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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:
The Senate passed an additional $61 billion in funding for Ukraine early Tuesday morning.
President Donald Trump asks the Supreme Court to get involved in the case against him.
Has the Biden family benefited from business dealings with China? That is a question the House Oversight and Judiciary Committee are seeking an answer on.
Remarks from Donald Trump on how the US would treat a Russia-led attack on fellow NATO members earned the ire of the group’s defenders, so it's worth asking: What are US obligations to the alliance? Justin Logan comments.