TOP NEWS | Software Company Announces Layoffs, Gov. DeSantis’ Takes a Stand Against COVID-19 Mandates, Former President Trump | Jan. 18

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On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Microsoft announces major layoffs Philadelphia Flyers player takes a stand for his religion Helicopter crash in Kyiv leaves more than 10 dead including a child Former President Trump wants his Facebook back Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis proposes new initiative regarding COVID-19 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 Sharris, I'm Virginia Allen, and this is the Daily Signal Top News for
0:06.1	Wednesday, January 18th.
0:07.9	Here are today's headlines.
0:21.2	Former President Donald Trump is looking to access his Facebook once again after it was
0:26.3	locked more than two years ago, following the January 6th riot in the U.S. Capitol.
0:32.6	NBC News reports that Trump's presidential campaign penned a letter to Metta Facebook's
0:37.7	parent company on Tuesday saying, we believe that the ban on President Trump's account
0:42.8	on Facebook has dramatically distorted and inhibited the public discourse.
0:48.4	Metta's comment regarding Trump said that the company will announce a decision in the
0:53.0	coming weeks in line with the process we laid out, according to NBC News.
0:58.1	Trump was also kicked off of Twitter, but as you may remember, Elon Musk did reinstate
1:03.4	his account last November, though the former president has yet to tweet anything.
1:09.2	There is more devastating news coming out of Ukraine today, a helicopter crashed and
1:14.8	killed at least 14 people, including the country's interior minister.
1:19.9	The Associated Press reports that the helicopter crashed into a kindergarten in a foggy
1:25.1	suburb of Kiev.
1:26.5	AP reports that a total of five interior ministry officials, a national police officer,
1:33.2	and three helicopter crew members were killed.
1:36.4	The cause of the helicopter crash was not immediately known, but what we do know is that
1:41.9	at least 25 people, 11 of whom are children, were being treated in hospitals.
1:48.0	In remarks on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blamed the crash on the
1:53.3	war, saying, this is not an accident because it has been due to war and the war has many
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