2026-02-02 20:25:53
Federal Shutdown Delays Friday's Jobs Report (Matt Grossman/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/federal-shutdown-delays-fridays-jobs-report-5397e815
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p91#a260202p91
Federal Shutdown Delays Friday's Jobs Report (Matt Grossman/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/federal-shutdown-delays-fridays-jobs-report-5397e815
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p91#a260202p91
The spending package that would fund most of the federal government and end a partial shutdown
cleared a key procedural hurdle late Monday,
bringing it one step closer to a full House vote.
The House Rules Committee approved a measure that would allow Speaker Mike Johnson to bring the spending package to the House floor without any changes.
Mr. Johnson must still corral the fractious Republican House conference together to advance the measure to the floor before it …
Capitol agenda: Shutdown hinges on razor-thin rule vote (Mia McCarthy/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/02/03/congress/shutdown-rule-vote-save-act-deal-filibuster-00761574
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p20#a260203p20
The US phone #spam-reporting site is off during the government shutdown 🤦
Mike Johnson’s shutdown gamble
The speaker is hoping to quell an internal Republican revolt in order to pass the funding package Tuesday.
House GOP leaders face an uphill battle to pass the revamped government funding package from the Senate, potentially dragging out the shutdown.
Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to pass the five full-year funding bills and the two-week DHS stopgap Tuesday
relying only on Republicans,
after Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told him he w…
'National shutdown' in Utah: Protesters gather in Salt Lake City
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/01/30/national-shutdown-utah-protesters/
Paramount shut down some UK MTV music channels on December 31; the main MTV channel is still on-air, despite social media claims of a global MTV shutdown (Michael Schneider/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/mtv-did-not-shut-down-despite-s…
Capitol agenda: Mike Johnson's shutdown gamble (Calen Razor/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/02/02/congress/shutdown-vote-timeline-dhs-deal-ice-johnson-00759588
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p19#a260202p19
#today before really getting up I have downloaded and archived a copy of all* of my data from a service that I have been using for well over a decade and that anonunced this morning its shutdown. I will get back on my #buildingModel stuff today, and also plan a possible escapade around France f…
House Democrats help Mike Johnson end government shutdown (Andrew Solender/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/03/government-shutdown-ice-dhs-vote-congress
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p92#a260203p92
Trump Pushes House Republicans to End Partial Shutdown Quickly (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-pushes-house-republicans-to-end-partial-shutdown-quickly-37961020
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p134#a260202p134
Stupid is as Stupid does.
And in other news... TACOs are back on the menu at the Capitol.
✅ DHS reverses decision to suspend TSA PreCheck and Global Entry due to shutdown - ABC News
https://abcnews.com/US/dhs-suspending-tsa-precheck…
Labor Department delays January jobs report because of partial shutdown (Paul Wiseman/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/economy-jobs-report-labor-shutdown-0f327d71037f89afb818ea78b1162010
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p109#a260202p109
Trump Mobile delays plan to launch its gold-coloured smartphone, initially promised for August 2025, saying the recent US government shutdown delayed deliveries (Michael Acton/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/29fc1e75-7bec-4011-acc3-603e51cf9fe2
Under the cover of a looming partial government shutdown and a nation reeling from immigration agent-involved killings,
⚠️the Department of Homeland Security is quietly supercharging its detention infrastructure.
A massive Navy contract vehicle, once valued at $10 billion, has ballooned to a staggering
💥$55 billion ceiling
to expedite Donald Trump’s
“mass deportation” agenda.
The mechanism for this expansion is the "Worldwide Expeditionary Multiple …
House eyes Tuesday vote to reopen the government and end brief shutdown (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-tuesday-vote-end-government-shutdown-reopen-trump-rcna256782
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p121#a260202p121
In break from recent tradition, the Department of Homeland Security will help safeguard the American People by shutting down *.
