On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Our colleague Fred Lucas reports that special counsel John Durham testified to a House committee Wednesday about his lengthy investigation into the origins of the FBI’s Trump-Russia probe, aiming sharp retorts at two Democratic lawmakers who sought to detract from his findings. Our colleague Elise McCue reports that Randi Weingarten, a major proponent of school lockdowns and COVID-19 restrictions, was appointed to the Homeland Security Academic Partnership Council on Wednesday.  JustTheNews is reporting that a whistleblower at the FBI says that the bureau’s Deputy Director Paul Abbate told internal critics of its cases related to the Jan. 6 riot in the U.S. Capitol to see employment elsewhere and offered to address the concerns himself.  The Washington Examiner reports that new emails revealed the COVID-19 vaccine mandates were based on a lie.  As we reported on yesterday’s show, ProPublica published a piece on Tuesday saying Supreme Court Justice Alito did not disclose gifts he was given on his 2008 Financial Disclosure Report. 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