Jordan Fails to Secure Speakership, Netanyahu Says “Hamas Are the New Nazis,” GOP Senators Call on Biden to “Refreeze $6 Billion in Iranian Funds” | Oct. 17

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:

• Fred Lucas reports that Senate Republicans today called for the Biden administration to refreeze $6 billion in Iranian funds amid the Israel-Hamas war, citing indications that Iran helped Hamas plan its Oct. 7 terrorist attack on the Jewish state. https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/10/17/gop-senators-demand-biden-refreeze-6b-for-iran/ 
• Just two weeks after California Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy was removed as speaker of the House, the spot is still vacant.  
• As the war between Hamas and Israel continues, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not mince words while discussing Hamas. 
• General Motors postpones opening an electric-pickup-truck factory in Michigan, according to reporting from the Wall Street Journal. 

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