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The removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House of Representatives on Tuesday was historic, but now it's time to talk about the future, one knowledgeable Capitol Hill watcher says.

"We are at a critical juncture in this country," says Ryan Walker, executive vice president of Heritage Action for America, an independent, nonprofit organization affiliated with The Heritage Foundation, which is the parent organization of The Daily Signal.

"If we don't solve the spending problem," Walker says, "we won't have a country to issue treasury bonds for in the future."

The Heritage Action leader says the job of the next speaker of the House is to rein in out-of-control government spending and "talk through this with the Senate and, more importantly, with the American people."

Walker joins this episode of "The Daily Signal Podcast" to talk about the official candidates for House speaker and how long the process of electing a new speaker may take. 

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:

• Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Steve Scalise, R-La., officially announce their bid for House speaker. 
• President Donald Trump returns to court for the third day of his New York fraud trial. 
• Sen. J.D. Vance introduces legislation requiring a person’s actual, biological gender on their United States passports.
• Thousands of healthcare workers go on strike.

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ew leadership is needed in America, says Spencer Chretien, associate director of the 2025 Presidential Transition Project, also known as Project 2025.

"We see every day the effects of the current administration, whether it's the open southern border, rampant inflation, a woke and weaponized government, foreign policy disaster," he says. "And we need new leadership in this country."

"And so, while that is true, it's also important that we get ready for what happens after Jan. 20, 2025, when the new president takes office," Chretien says, adding:

So, Project 2025 is now more than 70 conservative organizations. It's organized here at Heritage, but it includes really a 'who's who' of the conservative movement. We have groups involved that are more establishment-friendly, more populist-friendly, more libertarian, social conservative.

Chretien joins today's episode of "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss how presidential candidates have been responding to the project, what the administrative state is and what dismantling it would look like, and his response to criticism of the project.

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:

• Texas Democrat Congressman Henry Cuellar is carjacked in D.C.
• Hunter Biden pleads “not guilty” to three federal gun charges.
• House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is ousted from his position. 
•  Chicago’s Democrat leaders are the latest Democrats to call on the Biden administration to intervene and take action on the current illegal alien crisis. 
• Americans who disagree with transgender orthodoxy might face serious challenges running a business under the Biden administation due to a proposed rule. 

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The final House vote was 216 to 210 in favor of removing McCarthy.

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Congress has averted a government shutdown—for now. 

The continuing resolution passed Saturday keeps government agencies funded at current levels until Nov. 17. The bill passed 335-91 in the House and 88-9 in the Senate.

But it’s a short-term fix, and lawmakers remain on a tight deadline to finish passing 12 annual appropriations bills. Republicans continue to demand federal spending cuts and money to secure America’s southern border, and Democrats are demanding more aid for Ukraine. 

“I think what’s likely here is, you’re going to get a little bit of both, not enough to make either side happy,” budget expert Richard Stern says. 

Stern, director of the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at The Heritage Foundation, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain what to expect in Congress as spending fights continue over the next six weeks, and how a possible change in House leadership might affect negotiations. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)

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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. 

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The Southern Poverty Law Center is notorious for branding mainstream conservative and Christian organizations like Alliance Defending Freedom and Moms for Liberty “hate groups” or “antigovernment extremist groups,” placing them on a map with chapters of the Ku Klux Klan. In 2019, the SPLC put D.A. King’s Dustin Inman Society on the “hate map,” years after it had told the Associated Press that King’s organization was not a “hate group.” King has sued, and a judge has allowed his defamation lawsuit to go forward.

The Daily Signal's Tyler O'Neil sat down with D.A. King to discuss the lawsuit and what it's like to be branded a "hate group."

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Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Hate-Pay-Corruption-Southern/dp/1642934399

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:

• Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., has died at the age of 90.
• A government shutdown lingers as deadline approaches.
• The Heritage Foundation is suing the Biden administration on behalf of the pro-parental rights group Moms for Liberty. 
• Elon Musk visited the southern border in Eagle Pass, Texas on Thursday.
• Over 50 people were killed in a bombing in Pakistan.
• A state of emergency has been declared in New York after heavy rains that have led to flash flooding.

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All of us encounter twists and turns every day—whether in our personal lives or at work. Steve McKee’s new book “Turns: Where Business Is Won and Lost” offers a guide for which turns to take to live a better life.

McKee, co-founder of the McKee Wallwork marketing agency in New Mexico and author of several acclaimed books, has navigated turns throughout this own life and successful career. He joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to explain how he navigated the ups and downs as an innovative leader.

Listen to the full interview or read a lightly edited transcript at DailySignal.com.

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:

• The House holds its first impeachment inquiry hearing on President Joe Biden.
• GOP presidential candidates take to the stage for the second debate, but former President Donald Trump is again absent. 
• Philadelphia police say a large group of “criminal opportunists” smashed windows and robbed retail and liquor stores for the second night in a row. 
• The American soldier who willinging ran into North Korea in July is back on American soil. 
• The Senate passes a resolution formalizing business attire as the dress code for the floor of the chamber.

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