President Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell Minneapolis anti-ICE protests; Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado visits DC

January 16
59 mins

Episode Description

President Donald Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act and send troops to Minneapolis as anti-ICE protests escalate following two shootings in the past week involving federal law enforcement officers; Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado meets with President Trump at the White House and a bipartisan group of Senators on Capitol Hill about the future of Venezuela after the U.S. military removed former President Nicolas Maduro; United Nations Security Council holds an emergency meeting on the Iranian government's deadly response to protests throughout that country; U.S. Senate passes another package of federal spending bills, sending it to the president, as the clock ticks to another potential partial government shutdown in two weeks; President Trump presents a health care reform proposal he calls the "Great Healthcare Plan' that includes giving people money directly to buy health insurance; Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia charge more than two dozen people with plotting to rig fix U.S. college & Chinese professional basketball games.

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