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NPR News: 01-06-2026 8PM EST

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🗓️ 7 January 2026

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0:00.0

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. President Trump says Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 million barrels of oil after the U.S. military action there and capture of the country's president, Nicolas Maduro. In a social media post, Trump said the oil will be sold at its market price and, quote, that money will be controlled by me.

0:23.5

He said the arrangement had been coordinated with interim authorities in Venezuela, though he did not specify who.

0:30.0

Though President Trump is celebrating the military raid in Venezuela, NPR's Mara Liason reports he's less interested in talking about what happens next there.

0:38.1

Trump says the U.S. will run Venezuela, but it's not clear exactly what that means.

0:42.3

His Secretary of State has ruled out an Iraq-style occupation, and the U.S. seems content to leave

0:47.4

the rest of Maduro's government in place, with no plan for Democratic elections anytime soon.

0:52.8

The president sounds confident his voters will

0:55.0

stick with him despite his breaking a campaign promise not to get involved in foreign military

0:59.9

ventures. He told NBC News, quote, Maga loves it. Maga loves what I'm doing. Maga loves everything

1:06.1

I do. Maga is me. Maga loves everything I do, unquote. He told Republican House members that this year they should run on private health insurance accounts, lower gas prices, and a ban on transgender athletes.

1:18.2

But he didn't mention Venezuela. Mara Liason, NPR News, the White House.

1:23.6

Five years after the January 6th attack on Congress, some Americans who were convicted for their roles marked the day by marching again to the Capitol.

1:32.0

NPR's Odette Youssef reports.

1:33.9

Although they were pardoned by President Trump, many of the rioters still hold grievances tied to conspiracy theories about what happened that day.

1:41.7

The White House echoed some of those narratives on its website, including

1:45.3

unsubstantiated claims of widespread election fraud in 2020. Shannon Hiller is with the

1:51.0

Bridging Divides Initiative at Princeton University. What I worry about the attack on January 6th is

1:57.1

that we're actually diverging in this country further. That sets us back in where we ultimately need to be, which is at least agreeing on some of the

2:05.5

facts of that day so that we can agree on the way forward from there.

2:08.7

Hiller says BDI surveys show that the chilling effect and violence from this disunity has

2:13.6

penetrated into local communities.

2:15.8

Odette Yousaf, NPR News.

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