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On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: The defendant in a landmark court case determining if states can protect kids from transgenderism explains US v Skrmetti. President-elect Donald Trump announced a slew of nominees. Employees at the United Auto Workers, the sixth-largest union in America, have gone on strike against the union this week. Police released photos of the man who allegedly shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Michel Barnier, the French Prime Minister, is rumored to be resigning on Thursday. The South Korean president is up for impeachment Relevant Linkshttps://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/04/how-these-new-appointees-may-affect-trumps-agenda-crypto-space-doge-tariffs-next-4-years/https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/04/fact-checking-claims-gender-affirming-care-pivotal-supreme-court-case/https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/04/ag-skrmetti-says-sex-differences-shouldnt-stop-states-protecting-kids-scotus-hearing/Sign up for our email newsletters: https://www.dailysignal.com/emailSubscribe to our other shows:The Tony Kinnett Cast: https://www.dailysignal.com/the-tony-kinnett-castProblematic Women: https://www.dailysignal.com/problematic-womenThe Signal Sitdown: https://www.dailysignal.com/the-signal-sitdownFollow The Daily Signal:X: https://x.com/DailySignalInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedailysignal/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDailySignalNews/Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@DailySignalYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DailySignalRumble: https://rumble.com/c/TheDailySignalThanks for making The Daily Signal Podcast your trusted source for the day’s top news. Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and never miss an episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The Supreme Court hears oral arguments for a major transgender case. The big question before the court is: Can a state ban transgender treatments on minors?  Trump might replace Pete Hegseth - his pick to lead the Defense Department — with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Trump taps Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Relevant Links: More Coverage Supreme Court Transgender Case:  Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGy7M_cQsBk https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oav_Q47LBnU  Articles: https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/03/supreme-court-case-exposes-transgender-medical-scandal-epic-proportions/ Daily Signal Internship Application: https://www.heritage.org/young-leaders-program 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The Supreme Court will hear a case determining if states can ban transagender procedures for minors.  South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law. Gov. Gavin Newsom wants 25 million in funding for legal battles against the incoming Trump administration.  New Jersey resident punished for waving American flag.  DOJ revisits gag order against transgender children’s hospital whistleblower, Dr. Eithan Haim.  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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is defending President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon Hunter Biden. President-elect Donald Trump caused plenty of stir over the long holiday weekend by naming Kash Patel to head the FBI.  Israeli American hostage Omer Neutra is confirmed dead.  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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lora Ries, Director of The Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center, joins Bradley Devlin on “The Signal Sitdown,” a Daily Signal original podcast series, to discuss exactly how President-Elect Donald Trump might execute his “mass deportation” program. You can listen to “The Signal Sitdown” wherever podcasts are heard 🎙️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In April, the Biden-Harris administration finalized a rule requiring foster parents to affirm a child’s gender ideology. “The provider must commit to establishing an environment that supports the child’s LGBTQI+ status or identity,” according to the rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services. The policy, according to Herbie Newell, president and executive director of Lifeline Children’s Services, “made people of faith into a different category of foster and adoptive parent, saying that because they didn't give in to this pro-radical LGBTQ+ agenda, that they couldn't foster any child with gender dysphoria or any child that might be having any questions about their LGBTQ status.” “Faith-based Christian people were put on the sidelines and not able to participate in our foster care and adoption system in the same way,” according to Newell. With over 350,000 children in the U.S. foster care system, and over 100,000 of whom are waiting to be adopted, Newell says he is hopeful the incoming Trump administration will roll back these “oppressive administrative rulings.” During Trump’s first administration, there was a sense that “the problem is way too big for us to exclude anyone from the table,” Newell said, noting that he was invited to “West Wing of the White House three times during [Trump’s] presidency.” During the Biden administration, Newell said neither he nor any other faith-based adoption leaders that he knows of were extended such an invitation. Newell joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the adoption and foster care policy changes he hopes to see under a second Trump administration. He also explains the ramifications of China’s decision to end international adoptions to the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last week, Russia fired an intermediate range ballistic missile at Ukraine. The missile, according to nuclear deterrence and missile defense expert Robert Peters, is designed to carry multiple nuclear warheads, sending a clear message to Washington to “knock it off.” Since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, America has told Ukraine that it could use the provided weapons only within the “borders of Ukraine to expel the Russian forces,” says Peters, who before becoming a research fellow at The Heritage Foundation served as the lead strategist at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Then, in mid-November, President Joe Biden gave Ukraine permission to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to hit targets inside Russia. Ukraine wasted no time in firing one. Almost immediately afterward, Russia issued a new doctrine on its use of nuclear weapons. As Peters summarizes it, Russia warns “that if anyone conducts deep, penetrating strikes inside of Russia to include using conventional missiles or aircraft or even drones, Russia reserves the right to respond with nuclear weapons.” Russia also said that a nation that supplied the weapons also could become the target of a retaliatory nuclear strike by Russia. Russia’s decision to fire the ballistic missile Thursday at Ukraine can be considered a “mock nuclear strike,” Peters says. Russian President Vladimir Putin “doesn't want a nuclear war,” Peters says. “He doesn't want to fight the United States. But he really, really can't stand that we're giving [Ukraine] these kinds of precise, long-range, deep-penetrating strike capabilities. And he's trying to get us to stop, and he may be willing to use these [nuclear] weapons. It's hard to say.” Peters joins this episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss how the U.S. should proceed in its foreign policy with Ukraine, why a nuclear war would look different than many Americans imagine, and the likelihood that World War III might be approaching.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Special Council Jack Smith has taken action to drop all charges against Donald Trump.  It appears that Israel and Lebanon have reached a ceasefire agreement. The agreement would end the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.  The pentagon has lost $2.5 trillion.  Relevant Links: https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/11/25/pentagon-lost-track-2-5-trillion/ 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special interview edition of "The Daily Signal Podcast," Rob Bluey interviews Jonathan Baron, founder of Baron Public Affairs and host of "The Political Risk Brief" podcast.Baron reveals his firm's groundbreaking research on the conservative influencers who helped fuel Trump's electoral victory using a parallel conservative media ecosystem that bypassed traditional outlets. He details the three key groups of influencers—amplifiers, specialists, and mavericks—who shaped the media narrative.Baron believes four major "betrayals" of the American public set the stage for Trump's rise. Since then, Trump has used his unique abilities to position himself as a "centrist" while still taking strong stances on controversial issues.Listen to learn more about the new media landscape and how it will impact Trump's second term.Keep tabs on Baron's work by subscribing to "The Political Risk Brief" podcast: https://www.baronpa.com/the-political-risk-brief/Sign up for our email newsletters: https://www.dailysignal.com/emailSubscribe to our other shows:The Tony Kinnett Cast: https://www.dailysignal.com/the-tony-kinnett-castProblematic Women: https://www.dailysignal.com/problematic-womenThe Signal Sitdown: https://www.dailysignal.com/the-signal-sitdownThanks for making “The Daily Signal Podcast” your trusted source for the day’s top news. Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and never miss an episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices