil siege intensify. |
| 1:05.8 | To avoid chaos outside gas stations, Cuba's government last week made it obligatory for drivers |
| 1:10.3 | to use an app known as ticket to get refueling appointments. |
| 1:13.6 | But the app is only granting appointments several weeks or months from now. |
| 1:17.3 | About 100 U.S. troops and equipment have arrived in Nigeria to help train soldiers. |
| 1:22.1 | The arrival follows a request by the Nigerian government to the U.S. for training, technical support, and intelligence sharing. The deployment follows an easing of tensions that had flared between |
| 1:31.4 | the U.S. and Nigeria. President Trump issued threats over allegations that Nigeria was not |
| 1:36.0 | protecting its Christian citizens. Two U.S. moms, born in their, both in their 40s, rather, |
| 1:42.7 | have won gold and bronze in the women's bobsled at the |
| 1:45.4 | Winter Olympics. |
| 1:46.5 | Ilana Myers Taylor and Kaylee Humphreys reached the podium after a close contest against |
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