{"id":4759,"date":"2026-02-16T16:24:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T00:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/partial-government-shutdown-february-16-2026-whats-impacted\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:24:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T00:24:45","slug":"partial-government-shutdown-february-16-2026-whats-impacted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/partial-government-shutdown-february-16-2026-whats-impacted\/","title":{"rendered":"Partial Government Shutdown February 16, 2026 \u2014 What\u2019s Impacted?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jn51Nbds1VQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A partial government shutdown began February 16, 2026 after funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expired. While not a full federal shutdown, several key agencies under DHS are affected.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, we break down:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 What a partial shutdown means<br \/>\n\u2022 Whether TSA screeners are working<br \/>\n\u2022 Impact on FEMA disaster response<br \/>\n\u2022 Effects on the Coast Guard and cybersecurity operations<br \/>\n\u2022 What remains operational at ICE and CBP<br \/>\n\u2022 How long the funding lapse could last<\/p>\n<p>Many DHS employees are considered essential and must work without pay until Congress passes a continuing resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Is this just political gridlock \u2014 or a growing national security concern?<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc47 Comment below: Do you think Congress will resolve this quickly?<br \/>\n#GovernmentShutdown #DHS #TSA #FEMA #FederalFunding #BudgetCrisis #Congress #BreakingNews #2026News<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A partial government shutdown began February 16, 2026 after funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hqdefault-170.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}