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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:  ·       President Trump talked about his list of potential vice-presidential candidates. ·       The Biden administration announced a mass loan forgiveness program ·       New York may seize Trump’s assets ·       New York Mayor announces reduction in spending on illegal immigrants. 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/podcasts Sign 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

Mexican authorities convicted civil society leader and former Mexican Congressman Rodrigo Iván Cortés of "gender-based political violence." His crime? Criticizing a man who identifies as a transgender woman. Cortés sits down with The Daily Signal's Mary Margaret Olohan to share his story. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:  ·       The U.S. ambassador to the UN vetoed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. ·       The Supreme Court refused to take up a case involving school racial discrimination. ·       The Biden administration backed off the quick implementation of electric vehicle standards for car manufacturers.  ·       St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York holds a funeral for a radical trans activist. ·       New York court orders Trump to pay massive fine in civil case. 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/podcasts Sign 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 informat

When it became increasingly clear that the federal government was not going to stop the flow of illegal aliens across the border, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott began taking strategic action.  “You look at the results, and they speak for themselves,” Brent Smith says of what Abbott has done to slow the flood of illegal crossings.   Smith serves as the county attorney for Kinney County, Texas, which borders Mexico and is about 130 miles west of San Antonio. Because of the enormous influx of illegal aliens crossing the border, Smith says, “Everything has changed” in his community.  “People now, when you hear a helicopter flying in the air, kids know to run home,” Smith said. “And if you hear sirens, 99% of the time, it has to do with illegal immigration.” Even schools have "military barriers around them" to prevent smugglers from driving through the campus, he added.  The county attorney also said his workload has multiplied many times over as frequent arrests of illegal aliens are made in the county.  According to Smi

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:  ·         Day 2 of the Fani Willis misconduct hearings. ·         Psychiatrist who called for 25th Amendment to be used on Trump defends Biden. ·         Financial firms bail out of ESG. ·         Russian opposition leader Navalny dies in prison. ·         Biden has caused chaos in the Middle East. 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/podcasts Sign 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 Bible provides readers with glimpses into the personalities of Jesus' Twelve Apostles, but little is know about the details of their lives. That can be both a challenge and creative opportunity for the actors and writers on the set of the hit series “The Chosen.”  “We know he's known as ‘Doubting Thomas,’” says Joey Vahedi, the actor who plays Thomas on the multiseason series. But the question that Vahedi says he has the opportunity to answer is “why is [Thomas] that person?”  The writers of the show, Vahedi says, “take such great liberty with bringing this human perspective to all the characters, because we got to remember they're not saints yet.”  The character of Thomas is significantly developed in the first three episodes of season four of “The Chosen,” which are in theaters now.  Season four picks up right where season three left off, and “I think you get to see a much, much sweeter and kinder side to Thomas,” Vahedi says. “He's out of his shell, finally feels comfortable. He's ready. And on the fli

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Former President Donald Trump’s trial involving alleged hush money payments is set to begin on March 25th. Judge questions Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on her relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade. What the Senate is and is not required to do once it receives the Mayorkas articles of impeachment.  One person was killed and another 22 wounded in the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade.  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/podcasts Sign 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/adchoi

The House on Tuesday voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, but the Democrat-controlled Senate is not expected to vote to remove him from office.  “There isn't a whole lot of power we have,” Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said of House members’ ability to push the Senate to hold a trial to consider ousting the homeland security chief.  With the two articles of impeachment now in the hands of the Senate, Green explained, Senate Majority Leader “Chuck Schumer and his guys can … either not hear it at all, they can have us come over and be referred to a committee and it's heard then in a committee and dies in a committee, or they can have us present to the entire Senate.”  Green and his colleagues who backed the impeachment are “going to get loud,” the Tennessee lawmaker said. “We're going to get really loud. They're going to pay for it if they don't do something,” Green said of the Senate, “because the American people are with us on this.” 

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:  ·         The House’s impeachment of Mayorkas. ·         Democrats win a New York special election. ·         Speaker Johnson says House won’t be railroaded into foreign aid to secure the border ·         House intel chair puts out message of undefined national security threat. 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/podcasts Sign 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

In the early morning hours of Tuesday, a group of conservative senators ran out of procedural options for debating a $95 billion funding bill for Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific. In the middle of the night, Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis.; Mike Lee, R-Utah; Rand Paul, R-Ky.; Pete Ricketts, R-Neb.; Marco Rubio, R-Fla.; Eric Schmitt, R-Mo.; Rick Scott, R-Fla.; and JD Vance, R-Ohio, articulated their opposition. When they ran out of options, the tandem of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., moved swiftly to pass the bill on a vote of 70 to 29. That included 22 Republicans who voted for foreign aid without addressing America's own border crisis. The measure now moves to the House of Representatives, where Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has pledged to hold the line at the urging of conservatives. National security expert Elbridge Colby, co-founder and principal at The Marathon Initiative, spoke with The Daily Signal about what’s playing out on Capitol Hill and wh

