One Department Shutdown, Hold the ICE

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🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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With its funding withheld by Congress, the Department Homeland Security goes into shutdown mode. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives an address stressing unity with Europe, despite increasing friction. And an Olympic curling kerfuffle begs the question: how much officiating does a sport really need? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Premier League is exciting.
0:04.0	It's exhilarating.
0:07.0	And sometimes it's...
0:11.0	So when you need something to help you ride the highest and loads of all that action,
0:17.0	grab a Coke to keep you in the game.
0:20.0	Time to refresh. Time for a Coke. Coca-Cola,
0:25.0	official partner of the Premier League. It's Monday, February 16th. Welcome back to another
0:33.5	government shutdown, just a smaller one. We start here.
0:39.3	The Department of Homeland Security has sent lots of its workers home, but not ICE agents.
0:44.3	Ice is going to keep on operating, even though this whole fight is about ice.
0:48.3	This could drag on for a bit, so what changes are we going to see?
0:51.3	Marco Rubio tries to make nice with Europe.
0:54.2	To appease a climate cults, we have imposed energy policies on ourselves that are
0:58.8	impoverishing our people. But he wasn't the only one speaking when a security conference
1:03.1	told us about potential presidential runs. And the world of curling gets rocked.
1:08.1	Sweden calls the Canadians out, saying, y'all double-touched post the hog line.
1:13.6	Why a foul-mouthed blow-up has swept through the most mild-mannered sport on ice.
1:19.8	From ABC News, this is Start Here.
1:22.9	I'm Brad Milky. milky.
1:34.7	Most people's finances do not drastically change overnight.
1:38.8	You probably have about as much money this morning as you did last Friday.
1:44.0	The Department of Homeland Security, though, basically had its bank account frozen over this weekend.
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