From an arrest on Capitol Hill to an ongoing partial government shutdown to a big speech on center stage overseas, what you need to know in the week ahead.

00:00 Welcome Back: Why a Wednesday Scoop + What’s Ahead

02:21 Capitol Security Scare: 18-Year-Old Arrested Near the U.S. Capitol

03:54 Missing Nancy Guthrie: Reward Raised, Leads Still Thin

05:05 DHS Funding Lapse: Partial Shutdown and What It Means for Travelers

06:53 U.S.–Iran Tensions: Negotiations, Military Posture & the Strait of Hormuz

10:20 Colbert vs. CBS vs. FCC: The ‘Equal Time’ Debate (and Why It Matters)

17:19 Rubio in Munich: Why This Speech Sets the Trump Admin ‘Paradigm’

20:08 One Western Civilization: Rubio’s Reassurance to Europe

23:27 From Praise to Policy: Re-Industrialization, Migration, and a ‘New Western Century’

27:12 Reforming the Global Order: UN Critique and the Case for American Leadership

34:18 What the Speech Signals: Applying the Paradigm to Borders, Ukraine, Iran & More

38:28 Wrap-Up: Severe Weather, Safety Notes, and How to Follow Along

Sec. Rubio's full speech in Munich

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