A brisk, tech-glitch-shortened week: the hosts open with the Israel–Hamas ceasefire and Jared Kushner’s behind-the-scenes role, debate hostage-exchange realities, and note Netanyahu’s absence from an Egypt conclave. They pivot to Venezuela—CIA covert ops, oil incentives, and blowback from hinting at “land operations”—before tallying the government shutdown’s failed votes, a special-election wrinkle, airport/TSA ripple effects, and a pharma-pricing headline (AstraZeneca “most-favored-nation” alignment versus China supply risks). They close on Rose Garden renovations, a jarring “assassination” aside at a memorial, No King Rally 2.0, and talk of pre-declaring the Insurrection Act—with a quick history lesson—right before audio gremlins cut the show