This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, October 18th. I'm Kate Trinkow.

And I'm Daniel Davis. Well, when things got ugly for Brett Kavanaugh, Lindsey Graham was one of his

most forceful defenders. The South Carolina senator sat down to share his thinking with

our editor-in-chief Rob Bluey. That interview took place at

President's Club, an annual gathering hosted by the Heritage Foundation,

and we'll play it for you in this episode. Plus we'll take a look at

trick-or-treating and how some localities are banning teenagers from participating.

But first, we'll cover a few of the top headlines. Well President Trump is making good on his promise to cut red tape.

His administration announced on Wednesday it had saved 23 billion dollars in cutting and

modifying regulations in fiscal year 2018. During that period the

administration cut 12 regulations for every new significant regulation

added and in total it's removed 176 regulations.

These cuts add up to a total of $33 billion in regulatory cost savings for the economy since

the president first took office.

By contrast, during one year the Obama administration imposed a net 245 billion dollars in

regulatory costs. And President Trump is looking to slash more in government spending

he announced Wednesday.

In a little while and we're going to ask every secretary to cut 5% for next year.

That of course would be Cabinet secretaries.

Well, the controversy over the missing Saudi journalist continues as new leaks suggest that

Jamal Keshogi was murdered.

Those reports, however, have not yet been corroborated and Saudi Arabia has denied any wrongdoing.

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