Maduro Pleads Not Guilty, Congress On Venezuela, Vaccine Schedule Overhaul
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🗓️ 6 January 2026
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Lawmakers are divided after a classified congressional briefing on Venezuela, with Republicans insisting the president acted within the law and Democrats asking what comes next.
And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scales back routine childhood vaccine recommendations at President Trump’s direction, some pediatricians warn it could leave more kids vulnerable.
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(0:00) Introduction
(1:57) Maduro Pleads Not Guilty
(05:32) Congress on Venezuela
(09:18) Vaccine Schedule Overhaul
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| 0:00.0 | Nicholas Maduro pleaded not guilty in a New York courtroom declaring he was kidnapped. |
| 0:06.6 | Protesters gathered outside. |
| 0:08.0 | This is a ploy to capture oil and foreign resources of a country. |
| 0:12.2 | What is Maduro's defense against drug charges? |
| 0:14.8 | I'm Leila Faudil with Stevenski, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:20.6 | The White House gave lawmakers a classified briefing on the former Venezuelan president's capture. |
| 0:27.0 | Senator Chuck Schumer told reporters one thing he did not hear. |
| 0:30.7 | I did not receive any assurances that we would not try to do the same thing in other countries. |
| 0:37.6 | Did the president scorn Congress by keeping it in the dark? |
| 0:41.1 | House Speaker Mike Johnson argues Trump did not. |
| 0:43.2 | Also, why did the government scale back routine vaccine recommendations for children? |
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