Rep. Jordan Loses In Third Speaker Vote, Biden Delivers Oval Office Address on Israel, Heritage Seeks Answers on DHS Hire Who Worked as PLO Spokeswoman | Oct. 20

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: After three rounds of voting, there is still no speaker of the House and there is now no GOP nominee. The war between Israel and Hamas rages on as the two-week mark approaches since the terrorist organization launched its Oct. 7 attack. President Joe Biden’s delivers a speech from the Oval Office on Thursday evening. Tyler O’Neil reports that The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project is requesting any documents sent or received by Nejwa Ali, a former spokeswoman for the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s now-defunct U.S. delegation, in her official capacity at the Department of Homeland Security. https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/10/19/dhs-hired-pro-hamas-former-plo-spokeswoman-handle-asylum-claims-heritage-demands-answers/ Gallup’s findings: https://news.gallup.com/poll/512861/media-confidence-matches-2016-record-low.aspx 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 Sharis and this is the Daily Signal Top News for Friday, October 20th.
0:06.7	Here are today's headlines.
0:10.6	After three rounds of voting, there is still no speaker of the house.
0:24.6	And now there isn't a GOP nominee.
0:27.8	Our colleague Mary Margaret Olahan reports that during a secret ballot today, House Republicans
0:33.3	reportedly voted to remove Republican Ohio Representative Jim Jordan as the GOP nominee
0:39.9	for Speaker of the House of Representatives.
0:43.5	Republicans held the closed door vote this afternoon after Jordan failed to win enough
0:47.7	support in a third vote Fox News reported.
0:51.9	According to Punch Bulls, Jake Sherman, Jordan lost in a 112-86 vote.
0:59.5	And shortly after, Kevin Herne of Oklahoma announced that he is seeking the leadership role.
1:05.7	Republican Representative Jack Bergman of Michigan also expressed openness to the role
1:10.6	according to Axios.
1:12.3	The Congressman posted on X this afternoon, House Republicans shouldn't be leaving town
1:17.2	for the weekend.
1:18.5	They need to lock ourselves in a room and elect the 56th Speaker of the House.
1:24.4	Minnesota Republican Representative Tom Emmer, who is currently the majority whip, also
1:29.4	said he will run for Speaker, Punch Bulls, Jake Sherman also said.
1:34.3	Sherman also posted to X that Kevin McCarthy, the former House Speaker, has endorsed Tom
1:40.1	Emmer for the position.
1:42.6	The Hill's Emily Brooks posted to X that Florida Republican Representative Byron Donalds
1:48.0	is also running for Speaker, Brooks noted in a separate ex-post that the new GOP candidates
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