RFK Endorses Trump, Secret Service Places Agents on Administrative Leave, Kamala Harris Addresses DNC | August 23

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed Republican nominee Donald Trump. The Secret Service placed at least 5 members on administrative leave. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer demanded information from TSA about Tulsi Gabbard allegedly being placed on a suspected terrorist watch list. Democratic nominee Kamala Harris addressed the Democratic National Convention last night. Relevant Links https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/23/rfk-suspends-campaign-endorses-trump/ https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/21/rand-paul-tsa-open-skies-surveillance-program/ 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	Third Party candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. just endorsed Trump. I'm Elizabeth Mitchell
0:06.2	and this is the Daily Signal top news for Friday August 23rd. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential
0:25.3	race in 10 key battleground states. He endorsed Republican nominee Donald Trump.
0:30.0	Kennedy made the announcement at a press conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
0:34.0	Kennedy launched a campaign for the Democratic nomination in April and switched to being an independent
0:39.0	candidate in October.
0:40.3	This sparked accusations from the Trump campaign that he is a member of the radical left.
0:45.0	But Trump more recently told CNN he would love a Kennedy endorsement and is open to Kennedy working in his administration if he dropped out and endorsed him.
0:54.0	R.F.K. is the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy.
0:57.6	R.F.K is an environmental activist and a vaccination skeptic.
1:01.6	He vowed to end the war in Ukraine if elected and slash the
1:04.8	military budget. Here's R.F.K. Jr. talking about how he's seen the Democratic
1:09.7	Party change over time. It had become the party of war, censorship, corruption, big pharma, big tech, big ag, and big money.
1:21.6	The secret... and big money. The Secret Service placed at least five members on
1:26.7	administrative leave in the aftermath of the July 13th assassination
1:30.5	attempt against Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania,
1:33.4	according to a report from Fox News.
1:35.8	This includes one member of Trump's personal protective team
1:38.8	and four members of the Secret Services Pittsburgh Field Office.
1:42.6	The agents are allowed to work but cannot be involved in operational tasks, including
1:46.4	security planning.
1:48.3	An official told ABC News that more senior officials might get caught up in the review. Here's Representative
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