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The Senate passed an additional $61 billion in funding for Ukraine early Tuesday morning.  President Donald Trump asks the Supreme Court to get involved in the case against him.  Has the Biden family benefited from business dealings with China? That is a question the House Oversight and Judiciary Committee are seeking an answer on.  President Joe Biden’s campaign joins TikTok.  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/podcasts Sign 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

If Iran acquires nuclear weapons, the threat it would pose to the U.S. would be significantly different from that of other aggressors, such as Russia, according to Simone Ledeen.  There's significant concern of “a nuclear bomb with a country that says routinely, ‘Death to America, death to Israel,’” says Ledeen, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Middle East.  With Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen firing rockets at ships in the Red Sea, the U.S. “should be targeting logistics points, leadership, [and] proxies outside of Iran in the region,” she said. “We could be engaging in some pinpoint targeting inside of Iran as well.” According to Ledeen—a senior fellow at the Austin, Texas-based Strauss Center for International Security and Law—Iran and its proxies operate like an octopus, with Iran serving as the head and militant groups such as the Houthis and Hezbollah as the "many tentacles."  Ledeen joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” ahead of her testimony Wednesday before the House Foreign Affa

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Over 80% of Americans think President Joe Biden is too old to be president.  Why are companies shrinking the size of products?  House Republicans will try a second time to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Questions loom over the sexual identity of a Texas church shooter.  Chiefs clinch Super Bowl for back to back wins.  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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Americans love spending money. Imagine being able to do so and support conservative causes using your credit card. Now you can. Coign is seeking to fill a void in the credit card market by giving conservatives an alternative its competitors, many of which embrace left-wing causes. The credit card has all the features and benefits you’d expect, but it also donates a portion of every transaction to a conservative nonprofit. Rob Collins, founder and chief executive of Coign, tells The Daily Signal he created a credit card specifically for conservatives because other companies didn’t share his values and political views. After spending years working in conservative politics, Collins launched Coign two years ago. The company has already given away $150,000 to organizations with conservative beliefs, including The Heritage Foundation. (The Daily Signal is Heritage’s news outlet.) On today’s episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast,” Collins explains how Coign works and what the future holds for this conservative credit

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Special Counsel Robert Hur says President Joe Biden is an “elderly man with a poor memory.” Tucker Carlson’s two hour interview with Russian President ​​Vladimir Putin is out! Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated plans to launch military operations in Gaza Strip city of Rafah.  Former President Donald Trump wins the Nevada caucuses. The names of five U.S. Marines killed in a helicopter crash are released.  Relevant Links 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/podcasts Sign 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 meg

Medical malpractice lawsuits on behalf of detransitioners harmed by experimental treatments euphemistically referred to as “gender-affirming care” will yield multimillion-dollar judgments, a lawyer filing such suits predicts. Ron Miller helped found the law firm Campbell Miller Payne, which represents people who formerly identified as transgender, underwent medical alterations, then rejected their transgender identities, and now lament the harm done to their bodies. These detransitioners are suing their doctors and medical providers for damages in a novel kind of medical malpractice claim. “A troubled youth—typically with either a bad family life or suffering from several psychological comorbidities, such as autism, ADHD, depression, anxiety, anorexia, dissociative identity disorders ... will show up to a practitioner stating that they're uncomfortable with their body or [that] they have odd feelings,” Miller tells “The Daily Signal Podcast.” Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The Supreme Court heard arguments today for a major case that will determine whether states can keep former President Trump’s name off the ballot this election.  NBC broke the news last night that Biden is considering taking executive action to address the situation at the border. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Tel Aviv.  Tucker Carlson was in Russia this week to do an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin.  Relevant Links 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/podcasts Sign 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

Unfortunately, parents can't trust mental health professionals on the issue of a transgender identity, a veteran social worker warns. Pamela Garfield-Jaeger, a social worker with decades of experience dealing with mental health professionals and vulnerable people, warns that the over-psychologizing of childhood is contributing to the rise of rapid-onset gender dysphoria and the trauma of kids mutilating their own bodies to pursue a transgender identity, rather than dealing with underlying psychological issues. Garfield-Jaeger, who lost her job because she refused to take a COVID-19 vaccine, now runs a practice called “The Truthful Therapist,” where she helps parents navigate the potentially fraught field of mental health. Many parents struggle to navigate mental health and find themselves demonized by the very professionals who they trust to help their kids. “I talk to parents who either are still in the thick of it, where their children are still identifying as trans, or where their child has desisted, where

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The House’s failure to impeach Mayorkas. Conservative leaders call for repeal of FACE Act. Sen. Ted Cruz demands investigation of abortionist. Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel has offered to step down. 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/podcasts Sign 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

Studies have suggested that the number of young people who identify as transgender has exploded in recent years. While activists claim that these people are just discovering a latent truth suppressed by society, some scientists have set out to question what lies behind a phenomenon they term "rapid-onset gender dysphoria." Leor Sapir, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, has worked with Lisa Littman, a doctor who first coined the term rapid-onset gender dysphoria and laid out her hypothesis in the medical journal PLOS One. Sapir joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to break down what ROGD is, why some activist scientists have failed to disprove it, and what he and Littman have done to advance the theory. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices