Biden Building Border Wall, Elon Musk and Anti-Defamation League Call Truce, Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Funeral | Oct. 5

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🗓️ 5 October 2023

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Biden’s Department of Homeland Security announces plans to begin construction of a border wall in Starr County, Texas. Elon Musk has threatened to sue the Anti-Defamation League, but now it looks like a truce was reached. President Joe Biden has nominated a former colleague of his son Hunter Biden to run an internal watchdog agency in his administration. A number of lawmakers are in San Francisco today for Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s memorial service. 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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Virginia Allen and this is the Daily Signal Top News for Thursday, October 5th.
0:08.1	Here are today's headlines.
0:20.1	The Biden administration is doing something that many on both sides of the political left
0:25.4	and right thought would never happen, building a section of border wall.
0:30.6	Biden's Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to begin construction of
0:34.8	border wall in the South Texas community of Starr County.
0:39.2	Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the action in the U.S. Federal
0:44.1	Registry.
0:45.1	The notice reads, the Secretary of Homeland Security has determined pursuant to law that
0:50.1	it is necessary to waive certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements in order to
0:56.5	ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads in the vicinity of the international
1:02.7	land border in Starr County, Texas.
1:05.5	The Biden administration says the wall will be constructed along 17 miles in Starr County,
1:10.4	Texas, which is in the Rio Grande Valley.
1:13.4	The Biden administration is receiving some criticism for moving ahead with border wall construction.
1:19.9	This is in part because during his 2020 campaign, Biden said he would not add another foot
1:26.0	of wall during his administration, and after he took office in 2021, Biden issued a proclamation
1:32.7	to end construction of the border wall.
1:35.9	But the Department of Homeland Security says the construction of a wall does not indicate
1:40.2	a change in policy.
1:42.2	A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told the Daily Signal in an email that the
1:46.6	construction project you're reading about today was appropriated during the prior administration
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