https://apnews.com/article/homeland-security-shutdown-ice-funding-7bf62bc50ca0a6a6013a714bee2ffdb4
Live updates: House tees up final vote to end partial government shutdown (The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5718985-live-updates-trump-government-shutdown-colombia/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p77#a260203p77
U.S. government partially shuts down; House vote could reopen it by Monday
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/30/government-shutdown-senate-vote-dhs.html
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/13/government-shutdown-dhs-democrats-trump
The DHS shutdown may impact airport travel, disaster response and cyber monitoring starting as soon as Friday
»The removal of the first of four steam generators from the reactor building has begun at the shutdown Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant in Germany.«
https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/steam-generator-removal-begins-at-german-plant
House narrowly approves $1.2T funding deal to end government shutdown (Ryan King/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/02/03/us-news/house-narrowly-approves-1-2t-funding-deal-to-end-government-shutdown/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p97#a260203p97
Part of the nationwide shutdown, a sea of humanity flooding Mission Dolores Park in the heart of the city’s historic Latino Mission District. (San Francisco, CA - 1/30/26)
Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1qs5go9
New court filings allege that federal and state officials withheld evidence of the Trump administration’s involvement in the Everglades detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” a revelation that could revive a court-ordered shutdown. The Jan. 7 filings come as the Miccosukee Tribe presses ahead with its legal challenge amid President Donald Trump’s recent veto of legislation expanding the tribe’s control over Everglades lands.
The filings, submitted by Friends of the Everglades…
Anti-ICE Protests Take Place Nationwide - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/anti-ice-out-protests-national-shutdown-trump-administration-2026-1
Crypto platform Step Finance shutting down after $40 million theft https://therecord.media/step-finance-cryptocurrency-theft-shutdown
If your protest/shutdown/strike movement is super comfortable for you, it's probably not worth doing.
The point is to make things uncomfortable (and that includes *being* uncomfortable) so that things don't become unbearable.
Deal to Reopen Government Is on Shaky Ground in the House (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/government-shutdown-house-deal.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p138#a260202p138
Shutdown the Internet http://turnofftheinternet.com/
Will Cowboys consider sitting Dak Prescott down the stretch? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47360296/dallas-cowboys-dak-prescott-no-shutdown
House to vote on reopening government, extending ICE funding (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/03/house-vote-end-government-shutdown/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p21#a260203p21
Just unreal how hard Topaz AI upscaling is taxing my M4 Pro 16" MBP.
It's plugged into the mains adapter, and after three hours of non-stop rendering, the battery is down to 25%.
There's literally no way you could leave this unsupervised for more than a few hours, before you'd have an uncontrolled shutdown.
#postchat
Democrats say they won't relent on DHS funding demands because of Iran war (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-wont-fund-dhs-end-shutdown-despite-iran-war-rcna261530
http://www.memeorandum.com/260303/p98#a260303p98
House clears key hurdle to reopening the government later Tuesday (Sahil Kapur/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-path-end-government-shutdown-tuesday-dhs-trump-rcna257138
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p78#a260203p78
Shutdown Talks: Senate Democrats have struck a deal with Republicans and the White House to pass five spending bills to fund a large portion of the government for the remainder of the fiscal year,
as well as a stopgap measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks while they continue negotiating guardrails to rein in immigration agents.
It is unclear how quickly the House can and will process those funding bills after the Senate passes them.
Cabin…
Mike Johnson told not to count on Dems' votes to end shutdown (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/31/mike-johnson-democrats-shutdown-jeffries-ice-dhs
http://www.memeorandum.com/260131/p59#a260131p59
Ahead of a Friday shutdown deadline, Democrats laid out their conditions for funding the Department of Homeland Security,
including new restrictions on immigration officers.
In addition to a prohibition on federal officers wearing masks,
they also demanded that the agents wear body cameras and carry identification.
Their proposal would put an end to roving patrols
and require warrants issued by a judge for arrests and searches.
Democrats also want the fe…
Don't see Republicans defending America to its allies...
'Because of the Republican shutdown of [DHS[, because [they] refuse to make any compromises or any changes to ICE after the deadly murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, we have a shutdown, and can't go on official CODELS. I’ve decided, along with a number of my Democratic colleagues, to go anyway,” Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) said.
House delegation to Munich Security Conference canceled during DHS shutdown
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5738274-house-codel-munich-security-conference-dhs-shutdown/
Gas prices soar as Iranian attacks force shutdown of Qatari production (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/dac7a77d-e0f4-4f52-a3d4-55b145e67347
http://www.memeorandum.com/260302/p68#a260302p68
Senate Democrats are considering a deal that would head off a partial government shutdown
and give the party time to negotiate new restrictions on immigration operations
in response to the killings of US citizens Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis.
