Epstein Files U-Turn, UN Gaza Vote, Marjorie Taylor Greene-Trump Rift and more

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🗓️ 17 November 2025

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In a major shift, President Donald Trump is now calling for the release of the Epstein files. The US has designated a Venezuelan cartel as a terrorist organization. The UN is set for a crucial vote on the US-backed peace proposal for Gaza. We explain why China is warning its citizens against traveling to Japan. Plus, why a staunch Trump ally has turned against the President. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi from CNN, I'm Josh and Chana with The Five Things You Need to Know for Monday,
0:06.0	November 17th.
0:08.1	We start this morning with a major shift from the Trump administration.
0:12.1	Last night on social media, President Donald Trump encouraged House Republicans to vote to release
0:17.1	the Epstein files, saying, quote, it's time to move on from this Democrat hoax
0:22.0	perpetrated by radical left lunatics. The House is expected to vote on an attempt to release
0:27.4	the files this week, and Trump's reversal comes as many GOP lawmakers were expected to break ranks
0:33.8	and vote in favor of the bill. Here's what House Speaker Mike Johnson said to Fox News yesterday. So it'll be on the floor again next week. I suspect there'll be lots of votes that we'll just get this done. President Trump has clean hands. He's not worried about it. I've talked to him all the time. He has nothing to do with this. Johnson had previously called the effort to release the files a moot point.
0:54.5	The White House plans to designate the Venezuelan group Cartel de Los Soles as a foreign terrorist
1:00.0	organization this month.
1:02.0	Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the move yesterday, as the U.S. alleges Cartel
1:06.8	de Los Soles is run by Venezuela's president Nicholas Maduro and other high-ranking
1:11.6	officials.
1:12.8	Caracas has flatly rejected the claims.
1:15.6	Here's what Trump said yesterday when asked if the designation means he can target Maduro's
1:19.6	assets and infrastructure.
1:21.6	It allows us to do that, but we haven't said we're going to do that.
1:25.2	And we may be discussing, we may be having some discussions
1:29.4	with Maduro, and we'll see how that turns out. They would like to talk.
1:34.5	Over the weekend, the U.S. military carried out its 21st known strike on an alleged drug trafficking
1:39.9	boat, killing three people, meaning a total of 83 people have now been killed in U.S.
1:45.4	strikes since September.
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