TOP NEWS | 3,000+ Veterans, Active Duty Military Members Side with Sen. Tommy Tuberville, GOP Holds FACE Act Hearing, John Durham Asked To Testify Before Congress | May 16

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On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Our colleague Rob Bluey is reporting that the cavalry is coming to help Sen. Tommy Tuberville. Rob’s article: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/05/16/exclusive-3000-military-veterans-reject-pentagons-left-wing-social-agenda-support-tubervilles-senate-fight/ Our colleague Mary Margaret Olohan is reporting that Republican lawmakers on the House Judiciary Subcommittee spent Tuesday morning highlighting President Joe Biden’s administration’s apparently selective use of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances, or FACE, Act. Our colleague Fred Lucas is reporting that House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, a Republican from Ohio, announced that he would like Durham to testify to Congress. Fred’s article: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/05/15/7-key-takeaways-from-release-of-durham-report-on-origin-of-trump-probe/ The IRS removed the “entire investigative team” dealing with its tax fraud probe into Hunter Biden, the New York Post is reporting. 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 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 Sherris.
0:02.0	I'm John Popp.
0:03.0	And this is the Daily Signal Top News for Tuesday, May 16th.
0:07.0	Here are today's headlines.
0:18.0	Our colleague Rob Louis is reporting that the cavalry is coming to help Senator Tommy
0:26.0	Tuberville.
0:27.0	As you recall, for months, the Alabama Republican has waged a fight against the defense department's
0:33.0	woke agenda by blocking the Senate's approval of nearly 200 promotions for military generals
0:39.5	and flag officers.
0:41.2	The military establishment, Senate Democrats and the Biden administration have resorted
0:45.6	to name-calling and unfounded warnings, even though Tuberville insists he won't
0:51.0	budge until the Pentagon reverses its policies subsidizing abortions.
0:56.2	Two weeks ago, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, touted
1:01.2	a letter from seven former Secretaries of Defense to make his case.
1:06.0	Today, a significantly larger number of current and retired servicemembers announced their
1:12.1	backing to Tuberville.
1:13.7	In a new letter shared first with the Daily Signal, more than 3,000 veterans and active duty
1:19.0	members of the U.S. Armed Forces are expressing their support for Tuberville and calling
1:24.0	on the Pentagon to rescind its abortion policy.
1:27.7	Four members of Congress join state lawmakers, national leaders and thousands of everyday
1:32.7	Americans who have served their country in the military.
1:36.4	They write in the letter to Schumer and McConnell, the undersigned, stand united in condemning
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