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On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy released a list of judges Monday that he will consider for top judicial appointments should he become president of the United States, according to our colleague Mary Margaret Olohan.  In a speech to college students and conservative Americans on Saturday evening, former President Donald Trump promised that he would not allow the United States to head into a third world war. The National Defense Authorization Act, known as the NDAA, has passed one hurdle in the House and now faces an uphill battle in the Senate. Democrats are speaking out against Democratic Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s categorization of Israel.  BBC is reporting that two people are dead after an attack on a bridge connecting Crimea to Russia. Relevant LinksListen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcastsSign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Daily Signal’s Mary Margaret Olohan sat down with field reporter Savanah Hernandez in West Palm Beach to discuss a massive protest against the anti-Catholic "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence," a group of queer and trans-identifying people mocking the Catholic faith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: After a lot of debate and negotiations, the House passes the annual national defense bill.  Tucker Carlson interviews six GOP 2024 presidential candidates during an event in Iowa. President Biden’s Department of Education will forgive $39 billion in student loan debt to more than 800,000 borrowers.  The Daily Signal is going to be at the Turning Point Student Action Summit in West Palm Beach, Florida Relevant Linkshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuAGkW4KOEw Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcastsSign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The FBI needs to be fixed, because it has become a threat to the fundamental liberties of Americans, Steve Bradbury of The Heritage Foundation argues in a lengthy new white paper released this week. "The liberty of the American people is under threat from politicized national security agencies, exemplified by the abuses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” Bradbury writes. The Heritage Foundation on Monday published the report authored by Bradbury, a distinguished fellow in the executive vice president’s office there. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)Bradbury's nearly 9,800-word report, "How to Fix the FBI," contains "extensive suggestions for Congress to rethink the entire FBI at a fundamental level: to start over from scratch and reconstruct the Bureau to refocus on law enforcement, bring it under meaningful oversight, and restrain it to protect Americans’ constitutional rights."So, what's at stake if the FBI isn't fixed?"Well, the liberties of the American people. That's what's under threat. Do we really have free speech in this country? Do we really have a right to exercise our religious beliefs?" Bradbury says. "Do we have a right to show up and protest at abortion clinics? Do we have a right, do parents have a right to exercise control over the education of their children in public school? All these things are being identified by some in this country as a threat," he adds. Bradbury joins today's episode of "The Daily Signal Podcast" to further discuss his report, why he thinks the FBI needs to be fixed, and some of the "11 major elements that we think Congress should consider as part of that mandate to rebuild the FBI."Link to Steve's comments to the EPA: http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/Regulatory_Comments/Bradbury_EPA_Tailpipe_Rules.pdf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The Secret Service concludes its investigation into the cocaine found in the White House and finds no suspect.  The FDA approves the first non-prescription birth control pill. Hollywood Actors are going on Strike. The ​​Pittsburgh synagogue shooter who killed 11 people in 2018 may be face the death penalty.  The ​​House Select Committee on China to hold a hearing examining the issues facing American companies located in China.  Relevant LinksListen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcastsSign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule that “would limit tailpipe emissions so that in order to comply, auto companies would have to sell 60% of new vehicles as electric by 2030” would adversely affect the safety of cars.So says Diana Furchtgott-Roth, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment. (The Daily Signal is The Heritage Foundation’s news outlet.)“Well, since [electric] vehicles are more expensive, people would postpone buying them. So, they would stay with their older cars, and newer cars have more safety features. If they get in an accident, they’re less likely to hurt the passenger,” Furchtgott-Roth says.“So, because of that, you have increases in injuries and fatalities, if you make new cars more expensive. And that’s if you increase [Corporate Average Fuel Economy] standards for normal gasoline-powered vehicles, or you mandate electric vehicles,” she adds. According to the Department of Transportation, CAFE standards are fleetwide averages that must be achieved by each automaker for its car and truck fleet.Furchtgott-Roth joins today’s episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to further discuss the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule and what environmental benefits the EPA is hoping to accomplish in potentially implementing that rule, as well as the role that China plays in producing electric vehicles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the inflation numbers for last month and President Biden is claiming victory for “Bidenomics,” even as economists note that inflation remains higher than when the president took office. FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before the House Judiciary Committee’s Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government today, answering and dodging important questions about the FBI’s record in recent years. President Biden is in Vilnius, Lithuania, for the NATO summit this week. Yet the president is making news with where he is not going. Biden opted out of a dinner with his NATO counterparts Tuesday, the Washington Examiner reported. A student paper at a Roman Catholic college is raising money for its legal defense after a professor sued the paper for defamation. Dylan Mulvaney, the male “influencer” who claims to identify as a transgender “girl” and whose promotion with Bud Light kicked off a firestorm of controversy for the beer giant, said he has gone to Peru to “feel safe.” Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcastsSign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The anti-human trafficking film “Sound of Freedom” has raked in more than $41 million since opening on July 4th. Variety has praised the movie, saying it “makes the desire to “take action” seem more than an action-movie gesture.” And World magazine called the movie a “wake-up call, reminding Americans of the evil that’s perpetrated both inside and outside our borders.” But not all reviews have been positive. The Guardian of London wrote a review of the film titled “Sound of Freedom: the QAnon-adjacent thriller seducing America.” And the website Jezebel called the movie “an Anti-Child Trafficking Fantasy Fit for QAnon.” QAnon is a conspiracy theory involving the belief that a group of Satan worshiping pedophiles control aspects of the "deep state government."Asked why he thinks some left-leaning media outlets have critiqued the film in this way, Angel Studios CEO Neal Harmon says the film is not political. "Everyone who's seen this film knows that it has nothing to do with politics or conspiracy, and that it's just a great, true story, well-told," Harmon says, adding that "if you're on the fence about it, you want to see for yourself, you can pick up a free ticket, and you can find out for yourself what this phenomenon is about."Angel Studios, the streaming platform known for the multi-season series about the life of Christ, "The Chosen," is distributing "Sound of Freedom."Harmon joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the success “Sound of Freedom” has experienced at the box office and to address the praise and criticism of the movie. Harmon also explains how to see the movie for free while it is still in theaters. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Tyler O’Neil reports that the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government released a report on Monday, revealing that the FBI under President Joe Biden urged Meta, Instagram’s parent company, to remove the U.S. State Department’s official Russian-language Instagram account. Tyler’s article: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/07/11/big-tech-censorship-backfires-biden-admin-flags-itself-pro-ukraine-accounts-russian-disinformation-docs-reveal/  Dr. Anthony Fauci, former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Francis Collins, the former head of the National Institutes of Health, reportedly helped with downplaying the lab leak theory in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The Associated Press reports that staff of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor would ask libraries and colleges to buy her books ahead of speaking engagements. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-sotomayor-book-sales-ethics-colleges-b2cb93493f927f995829762cb8338c02 Gigi De La Torre reports an American cycling competition created a third division for “transgender” cyclists on Friday after a male recently won a cycling event in the women’s division. Relevant LinksListen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Biden administration's embrace of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives represents an effort to “create equality of outcomes rather than equality of opportunity,” Tarren Bragdon says. Bragdon, president and CEO of the Foundation for Government Accountability, says the current administration has taken actions to “use the power of the federal government to force certain political goals that really judge people based on the color of their skin, or maybe even their gender identity.”Bragdon joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss how the Foundation for Government Accountability is working to expose questionable policies within the Biden administration. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices