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Two days after being captured in Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro will be in a courtroom in New York. I'm Dave Anthony, FOX News. He and his wife, who were taken into custody in that US Military raid, were flown from their jail cells in Brooklyn this morning to the Manhattan Federal Courthouse where fox's Tanya J.
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Powers reports he's facing charges including narco terrorism. And he and his wife are both accused of conspiracy to import cocaine. Maduro's arraignment is set for noon and his lawyers are expected to argue that he is immune for prosecution as their sovere head of state. Outside the courthouse, security is tight. Many NYPD officers barricades lots of media crews. Windchills are in the mid-20s. They are not stopping protesters, though, who have planned a demonstration against President Trump. Just feet from where I'm standing now.
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The president says the US Is in charge now in Venezuela, though Maduro's VP Delsy Rodriguez has been sworn in as the acting president. She put out a statement saying they want peace and dialogue. But the president tells reporters on Air Force One on his way back to the White House last night if Rodriguez does not do what's right, she will face a situation should probably worsen. Congressional leaders will get a briefing on the Venezuela raid later today. Many Democrats have called it illegal, but Republican Congressman Derek Van Orden praised the operation's success with no American deaths, telling Fox this is the stuff that legends are made of. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will be part of that briefing. He has just censured this morning Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain cutting his military retirement pay after Kelly and other Democrats had recently warned US Troops about carrying out orders that are illegal. There's news out of Minnesota. Democratic Governor Tim Walz has dropped his bid for reelection amid federal investigations into these fraud allegations. These Somalian daycares and businesses would really.
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Just set up like sham companies.
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Fake businesses apply for government grants and.
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Then pocket the taxpayer cash. Prosecutors say it's been going on for years, but it's gone viral in the past few days. DHS is on the ground asking businesses.
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Show us how you're using this cash. That's Fox's Alexis McAdams. America's listening to FOX News.
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This is Ainsley Earhart. Thank you for joining me for the 52 episode podcast series the Life of.
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Jesus, a listening experience that will provide hope, comfort and understanding of the greatest story ever told. Listen and follow now@foxnewspodcasts.com or wherever you listen to podcasts. While captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro awaits arraignment in about an hour. In New York City, there is another high profile case getting underway in Texas with jury selection.
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It's the first criminal trial related to the delayed law enforcement response to the shooting at Robb elementary in 2022. Nineteen children and two teachers died, their other children still recovering from being shot. Former Uvalde Schools officer Adrian Gonzalez was one of the first to respond. He's accused of doing nothing to stop or delay the shooter despite hearing gunshots and being told where he was. It took 77 minutes for a U.S. border Patrol team to breach the classroom and kill that shooter. An 18 year old former student, Gonzalez is charged with endangerment and abandonment of a child and faces up to two years in prison. The trial is being held about 200 miles away in Corpus Christi, Texas, to better ensure a fair trial. Former Uvalde school's police chief Pete Arredondo faces similar charges. Chris Foster, FOX News.
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It's a record morning on Wall Street. The Dow hit an all time high, now up 646 points. The NASDAQ's gaining 207. One stock to watch. Chevron up almost 5% after President Trump said oil companies will help the U.S. rebuild Venezuela's oil industry now that the NFL's regular season is over. There have been firings at two teams.
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Having not made the playoffs since the 2017 NFL season. The Atlanta Falcons made a coaching change Sunday, having won only five games this season. The Cleveland Browns made a change today despite Kevin Stefanski having won the AP NFL Coach of the Year award twice, he was fired today. Now the Browns will be Looking for their 11th head coach since 1999 after the Falcons ended their season Sunday with a fourth straight win, a result that gave the NFC south title to the Carolina Panthers, who had the same record as the Falcons and Buccaneers. Changes were made in Atlanta. Head coach Raheem Morris was fired after two seasons on the job and general manager Terry Fontenot also was let go. Today the Falcons parted ways with CEO Rich McKay.
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That's Fox's Jared Max, the last playoff spot secured last night by the Pittsburgh Steelers. I'm Dave Anthony. This is Fox.
Host: FOX News Podcasts
Date: January 5, 2026
Summary by Podcast Summarizer
This episode delivers breaking and developing news from around the U.S. and the world, with a primary focus on the high-profile arrest and arraignment of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in New York, fallout and political reverberations, updates on other legal cases, political scandals, financial news, and sports highlights.
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This Fox News Hourly Update moves quickly through critical national and international news with the familiar brisk, serious tone of the network’s reporting. The arraignment of Nicolas Maduro, the political aftermath, legal cases in Minnesota and Texas, Wall Street’s highs, and NFL shakeups deliver a packed brief of the morning’s top stories.