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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Vice President Kamala Harris will announce her pick for a running mate on Tuesday. The Dow Jones, NASDAQ, and S&P 500 fall amid fears of a coming recession. The U.S. believes an Iranian attack on Israel is likely coming soon. The spread of misinformation online led to widespread rioting in Britain over the weekend. The Quiet Skies program is monitoring former U.S. Representative and Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Vice President Kamala Harris will announce her pick for a running mate on Tuesday.
0:05.9	I'm Virginia Allen and this is the Daily Signal Top News for Monday, August 5th. Presumed Democratic Party presidential nominee Kamala Harris is expected to announce
0:26.1	her running make tomorrow.
0:28.3	Democratic Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is a top contender. Pennsylvania is a key swing state in the selection and
0:35.0	Shapiro has a 61% approval rating in the state which could be a big help to Harris.
0:41.1	Here with us to discuss more is the Daily Smills Elizabeth Mitchell
0:45.6	who has been covering this. Elizabeth welcome back to the show. Thanks Virginia.
0:49.6	Elizabeth you have been covering the likely VP picks that Harris may choose.
0:54.7	What exactly do we know about Shapiro's record in Pennsylvania?
1:00.1	While campaigning for governor in 2022, Shapiro promised to support school choice.
1:05.3	However, when the House of Representatives passed a bill, including school choice scholarships,
1:11.2	Shapiro threatened to veto it even though it was
1:13.8	something he campaigned on. So that shocked a lot of Pennsylvania voters who
1:17.8	support school choice and supported him because they thought that he would stand
1:22.1	with their right to choose the education
1:24.5	that they think best aligns with their child. Also under Shapiro's leadership
1:29.1	state licensing boards adopted policies that allow them to take disciplinary action
1:34.8	against therapists to provide what they called conversion therapy to kids who say
1:39.7	they're transgender. But in effect what this would outlaw is if a child is struggling with
1:45.8	gender dysphoria and they want to get a therapy about that to try to work through
1:49.3	that, but continue affirming their God-given gender, they would not be allowed to help that
1:54.2	child with that struggle. So he's had a bit of a radical background on that
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