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WSJ Minute Briefing

TSA Pay Frozen in Government Shutdown Over DHS Standoff

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Plus: Hyatt executive chairman Thomas Pritzker is retiring following recently-released Epstein files. And Goldman Sachs plans to scrap DEI criteria for its board. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.1

Here is your morning brief for Tuesday, February 17th. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal.

0:38.8

The U.S. government is emerging from the holiday weekend partially shut down, with only the Department of Homeland Security

0:44.0

currently affected. Its immigration enforcement personnel are still working and getting paid,

0:49.2

but not so for the TSA, whose staffers at the nation's airports can log hours, but likely won't be

0:55.5

compensated for them until after the shutdown is resolved. And with the House and Senate on

1:00.3

break this week, that could be a little while. Lawmakers remain at odds over the terms of a

1:05.3

DHS funding package, with Democrats mandating that ICE and CBP agents wear body cameras, unmask, wear visible identification, and need warrants signed by a judge in order to enter homes.

1:18.5

Hotelier Thomas Pritzker is retiring as the executive chairman of Hyatt, after recently released documents detailed his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

1:28.6

Pritzker is a member of one of Chicago's most prominent families, which includes Illinois's

1:33.4

current governor and a former U.S. Commerce Secretary. In a statement, Pritzker said he exercised

1:39.3

terrible judgment in maintaining contact with Epstein and Galane Maxwell. And in a memo to the board,

1:45.4

added that his departure would allow for a proper handoff at Hyatt. The company has named its

1:50.8

president and chief executive as board chair. And Wall Street's DEI retreat is continuing.

1:57.6

Goldman Sachs will no longer consider race, sexual orientation, and other diversity factors when screening for potential board candidates.

2:05.9

We exclusively report that the decision follows a behind-the-scenes request from a conservative activist nonprofit that owns a small stake in the bank and urged it to drop the DEI policy and requested the proposal be circulated to shareholders.

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