Jordan Fails to Secure Speakership, Netanyahu Says “Hamas Are the New Nazis,” GOP Senators Call on Biden to “Refreeze $6 Billion in Iranian Funds” | Oct. 17

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Fred Lucas reports that Senate Republicans today called for the Biden administration to refreeze $6 billion in Iranian funds amid the Israel-Hamas war, citing indications that Iran helped Hamas plan its Oct. 7 terrorist attack on the Jewish state. https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/10/17/gop-senators-demand-biden-refreeze-6b-for-iran/ Just two weeks after California Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy was removed as speaker of the House, the spot is still vacant. As the war between Hamas and Israel continues, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not mince words while discussing Hamas. General Motors postpones opening an electric-pickup-truck factory in Michigan, according to reporting from the Wall Street Journal. 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. I'm Samantha Cheris. And this is the Daily Sigma
0:04.2	Top News for Tuesday, October 17th. Here are today's headlines.
0:20.0	Senate Republicans today called for the Biden administration to
0:23.5	re-freeze $6 billion in Iranian funds amid the Israel-Hamas war. The GOP
0:30.5	senators are citing indicators that Iran helped Hamas plan the
0:35.8	October 7th terrorist attack on the Jewish state as the reason for
0:40.7	re-freezing those funds. That's according to reporting by our
0:44.4	colleague here at the Daily Signal, Fred Lucas, and we'll be sure to
0:47.5	leave a link in today's show notes with Fred's full report. Kansas
0:51.9	Republican Senator Roger Marshall said you can't be pro-Israel and pro-Iran.
0:57.8	Marshall added Joe Biden is the most pro-Iranian president we've ever had.
1:02.7	Think about it. It goes way beyond the $6 billion we are talking about. Under
1:08.4	this administration, the Iranian oil reserves went from $6 billion to $60 billion.
1:13.6	How come? The senator went on to answer his own question, saying since the
1:18.6	moment Joe Biden got into office, he turned his head to the economic
1:22.8	sanctions we've had. Marshall was among nine GOP senators led by Senator
1:28.3	Marshall Blackburn of Tennessee who gathered on Tuesday on Capitol Hill to
1:33.2	demand that the Biden administration re-freeze the $6 billion used as ransom for
1:38.9	five American hostages held by Iran. That amount was to be released after being
1:44.8	frozen under U.S. sanctions. The deal also included U.S. release of Iranian
1:50.1	prisoners. The Republican press conference comes shortly before Biden is set
1:55.0	to travel to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Also on
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