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It's Tuesday, the 7th of October. It's Tuesday, the 7th of October. Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker,

your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right. Let's get briefed. First up, the White House

has called off diplomatic efforts with Venezuela, signaling a sharp shift toward confrontation.

We'll have the details. Later in the show,

as National Guard deployments expand, President Trump says he could invoke the Insurrection Act

if legal challenges and state resistance continues. But first, today's afternoon spotlight.

Diplomatic efforts between the U.S. and Venezuela have reportedly

broken down, making a sharp turn away from negotiation and toward confrontation.

According to our report in the New York Times, President Trump has ordered an immediate halt

to all negotiations with the government of Nicholas Maduro, a move that officials say could pave

the way for a new phase of confrontation

in America's campaign against Latin American drug cartels. Richard Grinnell, who had been quietly

leading talks with senior Venezuelan officials, was told directly by President Trump to stand

down. Those talks had focused on a potential deal that would have opened up Venezuela's

oil industry to U.S. companies while avoiding direct conflict. But that effort, well, at least

for now, seems over. Sources tell the times the president made the call after growing frustrated

with Maduro's refusal to step aside and his insistence that Venezuela's government

has no role in the region's drug trade. Administration hardliners, including Secretary of State and

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