Israeli Energy Minister Cuts Off Gaza, Former Hamas Leader Calls for Day of Jihad, Menendez Accused of Working as Agent of Foreign Govt. | Oct. 12

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Members of Congress have yet to elect a new speaker of the House. Israel’s energy minister says until the hostages are released, Gaza will not receive any humanitarian aid and all basic resources like food, water, and fuel will be cut off. CEOs call on Harvard University to release the list of names of students who issued a letter supporting Palestine and condemning Israel. The former leader of Hamas calls for Friday to be a day of Jihad. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the consumer price index, which is a key measure of inflation, rose 0.4% in September. Sen. Bob Menendez faces charges of conspiring to act as an agent of the Egyptian government. 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 Samantha Cheris, and this is the Daily Signal Top News for Thursday, October 12th.
0:07.0	Here are today's headlines.
0:17.0	Members of Congress have yet to elect a new speaker of the House.
0:24.5	Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana did win the GOP nomination in a closed-door meeting
0:30.2	with Republicans, but he does not have the votes to win the speakership on the floor of
0:35.8	the House.
0:37.2	Scalise needs 217 votes in order to become the next speaker.
0:43.0	Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio was also running for speaker, but he now says he will
0:47.8	back Scalise in a vote on the floor.
0:50.8	A number of GOP members still say they won't support Scalise, however.
0:56.0	Scalise met again with all the GOP members behind closed doors today, but NBC News reports
1:02.7	that representative Andy Biggs of Arizona says the big meetings with the full conference
1:07.6	are not working.
1:09.2	Biggs said, this business of just having a struggle session doesn't really work.
1:14.9	It doesn't seem to move anybody.
1:17.1	What you got to do is you're going to have to break it down into small groups and find
1:22.0	out where people are and see who moves and who doesn't move.
1:27.0	Of course, the situation in Israel is adding to the pressure to elect a new speaker.
1:34.2	And speaking of Israel, Israel's energy minister is demanding the hostages taken by Hamas
1:40.6	be released.
1:42.1	And until they are released, energy minister Israel Katz says Gaza will not receive any
1:47.9	humanitarian aid, and all basic resources like food, water, and fuel will be cut off.
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