Head of Secret Service Resigns, Harris Holds First Campaign Rally, Sen. Bob Menendez to Step Down | July 23

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The head of the Secret Service resigns. Vice President Kamala Harris holds her first rally for president in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. President Joe Biden returns to the White House after having COVID-19. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will deliver an address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday. New Jersey Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez plans to resign from the Senate in August. 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	The head of the Secret Service is out, Director Kimberly Cheetle
0:24.4	announced her resignation one day after she testified before members of Congress
0:29.1	on the assassination attempt against former president of Donald Trump.
0:33.4	The Heritage Foundation's oversight project first broke the news just before 1030 a.m.
0:38.6	today.
0:39.6	The oversight project obtained an email that Cheetel sent to the Secret Service staff.
0:44.8	In that email, she said, as your director, I take full responsibility for the security
0:50.1	lapse, referring to that assassination attempt on Trump.
0:53.4	She went on to say, in light of recent events, it is with a heavy heart that I have made the difficult
0:59.1	decision to step down as your director. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle called for her resignation after that attempted assassination
1:08.1	on Trump and members of the House Oversight Committee spent nearly five hours questioning Chittle on Monday.
1:14.8	Neither Republicans or Democrat lawmakers appeared to be very satisfied with the answers
1:20.0	that Cheetel gave during that hearing or lack of answers. So how exactly did Trump and
1:25.6	Biden react to this news that Cheetel is stepping down? Fox News Digital had an exclusive
1:31.3	interview with Trump after the announcement and Trump said,
1:34.3	Cheetal never gave me proper protection, so I ended up having to take a bullet for democracy.
1:40.2	And Trump continued, saying many requests were made by on-site secret service for more people
1:46.2	always with a turn-down or no response.
1:48.8	I have the biggest crowds in history, according to Trump, and they should be treated accordingly.
1:54.0	Trump also told Fox News Digital, though, that big improvements have been made over the last week.
2:00.0	So, what was Biden's response?
2:02.0	Well, the president responded to Chiedle's resignation by thanking
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