The talks, confirmed to the Guardian by a Senate aide, come after Senate Democrats demanded a series of reforms on federal agents involved in Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign,
including a prohibition on weari…
Before you head out for the weekend, don't miss today's Metacurity, which delivers developments that go beyond the usual infosec news echo chamber.
Today's items cover
--The imminent DHS shutdown will hamper US ability to respond to cyber threats,
--CISA will hold town halls on cyber incident reporting regs,
--Palo Alto removed China attribution in fear of retaliation,
--Tianfu Cup returns,
--Ring cancels partnership with Flock,
--TX AG lau…
How Mike Johnson is scrambling to keep the shutdown short (Meredith Lee Hill/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/02/02/congress/mike-johnson-save-act-spending-00760523
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p94#a260202p94
Shutdown likely to continue at least into Tuesday (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/31/shutdown-tuesday-house-votes-00759001
http://www.memeorandum.com/260131/p68#a260131p68
DHS shutdown could go on for a while -- because voters aren't paying attention (Paul Kane/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/28/dhs-government-shutdown-2026-non-issue-trump/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260228/p9#a260228p9
Senate passes bill to resolve shutdown clash, punting on DHS for two weeks (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-passes-bill-resolve-shutdown-clash-punting-dhs-two-weeks-rcna256540
http://www.memeorandum.com/260130/p137#a260130p137
Here's what federal programs are headed for a (possibly brief) shutdown (Jennifer Scholtes/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/30/congress/government-shutdown-agencies-list-00758705
http://www.memeorandum.com/260130/p163#a260130p163
The House passed this year’s final batch of spending bills on Thursday as lawmakers,
still smarting from last fall’s record 43-day shutdown,
worked to avoid another funding lapse for a broad swath of the federal government.
The four bills total about $1.2 trillion in spending
and now move to the Senate,
with final passage needed next week before a Jan. 30 deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown.
Three of the bills had broad, bipartisan support.
Senate shutdown deal hits a Graham snag (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/inside-congress/2026/01/30/senate-shutdown-deal-hits-a-graham-snag-00756838
http://www.memeorandum.com/260130/p13#a260130p13
Senate strikes deal to avert partial shutdown (Al Weaver/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5713935-senate-deal-shutdown-funding/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p141#a260129p141
Sen. Lindsey Graham held up shutdown deal over provision letting him and others sue DOJ (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/sen-lindsey-graham-held-shutdown-deal-provision-letting-others-sue-doj-rcna256725
http://www.memeorandum.com/260130/p123#a260130p123
Trump says he and Democrats are 'getting close' to a deal to resolve shutdown fight (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-says-democrats-are-getting-close-deal-resolve-shutdown-fight-rcna256507
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p155#a260129p155
Senate aims to vote on funding deal before shutdown deadline (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/30/senate-dhs-spending-shutdown-vote/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzY5NzQ5MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzcxMTMxNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3Njk3NDkyMDAsImp0aSI6IjY2MTM1MmZjLTA4NWUtNGQ4Mi1iMDZhLTVhMzc2MjM0NjkyYiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI2LzAxLzMwL3NlbmF0ZS1kaHMtc3BlbmRpbmctc2h1dGRvd24tdm90ZS8ifQ.-fbhyfstidH42HHoJYbhQlQ18zOL3J8JTnTQfepxu3w&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260130/p21#a260130p21
Most of Iran Shuts Down as Government Grapples With Protests and Economy (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/world/middleeast/iran-shutdown-protests.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p77#a251231p77
Amid DHS shutdown, Noem meets with Democrat who called for her impeachment (Natasha Korecki/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/dhs-shutdown-noem-meets-democrat-called-impeachment-rcna260683
http://www.memeorandum.com/260225/p115#a260225p115
White House banks on Homan to help avert shutdown (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/28/white-house-banks-on-homan-to-help-avert-shutdown-00754083
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p134#a260128p134
Democrats poised to trigger government shutdown if White House won't meet demands for ICE reform (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/senate-democrats-budget-shutdown-trump-homeland-security-5e6788e433e51399c8aa4399035aee22
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p38#a260129p38
Democrats negotiating with White House ahead of potential government shutdown (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/29/government-shutdown-democrats-whitehouse/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p78#a260129p78
The House narrowly passed a spending package by a 217-214 vote,
reopening the government through the rest of the fiscal year
and passing a two-week continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
The measure was the product of a last minute deal in the Senate last week to avoid a broader shutdown.
