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<p>Capitol Hill was surprisingly busy this week. <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/you-disgust-me-ron-johnson-absolutely-loses-it-on-keith-ellison-over-minnesota-dems-ice-rhetoric/">Republicans and Democrats yelled at one another</a>, <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/ill-ask-the-question-how-i-want-gop-senator-rebuffs-rand-pauls-call-to-take-it-easy-during-wild-hearing-exchange/">Republicans yelled at other Republicans</a>, and amazingly, some actual business got done – sort of. But it looks like it <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/12/congress-homeland-security-shutdown/">wasn’t enough to avoid</a> a partial government shutdown. For more on a wild week in Congress, we spoke with Burgess Everett. He’s the Congressional bureau chief for Semafor.</p><p>And in headlines, President Donald Trump is losing to former President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/12/trump-polling-approval-biden-democrats">in the polls</a>, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-kelly-hegseth-illegal-orders-lawsuit-f028eade00c78123263bc3e28b3caa0e">a federal judge</a> blocks the Pentagon from punishing Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, and after a long <a href="https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-metro-surge-ice-523d18d5d75c81cbf9f24c602f1884ff">two months, the immigration crackdown in Minnesota is finally ending</a>.</p><p><strong>Show Notes:</strong></p></div><ul>
<li>Check out Burgess's work – <a href="http://www.semafor.com/author/burgess-everett">www.semafor.com/author/burgess-everett</a>
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<li>Call Congress – <a href="tel:2022243121">202-224-3121</a>
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<li>Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8">https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8</a>
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<li>What A Day – YouTube – <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast">https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast</a>
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<li>Follow us on Instagram – <a href="https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/">https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/</a>
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<li>For a transcript of this episode, please visit <a href="http://crooked.com/whataday">crooked.com/whataday</a>
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