00:00:00.000Good morning, everyone. I'm Emily Jashinski, host of After Party and the Megyn Kelly Wrap-Up
00:00:07.360Show on SiriusXM Channel 111. It's Thursday, April 23, 2026, and this is your AM Update.
00:00:14.140Two Americans killed in a car crash in Mexico identified as CIA officers. Mexican authorities
00:00:20.320now investigating the scope of U.S. involvement in their country.
00:00:24.200I think the conflict will end. I think gasoline prices will come back to where they were or perhaps lower.
00:00:31.340As Trump administration officials move to calm fears over rising gas prices, new estimates suggest the Strait of Hormuz may take months to fully reopen.
00:00:40.340Everyone has to be held to the same standard, Republican or Democrat alike.
00:00:43.820Congresswoman Nancy Mace pushing to expel fellow Republican Congressman Corey Mills amid an ethics investigation.
00:00:50.180A top DHS counterterrorism official reportedly under investigation
00:00:54.320after a complaint alleging a, quote, sugar daddy arrangement.
00:00:58.460All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.
00:02:31.460Last Sunday, two CIA officers and two Mexican officials were killed in the northern state
00:02:36.820of Chihuahua, according to multiple reports.
00:02:39.580The car reportedly skidding off the road, falling into a ravine and exploding as the
00:02:45.160agents were traveling through a mountainous area at night, according to Mexican officials.
00:02:49.920The CIA agents originally identified only as U.S. embassy employees, the two Mexican
00:02:55.020officials in the vehicle working for Chihuahua's State Investigation Agency, according to CNN.
00:03:00.600The crash occurring after an operation to take out a hidden drug lab in the rural town of Morelos,
00:03:06.180described by officials as potentially one of the largest labs ever discovered in the region.
00:03:11.680According to CNN, the CIA officers, quote,
00:03:13.920had been collaborating with Mexican officials on expanded counter-narcotics operations in the country.
00:03:19.960Under the Trump administration, the CIA working with Mexican officials to track cartels and identify drug labs.
00:03:26.380The cooperation leading to the location and eventual killing of drug kingpin Nemesio Rubén Aseguera Cervantes,
00:03:32.760known as El Mencho, leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel, earlier this year.
00:03:37.560Sunday's car accident raising questions from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum about national sovereignty and the extent of CIA operations in her own country.
00:03:46.120On Monday, President Sheinbaum saying she was, quote,
00:03:49.120unaware of any direct collaboration between the state of Chihuahua and personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico,
00:03:55.860stressing there is a legal framework for joint collaborations with other countries and emphasizing that such cooperation must be authorized at the federal level under Mexico's constitution.
00:04:06.840Shamebombs saying there is an investigation into the incident to ensure no laws were broken,
00:04:11.400adding that state governments must have authorization from Mexico's federal government
00:04:15.500to collaborate with U.S. and other foreign entities, per CBS News.
00:04:20.480Chihuahua Attorney General Cesar Jaregi Moreno earlier this week telling reporters that the two CIA officials
00:04:25.600were involved in routine training work at the time of the accident and were not directly involved in the raid on the drug lab.
00:04:31.860He says they were operating hours away from the site before later meeting with Mexican personnel
00:06:04.000Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the Hill yesterday calling the increases temporary.
00:06:09.700I think the conflict will end. I think gasoline prices will come back to where they were or perhaps lower.
00:06:16.580As they did, President Trump has shown that he is good at getting energy prices down and that our energy dominance agenda has the lowered prices.
00:06:29.320Higher fuel prices now rippling across the economy and raising the political stakes as the midterms approach.
00:06:35.560The latest polling from AP showing President Trump's approval rating falling 7 points compared to January, now at 33%, with 67% disapproving, the lowest of any poll in his second term.
00:06:49.000On the economy, just 30% of adults approving of the president's job, compared to 70% who disapprove.
00:06:55.080On Iran, only 32% approve versus 67% who disapprove.
00:07:02.080Coming up, Congresswoman Nancy Mace introducing a resolution to expel a fellow House Republican,
00:07:08.580a top DHS counterterrorism official reportedly under investigation
00:07:12.140after a complaint alleging she is actively seeking a sugar daddy.
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00:08:22.280Congresswoman Nancy Mace, a Republican from South Carolina, on Monday introducing a resolution to
00:08:27.420expel GOP Congressman Corey Mills of Florida from the House, citing a number of allegations against
00:08:33.980him, including sexual misconduct and improperly benefiting from government contracts. The
00:08:39.300allegations spanning multiple incidents. In February of last year, authorities responded
00:08:44.020to Congressman Mills' home following a report from a 27-year-old woman alleging a physical
00:08:49.260altercation. She later recanted, and he was not charged. In a separate case, Congressman Mills
00:08:54.820was hit with a restraining order last October after an ex-girlfriend accused him of harassment,
00:09:01.060including allegations he threatened to release private videos of her and harm future boyfriends.
00:09:06.700A 2024 report from the Office of Congressional Conduct found Congressman Mills may have violated
00:09:11.900House rules, standards of conduct, and potentially federal law. According to Time Magazine,
00:09:17.060the review raised concerns that Mr. Mills' defense contracting company may have held weapons
00:09:22.760contracts with the government while serving in Congress. The report also indicated his campaign
00:09:27.860may have accepted excessive contributions and that he may have omitted or misrepresented
00:09:32.920information on financial disclosure forms. The House Ethics Committee is now formally
00:09:37.520investigating the claims, though it remains unclear when the panel will release its findings.
00:09:42.920In November, Ms. Mace failing to secure the support required to remove him from his committee assignments and censure him.
00:09:49.540Congresswoman Mace, Monday on CNN, defending her push to expel a fellow Republican.
00:09:54.080I'm not afraid of any predators. I've been taking on predators for years.
00:10:02.160There have been multiple reports with receipts, with information, with data, photos, videos, body cam, DD-214s, all of that, and none of it adds up.
00:10:14.120And if the standard is members of Congress, that we as a conference, we as a Congress, we as an institution respect women, we don't beat them, that we respect employees, we don't harass them, those kinds of things, then there has to be a standard.
00:10:28.000everyone has to be held to the same standard, Republican or Democrat alike, and I'm someone
00:10:32.220who has held my colleagues to that standard regardless of the politics, regardless of party,
00:10:37.320that needs to happen more often, not less, in Congress.
00:10:40.780Congressman Mills denies any wrongdoing. Here he is, Monday, speaking to Fox News about the motion.
00:10:47.060Look, the bottom line is there's absolutely no criminal or civil investigation that's even
00:10:52.580open about me. There's no pending injunction or whatever it is that she's claiming that's open.
00:10:59.640This is political theatrics. It's one thing to try and introduce it for political theatrics1.00
00:11:04.060and fundraising. It's another thing to notice it for a vote. She's setting a very dangerous
00:11:08.460precedence whereby not only is she circumventing the ethics investigations, but she's essentially0.99
00:11:14.040saying that she is judge, juror, and executioner. Expelling a member of Congress is exceedingly rare
00:16:01.680I'm Emily Drushinsky, host of After Party.
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