Trump in Court, Congress Extends Spending Fight 45 Days, Pro-Abortion Activist Set to Take Feinstein’s Senate Seat | Oct. 2

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Congress passes a continuing resolution to fund the government until Nov. 17. Former President Donald Trump appears in court in New York for a civil case. California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to appoint Laphonza Butler to fill the vacant Senate seat left by Dianne Feinstein. Polling shows that Americans don’t have a favorable view of the economy right now, and that could be a problem for Democrats. A Biden administration official reportedly helped to fund, support, and direct an Iranian intelligence operation. Relevant Links: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/iran-spy-ring-robert-malley-lee-smith 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 Virginia Allen, and this is the Daily Signal Top News for Monday, October 2nd.
0:07.8	Here are today's headlines.
0:21.2	Government employees were checking the news over the weekend to see if they would be coming
0:25.0	into work today, or if a government shutdown would keep them at home.
0:29.2	If a government does remain open for now, after Congress passed a continuing resolution
0:34.5	on Saturday to fund the government for about 45 days.
0:38.6	The road to pass that continuing resolution was a bumpy one.
0:42.4	The final hurdle was pretty unexpected.
0:46.0	New York Democrat Representative Jamal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in a Capitol office building
0:51.7	Saturday just as the House was preparing to vote on the spending bill.
0:57.0	Now Bowman is under investigation for his actions, and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
1:02.5	says Bowman's actions should not go without punishment.
1:07.2	Bowman claims that pulling the alarm was an accident.
1:10.1	Ultimately, the continuing resolution to fund the government was voted on and passed through
1:15.2	Congress.
1:16.2	The bill keeps government agencies funded at the current level until November 17.
1:21.2	The bill passed 335 to 91 in the House and 88 to 9 in the Senate.
1:28.0	President Joe Biden signed the bill on Saturday night, so it's a short-term fix.
1:33.1	Congress now has about seven weeks to finish passing the 12 appropriations bills to fund
1:37.7	the government for the new fiscal year.
1:40.3	Will the bills actually pass?
1:42.7	I spoke with the Heritage Foundation's Director of the Grover M. Herman Center for their
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