5PM ET 01/09/2026 Newscast

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Fox News Hourly Update – 5PM ET 01/09/2026 Newscast

Overview:
This Fox News Hourly Update provides a rapid, comprehensive round-up of major headlines from January 9, 2026. Key topics include U.S. policy toward Venezuela following political upheaval, escalating tensions in Iran amid mass protests, public backlash to a police shooting in Minneapolis, growing pressure for app stores to drop X’s (formerly Twitter’s) controversial AI chatbot, and a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s freeze on child care funds.

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Venezuela: U.S. Oil Industry Returns Amid Political Shift

• [00:02-00:35] President Trump calls on U.S. oil companies to reinvest in Venezuela’s oil sector at a White House meeting, assuring executives of U.S. support and safety.
• Trump frames the move as mutually beneficial:

  "Venezuela needs money and we're going to make sure that they get money and we're going to get money and the oil companies are going to make something for the work they do and they're going to get back their money devising a formula, but it won't be so much of a formula. It's going to be what they need."
  — President Trump [00:21]

• Industry executives and Venezuelan American officials express optimism and gratitude over the U.S. capture of Nicolas Maduro.

  "You've brought optimism to the table and if the conditions are met, the opportunity is absolutely immense."
  — Venezuelan American Official [00:43]

• Trump confirms soon-to-come meeting with opposition leader Maria Machado, signaling a shift in diplomatic focus. [00:58]

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Iran Protests: U.S. Warns of Consequences

• [01:09-01:19] President Trump addresses the ongoing and violent crackdown on protests in Iran, issuing a clear threat:

  "I've made the statement very strongly that if they start killing people like they have in the past, we will get involved. We'll be hitting them very hard where it hurts."
  — President Trump [01:09]

• Clarifies U.S. has no intention to deploy troops: “that does not mean boots on the ground.” [01:19]
• Reports of multiple deaths as both protesters and government forces escalate the conflict.

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Minneapolis Shooting: Protests and Investigation

• [01:31-01:46] Fox’s Alexis McAdams covers ongoing protests in Minneapolis after a woman was fatally shot by an ICE agent during an attempted arrest.
• Federal authorities frame the shooting as “self-defense,” but locals including Mayor Jacob Fry disagree:

  "...if you ask the mayor, Jacob Fry, they say this was murder. This was not supposed to happen here, that they were trying to kidnap one of their neighbors. So this woman was just trying to do the right thing."
  — Alexis McAdams [01:31]

• The incident continues to spark debate on federal tactics and police accountability.

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X (Twitter) AI Chatbot Outcry: App Store Backlash

• [02:15-03:06] A group of U.S. senators urge Apple and Google to remove X’s “Grok” AI chatbot after its tool is implicated in generating and spreading non-consensual deepfake sexual content, including imagery of women and minors.
• Carmen Roberts provides context:

  "X violated app store rules which ban sexual content and child exploitation, and that Google and Apple must, in their words, remove these apps from the app stores until X policy violations are addressed. X claims it acts against illegal material. Still, users have continued generating sexualized images."
  — Carmen Roberts [02:24]

• International investigations prompt X to restrict image generation and editing on its platform; critics decry this as insufficient.

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Lawsuit: Child Care Funding Freeze

• [03:22-03:57] Several Democratic states file suit against the Trump administration for freezing $10 billion in child care and family assistance funds, alleging political targeting.
• California Attorney General Rob Bonta denounces the freeze:

  "This is another example unfortunately on brand for the Trump administration to willingly and unlawfully throw vulnerable children and seniors and families under the bus if he thinks it will advance his vendetta against Democratic led states."
  — Rob Bonta [03:35]

• The administration maintains concern over "widespread fraud." Plaintiffs argue there’s no supporting evidence.

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Market Update: Record Highs

• [03:57-end] Brief financial update: Dow and S&P reach new record closes.

