Trump’s Gag Order, Jim Jordan May Have the Votes to Become House Speaker, Catholic Bishop Offers Himself for Israeli Hostages | Oct. 16

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Former President Donald Trump is facing new restrictions regarding what he can and cannot say. Congressman Jim Jordan may have acquired the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the House. Confusion looms as to whether the Rafah Crossing is open to those fleeing Gaza. A catholic bishop offers to trade himself in exchange for the children being held hostage by Hamas. Louisiana elects Republican Jeff Landry to serve as its new governor. New evidence indicates President Joe Biden’s classified documents were discovered long before they were reported to authorities. 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 Virginia Allen, I'm Samantha Sharis, and this is the Daily Single Top News for Monday,
0:06.4	October 16th.
0:07.4	Here are today's headlines.
0:14.9	Former President Donald Trump is facing new restrictions regarding what he can and cannot
0:26.4	say.
0:27.4	The Justice Department indicted Trump earlier this year for his alleged interference in
0:33.3	the last presidential election.
0:35.4	While U.S. District Judge Tanya Chukkin is the judge handling the case, and today, Chukkin
0:41.8	set new limits on the former president, telling him he can't criticize prosecutors, witnesses,
0:48.5	or the judge's staff in the case either in his speech or on social media.
0:54.0	Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith asked for the order to limit Trump's speech,
0:59.5	saying he aims to prevent Trump from influencing the jury trial.
1:04.3	Trump can no longer call Smith a thug or deranged according to Chukkin's order.
1:09.4	Chukkin said Trump can still criticize the Justice Department generally and is allowed
1:14.2	to say he believes that the case is politically motivated, but Trump can't mount a smear
1:20.0	campaign against prosecutors and court personnel, according to the judge.
1:25.7	Chukkin said no other criminal defendant would be allowed to do so, and I'm not going
1:30.6	to allow it in this case.
1:32.9	Trump's lawyers may appeal the new rule, his attorney, John Laro, said Trump is allowed
1:38.5	to make statements the prosecution doesn't like, that's part of living with the First
1:43.5	Amendment.
1:44.5	A Trump spokesperson called the gag order an absolute abomination, and another partisan
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