Democrats objected to fully funding DHS in the wake of recent fatal shootings involving immigration agents in Minneapolis.
The $1.2 trillion packag…
Capitol agenda: Democrats and White House in last-ditch talks to avert extended shutdown (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/29/congress/shutdown-deadline-dhs-funding-vote-ice-00754278
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p58#a260129p58
Tensions boil in House over emerging Senate deal to avert government shutdown (Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tensions-boil-house-over-emerging-senate-deal-avert-government-shutdown
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p116#a260129p116
Iran’s internet shutdown,
now in place for 36 hours
as the authorities seek to quell escalating anti-government protests,
represents a “new high-water mark” in terms of its sophistication and severity, say experts
– and could last a long time.
As the blackout kicked in, 90% of internet traffic to Iran evaporated.
International calls to the country appeared blocked and domestic mobile phones had no service,
said Amir Rashidi, an Iranian digital right…
Shutdown talks make little progress as DHS bill stalls in Senate (Jordain Carney/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/02/24/congress/shutdown-talks-make-little-progress-as-dhs-bill-stalls-in-senate-00796857
http://www.memeorandum.com/260224/p122#a260224p122
Trump urged Republicans in the Senate to scrap the #filibuster,
saying it had become an obstacle to "effective governing" and removing it would prevent another government shutdown
and pave the way for his party to push through its legislative priorities.
“The filibuster is hurting the Republican Party,” Trump told Politico.
He called on Republican lawmakers to eliminat…
The Two Big Decisions Facing Democrats Ahead of a Shutdown (Damian Paletta/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-two-big-decisions-facing-democrats-ahead-of-a-shutdown-bb4078a2
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p20#a260128p20
Mike Johnson braces for conservative revolt over ICE funding deal (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/30/mike-johnson-republicans-ice-funding-shutdown
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p147#a260129p147
Capitol agenda: No shutdown deal in sight (Calen Razor/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/27/congress/shutdown-dhs-ice-funding-minnesota-shooting-00748768
http://www.memeorandum.com/260127/p30#a260127p30
No off-ramp in sight for DHS-fueled shutdown (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/26/government-shutdown-dhs-minnesota-00748628
http://www.memeorandum.com/260126/p148#a260126p148
Democrats Embrace a Shutdown Fight They Wanted to Avoid (Carl Hulse/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/democrats-shutdown-ice-shooting.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260126/p145#a260126p145
Democrats Announce 3 Key Demands For Curbing ICE (HuffPost)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-ice-government-shutdown-dhs_n_697a7028e4b025706e868e94
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p29#a260129p29
Shutdown Risk Rises as GOP Dismisses Threat to Block DHS Funds (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-26/shutdown-risk-rises-as-gop-dismisses-threat-to-block-dhs-funds
http://www.memeorandum.com/260125/p92#a260125p92
Top DOJ official posts picture of himself with Sidney Powell (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-cabinet-senate-government-shutdown-iran-venezuela-live-updates-rcna255849/rcrd97982?canonicalCard=true
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p68#a260129p68
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-democrats-plot-strategy-dhs-standoff-deepens-heading-shutdown-w-rcna255869
http://www.memeorandum.com/260126/p9#a260126p9
DHS will suspend TSA PreCheck and Global Entry as shutdown continues (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/02/21/tsa-precheck-global-entry-shutdown/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260221/p58#a260221p58
Schumer calls on GOP to move funding package without DHS money to avoid shutdown (Alexander Bolton/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5705725-government-shutdown-schumer-dhs/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260125/p70#a260125p70
How Dems Can Tame ICE (The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/how-dems-can-tame-ice-spending-shutdown-congress-minnesota
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p44#a260128p44
The DHS crisis is squeezing Susan Collins (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/27/susan-collins-dhs-ice-shutdown-00751545
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p9#a260128p9
Body cameras, warrants top list of Democrats' ICE demands (Stephen Neukam/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/28/senate-democrats-ice-demands-masks-shutdown
