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Shutdown Drags On as Protests, Violence, and Policy Battles Erupt

Multiple News Events Unfold Across the US and Ukraine

Several significant events unfolded over the weekend, ranging from a partial government shutdown in the United States to a deadly attack in Ukraine and legal action in California.

In the United States, a partial government shutdown commenced at 12 a.m. Saturday after dozens of federal agencies saw their funding lapse, according to CBS News. The Senate had passed a funding package late Friday after reaching a bipartisan deal, but the agreement requires approval from the House, which is expected to return to Washington on Monday. The deal involves passing five long-term spending bills while extending funding for the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks to allow for further talks on immigration enforcement reforms. CBS News reported that Democrats reached an agreement with the White House after raising objections about funding for immigration agencies.

Meanwhile, in Portland, Oregon, Mayor Keith Wilson demanded that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) leave the city after federal agents deployed tear gas at demonstrators, including young children, outside an ICE facility over the weekend, Fox News reported. Wilson characterized the protests on Saturday as peaceful, alleging that federal agents used tear gas, pepper balls, flash-bang grenades, and rubber bullets against the anti-ICE demonstrators. Wilson urged ICE agents to resign.

Separately, ICE halted "all movement" within the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas due to a measles outbreak, officials announced Sunday, according to Fox News. The Department of Homeland Security said two detainees were diagnosed with the disease on Saturday, the same day a 5-year-old boy and his father were released from the facility. Fox News noted that the detention of the 5-year-old and his father had sparked widespread alarm last month. "On January 31, 2026, the Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed active measles," according to Fox News.

In California, Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against a San Diego hospital for ending gender transition treatment for minors to comply with the Trump administration's policies, Fox News reported. Bonta argued that Rady Children's Hospital violated the terms of its merger agreement with Children's Hospital of Orange County by halting transgender-related treatment for people under 18-years-old, according to KCRA3. Rady said the issue began when the federal government threatened to strip funding and shut down the hospital for offering gender transition treatment.

Internationally, a Russian drone strike hit a bus carrying miners in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region on Sunday, killing at least 12 people, Fox News reported. Ukrainian emergency services later reported the death toll had risen to 15 in what was described as one of the deadliest single attacks on energy workers since the start of the war. The attack occurred hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced a new round of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia had been postponed, according to Fox News.

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