Partial US government shutdown throws Congress into turmoil again

SCMP · 2026-02-14
Partial US government shutdown throws Congress into turmoil again

The US Government experienced its second shutdown in four months on Saturday, as funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) halted, underscoring Washington’s growing partisanship and dysfunction. But in an ironic twist, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, at the centre of the Con