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Notable Quotes

• "Venezuela needs money and we're going to make sure that they get money and we're going to get money and the oil companies are going to make something for the work they do..." — President Trump [00:21]
• "You've brought optimism to the table and if the conditions are met, the opportunity is absolutely immense." — Venezuelan American Official [00:43]
• "I've made the statement very strongly that if they start killing people like they have in the past, we will get involved." — President Trump [01:09]
• "...if you ask the mayor, Jacob Fry, they say this was murder. This was not supposed to happen here..." — Alexis McAdams [01:31]
• "X violated app store rules which ban sexual content and child exploitation..." — Carmen Roberts [02:24]
• "This is another example unfortunately on brand for the Trump administration to willingly and unlawfully throw vulnerable children and seniors and families under the bus..." — Rob Bonta [03:35]

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Transcript

[Lisa Brady]

The next step in Venezuela. Lisa Brady, FOX News. President Trump urging oil companies to head back to Venezuela and sink billions into rebuilding the country's oil industry, telling them during a White House meeting they'll be dealing with the US and will have total safety. But he also says the US Wants Venezuela to survive.

[President Trump]

Venezuela needs money and we're going to make sure that they get money and we're going to get money and the oil companies are going to make something for the work they do and they're going to get back their money devising a formula, but it won't be so much of a formula. It's going to be what they need.

[Lisa Brady]

Many of the oil industry executives thanking the president for the US Capture of leader Nicolas Maduro, including one Venezuelan American official.

[Venezuelan American Official]

I speak of Venezuela in general in saying there's optimism. You've brought optimism to the table and if the conditions are met, the opportunity is absolutely immense.

[President Trump]

I agree with that. It's true.

[Lisa Brady]

The president also says he now plans to meet with opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Machado. President Trump also telling reporters Iran is in big trouble as mass protests there continue.

[President Trump]

We're watching the situation very carefully. I've made the statement very strongly that if they start killing people like they have in the past, we will get involved. We'll be hitting them very hard where.

[Lisa Brady]

It hurts, adding that does not mean boots on the ground. Multiple deaths have been reported in the Iranian regime's response to the protests, each side doubling down after a woman in a car was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.

[Alexis McAdams]

The feds say this shooting was self defense. But if you ask some of those local protesters here, if you ask the mayor, Jacob Fry, they say this was murder. This was not supposed to happen here, that they were trying to kidnap one of their neighbors. So this woman was just trying to do the right thing.

[Lisa Brady]

Fox's Alexis McAdams in Minneapolis, where protests continue along with a debate over the handling of the shooting investigation. America is listening to FOX News.

[Ainsley Earhart]

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[Lisa Brady]

Several U.S. senators join a global outcry over X's new AI chatbot, urging Apple and Google to drop the platform and the program from their app stores.

[Carmen Roberts]

Elon Musk, X is under pressure after people around the world started using X's chatbot Grok last week to flood the social media platform with non consensual deep fake sexual content of women and minors. Democratic Senators Ron Wyden of Oregon, Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico and Edward Markey of Massachusetts said in a letter that X violated app store rules which ban sexual content and child exploitation, and that Google and Apple must, in their words, remove these apps from the app stores until X policy violations are addressed. X claims it acts against illegal material. Still, users have continued generating sexualized images.

[Lisa Brady]

Including through Grok Fox's Carmen Roberts Multiple countries are investigating. Grok's now restricting image generation and editing, but some critics say the change isn't enough. Several Democrat led states are suing the Trump administration again, this time over the freezing of child care funds.

[Ainsley Earhart]

The attorneys general of New York, California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota alleged the Department of Health and Human services freezing of $10 billion in federal funding for child care and family assistance is cruel and unlawful.

[California Attorney General Rob Bonta]

This is another example unfortunately on brand for the Trump administration to willingly and unlawfully throw vulnerable children and seniors and families under the bus if he thinks it will advance his vendetta against Democratic led states.

[Ainsley Earhart]

California Attorney General Rob Bonta the Trump administration citing concerns over widespread fraud in announcing the funding freeze.

[Lisa Brady]

Fox's Kristin Goodwin the states argue there's no evidence of fraud with this already approved by Congress. A record day on Wall street. The Dow up 237 to a new closing high. The S and P also with a record close. Alisa Brady, Fox News.