TOP NEWS | Sen. Tim Scott Gears Up Presidential Run, Debt Ceiling Talks Stall, Cruz, Blackburn Seek Investigation Into Anheuser-Busch-Mulvaney Partnership| May 19

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On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, a Republican, is gearing up to officially launch his presidential bid. Discussions about the debt ceiling have been paused by Republicans on Friday. Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee have sent a letter to the chairman and senior director of the Beer Institute requesting its "Code Compliance Review Board open an investigation to review Anheuser-Busch’s recent and ongoing marketing partnership with Dylan Mulvaney." 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 Kate Trinco, and this is the Daily Signal Top News for Friday, May 19.
0:07.0	Here are today's headlines.
0:12.0	South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, a Republican, is gearing up to officially launch his presidential bid.
0:27.0	Scott has filed his paperwork with the Federal Election Commission.
0:31.0	As you'll recall, Scott launched an exploratory campaign in April.
0:35.0	He has been a senator since 2013 and is a member of the Senate Banking House and Urban Affairs Committee,
0:41.0	the Foreign Relations Committee, the Finance Committee, the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee,
0:46.0	and the Special Committee on Aging.
0:48.0	Scott is set to make a major announcement on Monday.
0:52.0	Some other notable Republican candidates who have officially announced their bid for the Republican nomination
0:57.0	include former President Donald Trump, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley,
1:01.0	and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswami.
1:04.0	Stay tuned.
1:05.0	Discussions about the debt ceiling have been paused by Republicans on Friday.
1:10.0	House Speaker Kevin McCarthy left the White House on Friday and upon returning back to the Capitol said,
1:15.0	we've got to get movement by the White House and we don't have any movement yet.
1:19.0	So yeah, we've got to pause.
1:21.0	McCarthy also said, yesterday I really felt we were at the location where I could see the path.
1:27.0	The White House is just, look, we can't be spending more money next year.
1:31.0	We have to spend less than we spent the year before. It's pretty easy.
1:34.0	McCarthy met with Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York,
1:40.0	Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky
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