Government Shutdown Ends; New Iran Negotiations

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Feb 4, 2026

Tom Busby, Bloomberg reporter who previews big-tech earnings like Alphabet. John Tucker, market commentator focused on tech and AI investor moves. They discuss Iran asking to shift talks to Oman and narrow the agenda to nuclear issues. They also cover market turmoil as AI fears and earnings previews shake tech stocks and chip sector headlines.

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Short-Term Reprieve, Looming DHS Deadline

The partial U.S. government shutdown ended after four days but left DHS funded for less than two weeks.
That creates a fresh, high-stakes negotiation over immigration enforcement restrictions before Feb 13.

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Who Would Feel A Shutdown First

Even if DHS funding lapses after Feb 13, ICE and Border Patrol can still tap prior funding from last year's law.
TSA and FEMA would face immediate pay disruptions, risking travel and disaster-response services.

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Iran Seeks Narrow, Relocated Talks

Iran asked to move planned talks from Turkey to Oman and to limit discussions to its nuclear program.
That narrows the agenda and could complicate U.S. demands on missiles and militia ties.

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On today's podcast:
1) The partial US government shutdown ended late Tuesday after President Trump signed into law a funding deal he negotiated with Senate Democrats, overcoming opposition from both ends of the political spectrum amid a standoff over his administration’s immigration crackdown. Trump applauded the funding package as “a great victory for the American people” and stressed that the legislation continues to fund deportation flights, which have provoked backlash from Democrats. Still, a more limited funding lapse looms within days since the Department of Homeland Security is only funded through Feb. 13 while Trump negotiates with Democrats over their demands for new restraints on immigration enforcement agents. The rest of the government is funded through the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year.
2) Iran has asked the US to move diplomatic talks originally planned for Turkey to Oman and to limit the agenda to the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, according to people familiar with the matter. President Trump reiterated that the US and Iran are maintaining talks, even after an earlier skirmish in the Arabian Sea spooked oil markets amid heightened tensions between the two countries. “We are negotiating with them right now” and “they’d like to do something,” Trump told reporters at the White House Tuesday. Earlier Tuesday, a US F-35C warplane shot down a drone in self-defense as the unmanned aircraft “aggressively approached” the USS Abraham Lincoln with “unclear intent,” US Central Command said in a statement. CentCom said no American service members were harmed and no US equipment was damaged.
3) Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will appear before a House committee investigating their ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on Feb. 26 and 27, the panel confirmed Tuesday. A full House vote had been planned this week to hold the Clintons in criminal contempt if they continued to defy subpoenas in its inquiry into Epstein and his activities. The Clintons “have agreed to appear for transcribed, filmed depositions to face questioning as part of the investigation related to Jeffrey Epstein’s and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes,” the committee said in a statement posted on its website.

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