Biden’s Controversial Statement While In Maui, New White House Counsel Appointed, Top Republicans Concerned About Reported Biden Administration Deal With Iran | Aug. 22

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The Biden administration announced a new White House Counsel today: Ed Siskel Hawaiian locals react to President Biden’s remarks about the wildfires. Three top House Republicans are concerned about a reported hostage deal the Biden White House has done with Iran. 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 John Popp and this is the daily signal top news for Tuesday, August 22nd.
0:07.7	Here are today's headlines.
0:21.2	The Biden administration announced a new White House counsel today, Ed Siskill.
0:26.1	The appointment of Siskill who formerly worked at the Obama White House comes as Biden
0:30.0	faces potential legal challenges over his involvement with his son Hunter Biden's
0:34.0	business dealings and a possible impeachment.
0:37.4	Siskill formerly was a lawyer in the Obama White House.
0:40.2	The Chicago Suntime reports that Siskill was part of the White House legal team handling
0:44.8	major controversies.
0:46.6	The response to the 2012 Benghazi attack in which four U.S. citizens, including the U.S.
0:51.3	ambassador, were killed.
0:53.0	The collapse of the Salindra Solar Panel Company after receiving government loans and the
0:57.6	defense of President Barack Obama's signature affordable care act.
1:02.7	The daily signals Tony Kinet and Heritage Foundation's Tim Kennedy continue reporting from Hawaii.
1:08.0	Tony writes about President Biden's Monday speech that Biden compared the horrific fires
1:13.0	in Western Mally to a kitchen fire in his house during which he almost lost his 67
1:18.6	quarter of it.
1:19.9	Locals condemned the comparison, saying it belittled the disaster that likely claimed
1:24.2	over a thousand lives and caused billions of dollars worth of damage to local business
1:28.3	owners, families, and Lahaina natives.
1:31.2	A restaurant owner and key he, Mally, told the Daily Signal via text message, this is
1:35.6	the most despicable thing the president has ever said.
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