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p101#a260128p101
Trump Stages State of the Union Pep Rally as Economic Mood Sours (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-25/trump-to-defend-economic-record-demand-shutdown-end-in-address
http://www.memeorandum.com/260224/p147#a260224p147
Trump: There is 'probably' going to be another government shutdown (Finya Swai/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/22/congress/donald-trump-government-shutdown-00741021
http://www.memeorandum.com/260122/p143#a260122p143
FEMA taps billions for disasters, warning Democrats of 'dire' shutdown impact (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/02/27/congress/disaster-aid-wanes-00804052
http://www.memeorandum.com/260227/p80#a260227p80
Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Democrats and White House Reach Deal to Avoid Shutdown (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/29/us/trump-news
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p127#a260129p127
Deal struck to keep government funded, Trump and Democrats say (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/29/shutdown-spending-deal-trump-00756372
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p132#a260129p132
Democrats' DHS shutdown halts ICE oversight they demanded (Elizabeth Elkind/Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-dhs-shutdown-halts-ice-oversight-demanded
http://www.memeorandum.com/260218/p69#a260218p69
The unjust killing of Alex Pretti marks a turning point in Trump's second term (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/01/25/minneapolis-immigration-killing-government-shutdown-ice-alex-pretti/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260126/p81#a260126p81
How Mike Johnson plans to beat the deadline on a government shutdown (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/21/congress-government-shutdown-mike-johnson-dhs-ice
http://www.memeorandum.com/260120/p138#a260120p138
Crockett: 'I see the government shutting down' in January (Ryan Mancini/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5662745-government-shutdown-threat-january/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251224/p70#a251224p70
Congress releases massive funding bill ahead of shutdown deadline as ICE clash looms (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-releases-massive-funding-bill-ahead-shutdown-deadline-ice-cla-rcna254968
http://www.memeorandum.com/260120/p72#a260120p72
ICE is clearly out of control. This week the Senate can actually do something about it. (Mike Zamore/MS NOW)
https://www.ms.now/opinion/ice-funding-alex-pretti-shooting-senate-shutdown
http://www.memeorandum.com/260125/p19#a260125p19
Here's how the DHS shutdown is impacting air travel, TSA (Max Rego/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/5739852-tsa-shutdown-impacts-air-travel/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260215/p33#a260215p33
What to Know About the Homeland Security Shutdown (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/us/politics/homeland-security-shutdown.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260215/p34#a260215p34
Will Democrats Force Another Government Shutdown Over Health Care? (Igor Bobic/HuffPost)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-government-shutdown-trump_n_69444dbbe4b0fd459ef0a74f
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p21#a251219p21
Henry Cuellar warns against shutdown, handing DHS 'blank check' (Lisa Kashinsky/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/27/congress/cuellar-dhs-blank-check-00749995
http://www.memeorandum.com/260127/p156#a260127p156
Republicans worry shutdown will overshadow Trump's State of the Union (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/13/trump-state-of-the-union-shutdown-00781266
http://www.memeorandum.com/260213/p118#a260213p118
DHS shutdown all but certain after failed Senate vote (Jordain Carney/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/02/12/congress/dhs-shutdown-all-but-certain-00778721
http://www.memeorandum.com/260212/p90#a260212p90
Capitol agenda: Shutdown odds spike after Minnesota killing (Mia McCarthy/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/26/congress/what-were-watching-00745892
http://www.memeorandum.com/260126/p153#a260126p153
Sen. Cruz threatens another shutdown unless restrictions on military flights are approved (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/aviation-safety-helicopter-washington-dc-crash-shutdown-ec6bfdb0964498fa61bcd6b0478be023
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p106#a251215p106
Congress faces the inevitability of its third shutdown in five months (Burgess Everett/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/12/2026/congress-faces-the-inevitability-of-its-third-shutdown-in-five-months
http://www.memeorandum.com/260212/p105#a260212p105