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The segment contrasts U.S. media reports with a speech by Venezuelan UN Ambassador Jorge Valero, who "blasted" U.S. hypocrisy regarding international treaties and the border wall. NBC News reports focus on Maduro's financial "squeeze" and his claims that President Trump ordered a "hit squad" to kill him. The hosts reflect on the history of Hugo Chávez and his previous claims that the CIA gave him cancer.
House Democrats added Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressives to the powerful House Oversight Committee. A quiet rule change now allows committee staffers to take secret depositions without lawmakers present, which Republicans claim will be used to "turbocharge" investigations into the Trump administration. The move is described as forming a "Trump hit squad."
Mashal Saad al-Bostani, a 31-year-old lieutenant in the Royal Saudi Air Force and one of the 15 suspects in the Khashoggi case, reportedly died in a car accident in Riyadh. Skepticism remains regarding the timing of the death and the existence of alleged audio recordings of the consulate incident. Comparisons are drawn between the unreleased audio evidence and previous high-profile media narratives.
