Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Partial Gov’t Shutdown, Obama’s Alien Comment & Team USA Highlights 

All the news you need in about 10 min:

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Story Links

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Read more about the stories in today's show:

DHS Funding Lapse: The Hill, AP, Politico, NY Post, Fox News, WSJ

Nancy Guthrie Search Updates: LA Times, CNN, Fox News, CBS News

RI Hockey Game Shooting: Providence Journal, Fox News, AP, NY Post, CBS News

Navalny Poisoning Assessment: UK Gov, AP, Reuters, WaPo, The Hill, NBC News

Ramadan Begins at Sundown: BBC, Al Jazeera, USA Today

Lunar New Year: CNN, Reuters, NBC News, NY Post

Mardi Gras: Louisville Courier-Journal, WVUE, USA Today, Axios

CA Winter Storm: TWC, USA Today, NY Times, AP

Obama Clarifies Alien Comment: WaPo, CNN, AP, NBC News

DHS Works to Unmask Anti-ICE Accounts: TechCrunch, NY Times, Inc, Gizmodo

Ring Cancels Flock Safety Partnership: THR, WIRED, NY Times, CNN

Robert Duvall Dies: Variety, NPR, CBS News, Bloomberg

MJ’s First Daytona 500 Win: NASCAR, CBS Sports, USA Today, Bleacher Report

Team USA’s Weekend Highlights: Yahoo! Sports, SI, WaPo, NBC News, USA Today, AP, Olympics

Trivia Tuesday: Where is the oldest city in the U.S.? 
Last Week’s Q: Who has won gold in both the Winter and Summer Olympic Games?
Last Week’s A: Eddie Eagan
Read More: USOPM, NBC Olympics, ESPN, Yahoo! Sports