- Venezuela’s National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez claims a “very good” working relationship with the U.S., highlighting talks centered on oil and economic cooperation.

- The U.S. transfers $500 million in Venezuelan oil funds from Qatar back to Caracas to pay for public worker salaries and essential services.

- Despite the cooperation rhetoric, Rodríguez refuses to acknowledge Venezuela’s disputed election results and calls for Nicolás Maduro’s immediate release.

- Convicted Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell invokes the Fifth Amendment during a virtual appearance before the House Oversight Committee.

- Rep. Tim Burchett unloads on Maxwell, Congress, and the Clintons, blasting lawmakers for failing to act on the Epstein documents and predicting Maxwell’s fate.

- Burchett joins Newsmax for a wide-ranging, unscripted interview — from Epstein fallout to Super Bowl chatter — earning praise everywhere except Capitol Hill.

- Budweiser’s patriotic Super Bowl ad tops USA Today’s Ad Meter, earning the brand a record-setting 10th first-place finish as Carl Higbie weighs in on the halftime show.

- Newsmax Crime Correspondent Jason Mattera reports on an execution-style killing in Illinois, where a young mother is dead and the suspect was previously released despite a long criminal record.

- Newly released DOJ documents claim Donald Trump alerted Palm Beach police about Epstein years ago, telling them, “Thank goodness you’re stopping him — everyone knew he was doing this.”

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